Howzit guys.
I had a buddy ask me to repair one of his old Teraz rods. The guide foots are all rusted and the plan is to remove all the old guides and underwraps and put on new guides in the acid wrap style.
I researched how to remove old guides and practiced on a old broken rod. When I went to remove the guides on the Teraz I started with the first guide closest to the reel seat. I was able to get the guide off just fine but having issues removing the underwraps. Ended up nicking the blank a little so I stopped.
My question is:
1. What's the best way to remove the underwraps without damaging the blank?
2. Is there anyway to repair the nick I made in the blank? Because it's nicked close to the reel seat and not in the working part of the rod should there be much concern about it?

You don't want to nick the blank. I have found that using heat from a hair dryer ( careful not to over heat ) will soften the epoxy enough so that I can pick at the thread with my fingernail and get a thread loose. Once loose, just keep adding heat and unravel the thread. I use the low setting on the hair dryer. Heat guns work but they produce a lot more heat so I don't use it. A small nick in the area you describe is most likely ok but it is better not to use the blade any further. Anyways, this is what I do.

Looks like the rod got a coat of white epoxy on the blank before the guides were wrapped on. Seems I just nicked the white epoxy.
I think that's also why I'm having issues removing the old wraps.

The FAQs page on this site details how to remove guides without damaging the rod blank.

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The under wraps were done in silver metallic thread after I pill the thread off the outer metallic stuff is left stuck to the white epoxy under coat. I'm using a fine grit sand paper and gently sanding that away. As long as I don't sand the actual blank this should be ok right?

I use a hairdryer and a good strong plastic knife.

jesse
, I have used the scotchbrite pads to clean up those areas in the past.

Thank you for the tip

Jesse,
I use a heat gun to first soften the finish, Then, I use a razor blade on the guide foot, to cut the thread, using the blade only against the metal guide foot, not the blank. Then, normally with a bit of gentle heat the epoxy will be soft enough to be able to unwrap the thread.

Then, I use the razor blade or knife, held perpendicular to the blank to scrape the softened remaining epoxy off of the blank. By holding the blade vertical and scraping, you do not run the risk of nicking or cutting into the blank. Normally the removal and cleanup takes about a minute per guide.

If working on a very fine tipped rod, I try to not use any heat at all if possible. Just a touch too much heat on a very small diameter rod tip, can destroy the epoxy and ruin the rod forever.

Be safe

The rod is a 80-200 class.
Really apreciate all the advice, was able to cleanly remove old guides and underwraps.