speed sealers

[rockfisho]

Hi All

I'm looking to build my first fishing rod. It will be a heavy 13' surf rod. I'm not sure which epoxy I will need and whether or not I will need a thread filler. I'm using speed thread. Are the fuji speed epoxies good quality for what i'm building, or should I invest in some Erskin epoxies?

Cheers

Owen

[ryansrods]

keep away from the speed fillers and varnishs definatly erskins 2 part epoxy

[finga]

keep away from the speed fillers and varnishs definatly erskins 2 part epoxy
Why is that??

[ryansrods]

what is wot i dont uderstand

[finga]

Why keep away from Speed thread sealer/filler??

[ryansrods]

cause ya it will only last a couple of outings before it turns a nice baby shit yellow colour

[nigelr]

Rockfisho, although I haven't tried the epoxy you mention I can say Erskines is pretty good, and I'd recommend Guderbrod thread over Speed, which I tried once and swore never to use again. More xxy for sure, but worth it IMHO. The NCP threads don't need a filler coat, I believe, tho' I stand to be corrected on that.
I don't use a sealer when using Guderbrod/Erskines and have been happy with the results, I use underbind, thin coat epoxy, either single or double overbind with one coat between layers and either 2 or 3 coats over the final bind. Hope that lot makes sense and is of some use!
BTW, what blank did you choose?
Cheers.

[ryansrods]

ncp threads dont need filler but it will help the bubble problem when it comes time to finish and the speed finishes are 1 part varnishs not actualy a epoxy

[rockfisho]

Thanks for all the help guys. I ended up going for the Speed thread and the Erskine epoxy.

Cheers

Owen