Using LS Supreme, the guide wraps always look so picture perfect, but on extended butt wraps and lettering where I'm covering a longer portion (4-6"), I get waves (high and low). How can I level these?

To level it now you'd have to use a sanding block to knock it down level and then recoat. You either put on too much or didn't rotate it fast enough when drying. Comments on this board in the recent past tell me that you need to spin the rod at about 40 rpm's when drying it. The common 6 or 18 rpm's aren't cutting it on the Supreme. Could be that faster was better all along.

I've had the same problem in the past. I've started applying the LS lenthways of the butt wrap and over the inscription. give a much smoother finish at 6 RPM.

TOO MUCH FINISH !!!!!! NO PROBLEM AT 22 R.P.M.'s. LENGHT WAYS ONLY.....MAYBE TWO OR THREE COATS. LS SUPREME IS THE BEST FINISH MADE. ( IN MY OWN OPINION.)

I would not sand. I would lightlly scrap the finish with a razar blade, then give it a heavy coat then leval out the excess finish.
Good luck..Bob

Try heating the resin before mixing in a microwave oven for 10 seconds. Warm temperature 75 to 80 room temperature helps to keep the epoxy flowing smoothly. I use a camel brush cut short (about 1/8 to 3/16 inch.

the most common reason I have seen for waves is not brushing the finish lengthwise after it is applied. you can apply the finish anyway you like, as long as you get a fairly even coat, then let it sit a minute or 2 while rotating, then brush from one end to the other, I usually brush towards th grip, because then you can let a little pile up on the winding check, if you like, just brush back the other way to smooth it out.

Are you brushing it while it is rotating?, or stop and brush along the axis? I too have had some difficulties with LS doing this. I tend to lean toward the too much applied at a time theory. I never had this happen with Crystal Coat and it is much thinner, so heavy application may be my reason. But trying to brush lengthwise while rotating still gave me waves.
Elrod

As a begginer I suffered this exact problem on my first rod. I have a 12 RPM motor for drying. I used Flex coat light formula but found that its working time was very limited. I went to a new coating called Super Coat and this completely eliminated that problem. Two coats of this stuff and it is smooth and glasslike, perfect. I found this stuff at Gregs custom rod building. They are on the net and very helpful. One note with Super Coat though is it seems to need at least 4 to 6 hours of turning as opposed to 2 hours with flexcoat. I personally feel the tradeoff is well worth it. Bubbles are present but heating the mixture with a my wife's hair dryer for a minute takes care of this problem. If a few bubbles are still in the coating on the wrap I usually quickly pass a cigarette lighter over the coating and say goodbye to the bubbles. Dave