Rejuvenating rods

[Why-ting]

The other day i decided to give my cork grips a bit of a make over. I gave all the older rods a light sand and gave them a lacquer. They came up really good and i thought some people might be interested. Only took me 2 hours for 8 rods. Hears some pics.

Cheers Nick


Before the lacquer

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After a light sand

[Why-ting]

Half done. This was only the first coat out of 4

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All the rods lookin pretty

[Why-ting]

Heres 1 with the older rod in the middle for comparrison. The rod on the right is fairly new and didnt need sanding but the one on the left is a couple of years old and came up alot better than i thought it would.

Cheers Nick

[zach]

looks good mate i just get some warm water and put a bit of bleach on a rag and whipe the corks and than whipe them with warm water to get the bleach of again it works well
cheers
zach

[craftycarp]

When I first get a rod with cork grip, I just melt some wax on and rub it in. Protects the cork from stains and smells and has the added bonus of increasing grip.

[Shooter]

Thanks for the ideas guy’s, learn something new everyday.

[hussy]

now that you hace them lookin good some lowlife will nick em. hubby

[84mick]

Craftycarp, is that just candle wax you use?

Cheers, Mick.