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Rod alignment marks

Dave Brooksbank

Dave Brooksbank

Senior Member & Supporter
Just bought myself some used
high end rods and noticed there's some big white dots on the ends of each section,the paint seems to be gloss enamel.The most annoying thing is when they match up the rings don't align properly,And now I can't stand the sight of them.
Any ideas how to remove these dots so I don't ruin the rods varnish.Thanks.
 
just a thought have you tried swopping the rod tips to see if they line up ? maybe they got mixed up
 
Like Gerry said the tops maybe mixed up some hand built rods have numbers so you can match them up. So it's quite likely that matched up dots could be used instead?
 
Dave,
Rather than try to remove the dots and potentially damage the surrounding varnish, try to paint over them with enamel modelling paint in the same colour as your blank.
 
Thanks,
No there not mixed up,got four dots on one rod and two on the other.Probably gonna end up blacking them out with enamel.Should of had them put on by a pro in the first place.
 
If they are painted on with enamel, try a quick swipe with cellulose thinners - but do at your own risk - a quickie shouldn't effect the epoxy. All other mentioned will work. My aligners are made of vinyl and then get a couple of coats of epoxy so they'll be difficult to remove without cutting back the finish.
 
Re. use of 'thinners'... The effectiveness of this will all depend on the nature of paint/substance used to make the white dots, which may or may not have been originally applied to aid alignment. If the white is a 'convertible' coating (e.g. nitrocellulose, vinyl, thermoplastic acrylic...what people call "lacquers") it will dissolve in 'cellulose thinners' (i.e. one having a ketone content e.g. acetone/MEK/MIBK etc). But if it's a convertible coating (e.g. epoxy, amino-acrylic, alkyd etc...what people call "enamels") then it won't actually 'dissolve', but may start to shrivel after a few application.
But your main problematic question is... are the white blobs 'sandwiched' between layers of 'varnish'? If so it will mean that you will end up having to take off a small portion of the final coat of varnish (the bit over the top of, and around, the white blobs) ..a varnish which will almost definitely be an enamel...which is most likely to shrivel rather than dissolve.
If you're a tackle tart then its an exercise fraught with danger. You could gently sand the blobs off and then re-varnish those bits, but I'd use a marker pen or the like if it bothered me (which it wouldn't).
ATVB
N.B... you could always dip a blunted toothpick or the like in some nail varnish remover and apply it to one of the dots and see if has any effect. If it dulls/matts the surface but doesn't remove any of the white then you know its attacking the final coat of varnish. As long as you don't leave the nail varnish remover on long enough to shrivel the varnish you'll be able to remove the 'dullness'/restore the gloss with a bit of car polish or the like.

IMHO :eek:
 
Terry Simner said:
Re. use of 'thinners'... The effectiveness of this will all depend on the nature of paint/substance used to make the white dots, which may or may not have been originally applied to aid alignment. If the white is a 'convertible' coating (e.g. nitrocellulose, vinyl, thermoplastic acrylic...what people call "lacquers") it will dissolve in 'cellulose thinners' (i.e. one having a ketone content e.g. acetone/MEK/MIBK etc). But if it's a convertible coating (e.g. epoxy, amino-acrylic, alkyd etc...what people call "enamels") then it won't actually 'dissolve', but may start to shrivel after a few application.
But your main problematic question is... are the white blobs 'sandwiched' between layers of 'varnish'? If so it will mean that you will end up having to take off a small portion of the final coat of varnish (the bit over the top of, and around, the white blobs) ..a varnish which will almost definitely be an enamel...which is most likely to shrivel rather than dissolve.
If you're a tackle tart then its an exercise fraught with danger. You could gently sand the blobs off and then re-varnish those bits, but I'd use a marker pen or the like if it bothered me (which it wouldn't).
ATVB
N.B... you could always dip a blunted toothpick or the like in some nail varnish remover and apply it to one of the dots and see if has any effect. If it dulls/matts the surface but doesn't remove any of the white then you know its attacking the final coat of varnish. As long as you don't leave the nail varnish remover on long enough to shrivel the varnish you'll be able to remove the 'dullness'/restore the gloss with a bit of car polish or the like.

IMHO :eek:
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Hell Terry, reminds when I used to mess with paints and solvents in the laboratory. Also removed some paints by using cutting compound (Farecla, T-Cut) but this can dull the epoxy - which never cures really hard.

Regards,
Bob
 
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