Hi Guys
Took advice and just put on epoxy without doing anything else used flexcoat lite, worked well except that now I have a lot of fuzzys. .Now wondering what I can do to get rid of them, was wondering if i could flame them between coats or if i should cut them all or if another thicker coat might help. first coat is very thin.
thanks for any advice you can give me
Robert

Hi Robert,

After the first coat of epoxy, I usually just trim the fuzzies off with my scalpel, and then recoat with epoxy. All cut marks disappear with the new coat.

Take care,

Chris

Robert,
If all of the fuzzy's are the same color, I would suggest that you take that spool of thread that was used to wrap the rod in that color and toss it into the garbage.

IN addition, take the offending spool of thread and using very very bright light and with at least 8 power magnification, put a length of thread under the lights and magnification. Then, while watching, st art pulling on the thread to put a lot of pressure on the thread. If you have thread problems, you will very likely see fuzzies pop out of the thread as you put tension on the thread.

Then, if you find that you are getting fuzzies under these conditions, take another spool of thread which has not shown any fuzzies and repeat the test. I would guess that you would not see the fuzzies pop up when the other thread is put under extreme tension.

Normally, using routine techniques, you really should not get any fuzzies after applying epoxy.

The one thing that I might suggest - If you have fuzzies for all of your thread, I might guess that you are over packing or rubbing your wraps with a packing tool and have essentially roughened the thread by over working the thread.

I only have had this happen on one spool of thread. I applied finish to the first wrap and had fuzzies pop up. So before continuing, I stripped off all of the wraps and guides, used a new spool of thread and rewrapped the rod.
No issues with the replacement thread.

If I did have a rod that had fuzzies pop up after the first coat of epoxy, I would put the rod away for two weeks, so that the epoxy would get good and hard. Then, I would use a burnishing pad to remove the fuzzies. By letting the epoxy get good and hard, you will be able to easily polish off the fuzzies without doing any damage to the thread. Then, apply one or more coats of finish as needed for the final look that you wish to have on the rod.

Like Roger said, throw the thread out.

Robert

Fuzzes can be annoying, before I apply CP or finish I inspect the wrap for gaps overlaps and fuzzes. If there are fuzzes I flame them. When I use CP I check it again and flame or sand if necessary.
Using this procedure fuzzies have never been an issue after the finish coat is applied.

Good Luck

John

hi roger..would the burnishing pad trick work after using a couple coats of CP on the fuzzies?

Of course.