High or low

[JeffD]

What are you using, high build or low? Why do you prefer one over the other? If you use both, what are the situations you  would use high over low and visa versa. Is it just the look or is it a functional reason?

[Deleted account]

high build is for the lazy...

[MickD]

I prefer that my guide wraps look cylindrical rather than like footballs.  And in the interest of fast response time and max sensitivity I want to keep the mass of the wraps as low as reasonably possible.  It is easier to get that appearance with low build, two coats, than it is to achieve it with high build.  I also often have a defect in the first coat that needs fixing, so a second coat is necessary anyway.  

 

One can get the same appearance with high build, but they have to concentrate on putting it on very thinly.  I simply think what I want to accomplish is  easier to do with low build, or lite build.

[spoonplugger1]

You can put high build on lightly, but not light build heavily. It you are worried about weight and durability than use Permagloss, much lighter and tougher and it naturally goes on thin.

[MikeK]

3 hours ago, Deleted account said:

high build is for the lazy...

 

1 hour ago, spoonplugger1 said:

You can put high build on lightly, but not light build heavily.

 

I like to be able to do one coat of finish for repairs so I go with high build even if it is lazy.

[S Hovanec]

I use both.  I use lite for the first coat for good penetrat to the blank and filling the tunnels.  I use regular build for the second (and sometimes third) coat to get the desired depth.

[casts_by_fly]

I've always been 2 coats of low build.  I have never found a finish that looks good enough with just one coat regardless of the build type.  So low build does a better job of penetrating and truly coating on the first step and gets the finish about 60-70% of the build I want.  Then a light to moderate second coat finishes it off.

 

thanks

rick

 

[Chris Catignani]

I will use two lightish coats of highbuild....the longer set up time allows me to finish a couple rods and or a lure. I also think the longer set up help with the penetration and makes less bubbles ( though you can achieve that other ways).