I had a guy wanted me to wrap a rod in black thread; never used black except as an accent. What a mess!!!!I use a thread tensioner that puts pressure on the
spool, not the thread. First wraps had minute little slivers of thread sticking up; kinda like you sometimes get with a tensioner that puts pressure on the
thread. I put varnish on it anyway, just to see if they would lay down. Well, NO STUPID!!!So I cut off all the wraps, threw that spool in the trash and tried
another; it was better, but i still had some slivers. So, I tried my epoxy thin coat this time; a little better, but i spent an hour cutting the slivers off
with a razor blade. PLUS, as an added bonus the black thread shows every little minute "thing" that floats in the air and lands on wet wraps.
I've cut off the bad wraps again and am about to put on my second coat of epoxy, rather than varnish. Anyone ever had this kinda trouble with black size A
gudebrod????Is there something I dont know here? No more black wraps for me when I finish this job-p-
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Black gudebrod size A Threadwraps-UGH!!!
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Posts: 1274 (08/03/08 10:27:23) Master Guide |
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Posts: 1853 (08/03/08 12:27:23) |
i have not had the same problem with gudebrod black. i wrapped my 7'9" lami in it and it came out just fine. no problems. maybe you got a bad lot. did
you buy the rolls at the same time? maybe they had a bad run and you got more than one roll of it.
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Posts: 2554 (08/03/08 12:33:00) ezOP |
This is more of a silk wrap trick, but did you consider quickly flaming the wraps? Quickly pass the wrap through the flame of an alcohol lamp to remove the
fuzzies. The trick is applying just enough flame to burn off frizz from silk, or to melt down frizz from nylon, but not so much flame the wraps catch fire.
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Posts: 1275 (08/03/08 13:02:32) Master Guide |
I did that"flaming" on the second wrap and it helped a lot, Tom.....and, yes i bought 3 rolls at the same time, so they may have came from the same
lot. Looking at them they seem just fine, but when the wrap goes on the slivers appear
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Posts: 360 (08/03/08 17:20:25) Sport |
Gene
I use the black, size A, Gudebrod thread on a lot of my builds and haven't run into that problem.......yet. (LOL) In fact, I used the black, size A thread on the Kettle Creek 4/5 I finished a week or so ago, with no problems. However, I do agree that it'll show every spec of dust that lands on it while it's drying. I'm thinking that if the thread looks good while it's on the spool but fuzzes up after it's wrapped on, that's its got something to do with your tensioning device. Years ago I had a run of problems with thread so I stopped using a tensioning device and started using a fly tying bobbin. Haven't had a problem since.
Time is precious. Waste it wisely!
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Posts: 73 (08/03/08 20:28:41) |
Hello
This is the answer to the fuzzes ! I suggest you contact the Manufacturer make them aware of the problem with the lot of thread you received and let them make it right. Another Cheap Rod Building Device Tight Lines and Lesson Well Earned Loops Andy M
'FISH AND VISITORS STINK AFTER 3 DAYS' " DON'T FORGET THE BACKBONE" " REMEMBER TO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL FISHERY"
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Posts: 1277 (08/03/08 20:32:50) Master Guide |
nice invention; I'm gonna make a copy; I'll put up a pic of mine tommorrow; Ya'll need a good roll on the floor belly laugh; but hey, I'm from
Arkansas, what can you expect!!!!!!!!
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