I apply LS Supreme as recommended, using a good brush, running lengthwise after the first coat. After the second coat, I sand lightly to try to even the waves out, then coat again with the Supreme. I do not thin out finish, and move rapidly down rod, then remove excess. I use a 6 rpm drying PacBay motor, yet still reatin the waves. Any suggestions. I am trying not to go over 4 coats at the most. I also use a alcohol flame across rod to eliminate air bubbles. Whole process takes 8 minutes. Thanks

Sanford: First of all, no flame or heat of any kind. Simply follow the directions to the letter. Second In my experience 6 R.P.M. is too slow. I have had my best results especially with LS Supreme at approx 60 R.P.M.I just used my wrapping machine as a dryer to achieve the desired speed.Then another coat or two should even out your finish. I hope this helps. Tom

I agree with Tom. My drying motor is also reversible so I change the turning direction every 5 minutes

I have such a hard time understanding so many of the finishing problems. Just this past Monday I finished a 50lb offshore trolling rod with LS Supreme - 1 application and it gave me good depth and is level enough that you can lie a straightedge on it anywhere and have it match exactly. This rod was not rotated other than to spin it 180 degrees every 10 minutes or so for the first hour and a half. It's darn near perfect.

If you are certain that you are not applying too much at one time, by all means try a rotating speed of much more than the usual 6 or 18 rpms. We are hearing from more and more people that a speed of 40 or 50 rpms is better, and that certainly makes sense.

Finishing is one of those things that you almost need to see done in person. It's just awfully hard to figure out some of these various problems without seeing the process live. Perhaps before you finish your next rod you might take scrap blank pieces and make some sample or test wraps and try more speed and maybe some different techniques on them as well. I call this the "stumble" method and while it is slow you can often stumble upon a problem and how to fix it just by experimentation.

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I'm a rank newbie, but I swear that finish works almost perfectly every time! I have mine turner set for about 20 RPM. Maybe the 6 is too slow?

TH

Every time I have had wavyness, it is related to TOO much finish applied in one setting. (well this is the only common denominator at least)

I have had the same problem with the wavy finish and I use a 6rpm turning motor also. The other day I tried putting less finish on at one time and it seemed to be better.