Help!!!switching Foam To Cork

[Grantm1120]

I'm not quite sure if this is the right forum. But I'm trying to figure out if it's possible to switch out my foam grip to cork? I have a handful of new shimano crucial rods that I am trying to convert like the old ones. Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated thanks Guys

[Mccallister25]

Curious about this also.. Id like to convert my Sellus over to cork, if possible.

[robster80]

im curious as well

[bass crazy]

 I suggest posting the question in the tackle making forum for more response.

[Jrob78]

It can be done but it won't be cheap.   Contact DVT (sponsor to the right>>) and ask him about it, he can probably help you or refer you to a builder who can.

[Arv]

It can be done but it won't be cheap. Contact DVT (sponsor to the right>>) and ask him about it, he can probably help you or refer you to a builder who can.

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[WRB]

To replace rod grips/handles the rod should be striped back to the blank unless you are only replaces everything behind the reel seat. Removing the original materials, cleaning off all the adhesives, sanding the rod blank, then glueing cork rings onto the clean blank is only part of the job. To sand the cork rings into the shape you want requires a rod making tool to turn the rod and the guides become a problem unless they are also removed. In essence you are rebuilding the rod.

There are kits available to do this and instructional videos.

Tom

[BobP]

There are basically 2 ways to do it.  The basic problem is, if you want to install new cork from the rear of the rod, it has to reamed out to the largest diameter of the blank (at the butt) in order to get it on the rod.  Since rod blanks are tapered, that means a bigger void than usual at the front of the handle where it meets the reel seat, which has to be filled with epoxy or a combo of tape and epoxy. What I usually do is strip the rod down and then rebuild it - including any guides that a new reel seat will not fit over, a new reel seat, and cork handle.  This yields the best cosmetic result and a slightly lighter rod.  But it's possible to do it from the rod butt and many guys would not know the difference, especially on a spinning rod that has a butt diameter that is not very different from the diameter where the handle will sit.

 

IMO, unless you are gonna do it yourself, you need to think about how much you really hate the Crucial foam handles - because the fix won't be cheap.

[Hogsticker]

Let's see. 20 bucks for a quality cork handle. 5 for a nice butt cap. 10 for some epoxy, a dollar for some masking tape, 8 bucks for a razor wand, throw in a trim ring or two...50 bucks? If its worth it to you then go for it.

[Grantm1120]

It is worth it. Considering I bought the rods it cost. The only issue is and I don't know if this plays into it is that it's a split grip and the real seat screws from the bottom up..... The actual bottom handle is the one that screws to secure the real

[Grantm1120]

Basically, has anyone ever had to do it or deal dealt with this before

[smalljaw67]

It is worth it. Considering I bought the rods it cost. The only issue is and I don't know if this plays into it is that it's a split grip and the real seat screws from the bottom up..... The actual bottom handle is the one that screws to secure the real

 

That is part of the reel seat, I'll venture that you'll need to use a different reel seat altogether.

[Hogsticker]

The only wst it will work is to leave a small gap between the Eva lock nut and cork handle, as on *** black spinning rods. But again, you still have Eva. You could buy a new lock nut, but not certain which will fit. Even then there will still likely be gappage

[Hogsticker]

Why not just sell the rods and buy something with a full cork handle? The blanks and components aren't that special

[Grantm1120]

I like gappage

[Hogsticker]

Indeed