Rain 🌧 with rod restoration.....2/5/24
 

Nothing wrong with this fishing pole except the reel is shot, I took it apart and cleaned it and something is broken its one of the first models of Abu garcia revo inshore reels and I can't find exact schematic of the serial number on the reel.
I like the blank it is a Fenwick goldwing I got from Fenwick in replacement for a boron pistol grip I broke fighting a sheephead in LJ. Going to strip and rewrap keeping reel seat and new reel. New quality guides coming in mail. See ya in a few weeks no rush

This will be the third time this blank has been wrapped.
 

And the second time by me.I could just slap a new reel on it and fish it. All the guides are still good but since getting a new SLX XT 150 HG I decided to redo the whole rod...I forgot to use color preserve and did not like the color combination anyway cutting and restoring original cork with fillers and finish.
I could take a dremel tool and cut the reelseat out and go with a new one, but I want something original the seat and bank will be original with cork filler
If I don't like it after that I can always cut it off and replace with a new reelseat

A heat gun 🔫 🔥 helps in striping the blank
 

Just don't over heat, Just alittle to soften the flexcoat resin and a board knife to cut thread. Most importantly always cut away from your self 💯 seriously

My bank was completely
 

Covered with flexcoat to get down to the original blank after you stripped the guides out. Use heat gun and lightly heat blank and scrape the blank keeping the board knife 🔪 at a 90?angle that will keep you from splintering the blank you can feel the smoothness of the original blank

When Im done....
 

Lightly sand blank not to much or you will change the blank rating, also I'm going to paint my blank black with a Coat of flexcoat light before guide Wapping.
Since all my guides are all still good I will keep incase I pop a 💍 😇

The end for now.....
 

Going with a new rubber Finnish ring
But keep old cork.

Debarking
 

Or what ever you want to call it 😏

Ready for paint 🎨
 

After a light sanding, but not today because of rain.
My new looks

Not sure if....
 

I'm going to build up the back of the worn away cork or leave the taper look shrink tubing is your best friend

Now that I have a stripped blank
 

I did a spline check and I'm bummed because the reel seat is alittle off from the factory all the more reason to custom wrap

Dawn really does......
 

Cut the grease....Definitely liking this color combination
Rip Toby Keith I love this bar...
With my red solo cup 🥤 😎

I'm curious...
 

How did the end item come out?

Still waiting.....
 

On guides in mail next Saturday supposedly
When I done I will post pictures 📸 🖼 🤳 😎

Really not happy how small....
 

The new guides are. The old ones are bigger but braided line was not invented yet.
Also I noticed with the small tips because of Braid you get a lot of tip wraps with line pisses me off every time I have to reach up to untangle a tip when I'm trying to cast lures I had that problem on the light spinning rods I built
With the small guides constantly getting tip wrapped.

I should have just went too
 

Squidco but I have to drive across town.
Won't know until I cast with the new guides

Old tip....
 

And new tip. Also the tips were getting braid wrapped with 10 and 15lb braid on the light spinning rods maybe heavy braid won't tip wrap so much we will see.

Curing and inspection...
 

Going to give light sanding and then another coat of paint, just because but it's good enough now 😌
A clue to the color scheme.
Can't remember when I seen a Super bowl where the teams were so evenly matched they predicted 49ers by 2
I went with Kansas city even money only because I love The country of ❤️ Taylor Swift 😎 both meaning apply:D

Rod restoration......
 

Temporary on hold.
I do not mean to string you along.
The world 🌎 we live in today.

I would much rather be fishing....
 

But you can't always get what you want.
But if you try sometimes you'll find you get what you need. I hope this crook goes to jail.

You get....
 

What you give....
Can I get me some Alice in Chains....
Man in the box 📦

You can't let crime win....
 

If you do, you are failing everybody who gave their life for this great country. Even if it kills you.
Peace ✌️ ☮️ out 😁 👓 smile 😎

First coat of flexcoat....
 

Spin drying.....and it's raining 🌧 outside again.

What is that and what happened?

Sorry if I left you wondering to much.
 

I work part time for a water vending company as chief mechanic the machine your looking at has been vandalized 4 times by the same guy. I'm just showing off my repair jobs before and after pictures, that took me away from my rod restoration. Sorry for the sideways picture I have no control over that.

A new knob ....
 

To play with, Epoxyed on. The blank would crack out before the knob comes off.
The next picture I post rod will be done ✔️
Stay tuned 😎

Fishing is all about feeling.....
 

Mental and physical. And I like to make them both feel good 👍although I might have to get some tear drop tattoos for the lost ones, that Jaded me.....:D

How about - "You get what you give" by the New Radicals... It is playing in this video.....RIP Tony

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR0O...ku5lBTsQf_ww9_

Ya I missed out....
 

On alot of great meet-ups.....I was going thru the worst turmoil of my life....I did catch the tail end tho.
I was like the high banks drifter that came in, at the end.:cool:

Completed another step...
 

Two products I used to restore my cork grips
Filler and sealer.

You want to have the vacuum ready
 

To clean up the mess
Had to spin motor wide open to sand....
Slow was wobbly and fast as my motor would spin was smooth. You might say I put the wood to it....
I used alot of filler....one time got er done.

Had alot of sanding
 

To do....1in strip sand paper work good

After drying over night
 

And sanding I vacuumed up the mess before applying sealer.
One time with the filler got er done

Good thing I did not....
 

Destroy my rubber finish ring at the end there is nothing I could replace it with.
Happy how it came out.

I had holes 🕳 in the cork....
 

Almost down to the blank
If you get back 5ft you can't even see the wood filler.
It looks better than these pictures show. They don't do it justice

I wanted to add a small piece of shrink tubing....
 

At bottom of cork, but I forgot to put it on before the gimbal knob butt.
I still might try but don't think the shrink tubing will shrink that small on the blank.

BTW.....
 

You only need one coat of u-40 cork sealer.

Alittle clamp comes in handy.....
 

Holding the micro guides and then slide it up on to the blank, under the line. At your China mark. Give it a few wraps to hold it in
place.
Adjust straight 💯 with your tip and reel seat.
And finish wrapping

I really like my line tensioner....
 

I made. It makes for hands 🙌 free tension on the guide and l can wrap the guide as tight as i want.

Rain 🌧 64% tomorrow....
 

And Sunday 46% chance in Sandy eggo

Calling it a night 🌙
 

A couple of guides in the morning 🌄
And then jig holder and my spiral wrap.
And should be ready for flexcoat resin I'm going to coat the entire blank again with fresh flexcoat.
I didn't like the way the first coat dried
Alittle soft. Another coat will fix that
Stay tuned 😎