Best Way To Remove Excess Epoxy On Guides

[Pinoy_Basser]

Hi,

I got a rod from a clearance bin which was marked as damaged due to some excess epoxy on the guide.

I said "what the heck" and got the rod.

I was thinking of heating the guide to remove it but I might accidentally heat the guide to the point that the inserts will pop out.

Whats the best way to remove the excess epoxy without damaging the rest of the guide. (its fuji alconite).

TIA

[rubba bubba]

Can you send a closeup pic of the guide?

[Hi Salenity]

I's say no to the heat. You may try Lacquer thinner or stripper on a cue-tip. Or a Exacto knife or a small file. Be careful with the insert.

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

You can try scraping gently with a razor. Don't saw back and forth with it. A little heat (no more than your bare hand can tolerate should soften the epoxy enough to peel the excess off with a thumb nail. More than an insert coming out, I'd be careful about peeling back the epoxy off the guide wrap. Denatured alcohol is about as strong a solvent as I'd use.

[BobP]

There really isn't a solvent that's good at removing cured epoxy. Denatured alcohol is among the mildest of solvents and has almost no effect on epoxy, in fact I use it to clean surface stains on epoxied crankbaits. I'm with DVT about using a razor blade or Xacto knife to remove it. Moderate heating with a hair dryer first will make it softer.

[Diablos]

If you're handy with wrapping, I would remove the whole guide and rewrap then apply finish to your liking.

[Pinoy_Basser]

Thanx guys.

Tried getting a pix but my crappy camera is not helping.

Judging by the location of the epoxy, I suspect it was dried with the guides positioned below the rod and slowly dripped to the guide frame and insert. If you look thru the guide you can see a bit of epoxy on one side covering about 1/8th of the guide diameter.

Will try to put it under the knife method suggest by DVT tonight.

Thank you All.

[LuckyHandsINC.]

I had a little epoxy on guides before and it came off very easy with a knife. As long as its not bonded to the rest of the epoxy it should chip off the ceramic cleanly.