Strip and refinish a 45 year old rod blank

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Re: Strip and refinish a 45 year old rod blank

Posted by: Stanley Thurman (---.dyn.centurytel.net)

Date: October 03, 2017 01:16AM

I did 6 old junk practice blanks last weekend with Citri-Strip and worked good. Did have some trouble spots, but most of them had no issues. I coated the rods and let sit for about 1-2 hours to get the finish off then recoated again and left over night. Was able to remove paint and finish with a green scotch cleaning pad. It won’t remove epoxy, so have to get that off first. A razor, light sand paper and goof off did the trick. Dont leave it on too long as it is a stronge solvent and could eat the fiber adhesive. Some of them cleaned up so well that I don’t even need to paint, the natural fibers looks great. As for painting, I’m still testing so can’t help with that.

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