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A few new rod colors |
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Posts: 120 (06/29/08 20:36:08) |
 
Here are a few more rod colors. First is a metalic brown. This rod will be an 8' 7/8wt w/ an antler reel seat by Les. 
Next is a metalic green. this is 5'9'' 3/4wt w/ a dyed green maple seat also by Les. 
Next is gun metal blue.This rod will be a 7' 4/5wt. I haven't decided on a seat for it yet. All these are eglass blanks that I have painted,cut and ferruled. Mike B.
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Master Guide
Posts: 1800 (06/29/08 22:04:16) |
nice. what paint system are you using (or did you cover this already).
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Posts: 121 (06/29/08 22:38:13) |
Yep,covered it a while back. Taxidermy paint and a dip finish w/ varnish.
Mike B.
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Master Guide
Posts: 224 (06/30/08 08:17:02) Guide |
Great colors. I'd imagine the depth to the color is something like that of the deeply clear coated custom car finishes.
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Posts: 122 (06/30/08 09:00:09) |
Very much so.Pics don't them justice
Mike B.
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Master Guide
Posts: 248 (06/30/08 19:46:45) Guide |
Looks very professional, nice job.
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Master Guide
Posts: 429 (07/01/08 07:47:35) Master Guide |
Excellent work. That brown and green are especially NICE!!
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Master Guide
Posts: 1612 (07/01/08 19:12:35) Master Guide |
I like it gonna get some oil based solvent auto paints and do a little airbrushing on a couple of blanks for this winter. Thanks for posting your work, looks
like it could open some windows of thought into getting away from the same old same old factory finishes.
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Guide
Posts: 90 (08/09/08 09:43:09) |
Nice colors and very different looking. Good work.
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Master Guide
Posts: 798 (08/09/08 10:27:25) Master Guide |
I admire your forward-thinking- the dyed maple seat/metallic green finish is just terrific, a concept carried right through the rod.
In the 80's building furniture I experimented a lot with analine dyes on hardwoods, typically ash and maple. Dyes can be tricky and unpredictable. Is the dye aniline, or alcohol, spirit, water-based, or what? A very nice effect. Off topic, here's a side table built in '86 featuring a black analine-dyed cherry top. I know... we were on a bender of sorts building for a show in Atlanta, and some styles just don't hold up through the years! Fun to build though- coopered mahogany, cherry, poplar, latex paints, analine dye, laquers. 
middlemac
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Posts: 137 (08/09/08 11:54:00) |
It was a happy accident. I bought the seat from "Inserts by Les", and I noticed it would match the blank color. I really need to finish that rod.LOL
Mike B.
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Sport
Posts: 74 (08/11/08 15:45:01) Sport |
Has anybody spoken for the 5'9" rod yet? That is definately a rod that I would like to have in my arsenal. Very nice work.
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