I picked up an older shimano teramar rod which I want to rebuild, I would like to know if besides flex coat perma gloss, is there's something else that I can use that's more user friendly but durable. Thanks in advance.

Fernando,
The most user friendly and durable finish is no finish at all.

Remove all of the current finish on the blank, use successively finer grades of sand paper used wet down to 600 or 1000 grit. Wipe clean and build the rod.

Many manufacturers for years have built rods this way with no additional finish on the fiberglass or graphite blank and the are durable, nice to handle and no finish to scratch or to get beat up with years of use.

Loomis, Diamond are just a couple of the manufacturers that have sold rod blanks and finished rods with no added finish on the blanks.

Good luck

I use Permagloss for refinishing old rods, and in my opinion is is one of the best clear coats you can use. It gives a very nice finish that light, flexible, very durable, and will never yellow. It is also very easy to apply, cures quickly, and gives great results. Never had a problem with it not being user friendly.
I use the round Kroger brand foam foundation sponges for coating rods. I pour a few milliliters of Permagloss into a small container and suck up all the finish with a foam sponge. I wear nitrile gloves to hold the pad and punch the center of the pad over the rod tip. Hold the sponge firmly so that you squeegee the finish onto the blank when you pull it down the rod blank. It takes less than a minute to coat a rod, I do not go up and down just wipe it on in one direction. When finished I set the blank up in the corner to cure. A thin coat is all you want and you can coat as many times as you want. Since Permagloss cures very quickly you can recoat within 30 min or so. The Kroger foundation spouses are quite inexpensive, a couple of dollars for a dozen. Hope this helps.
Norm

Norman, great process, makes a lot of sense. Fernando, you need to have good ventilation when using Permagloss and Lumiseal.

Norman Miller Wrote:
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> The Kroger foundation spouses are quite
> inexpensive, a couple of dollars for a dozen.
> Hope this helps.
> Norm

This made me laugh...

Chris

Yep, made me laugh also. Spell check can give you some funny stuff, especially when using fat fingers.
Norm

There was some times when I wanted to soak a few of my ex-spouses, lol. Guys thanks for the info and a good laugh.

Who wants a dozen spouses? I find one enough.......as much as I can handle, or be handled by.

Boy! I finally let something slide and everybody jumps on it.