[mdsurffishing]

What is the best practice when using shrink wrap for grips on a factory painted surf blank, do you use spray adhesive or not. I've never had it slip but seems some have

 

[BeachBob]

I've assembled dozens of rods, all with shrink wrap grips, never had any slip. The ID of the wrap needs to be within the parameters of the rod being wrapped, so that 50% shrinkage will make for a tight hold on the blank. If the ID of the wrap is significantly larger than the diameter of the largest section to be wrapped, that's gonna be a problem. Use the right amount of heat, keep it moving on the wrap, start at one end (generally, the largest rod diameter) and move along so that no air gets trapped 'tween wrap 'n' rod.

 

[Arnav]

.....also, be careful to NOT overheat the wrap. As with most heat shrink materials, it will begin to relax and lose some of its tension if heated too much for too long.

 

[BeachBob]

Online fishing tackle vendors like Mudhole offer sized rod shrink wrap, so you can measure a rod's largest OD for where the wrapping will go and select a shrink wrap that's as small an ID as possible, yet will still slip over the largest diameter of the rod's area to be wrapped.

 

[mdsurffishing]

Most of my builds were shrink over cork but I stopped using cork and doubled/trippled up areas I want a better grip and never noticed it slipping. The rod I'm working on now I used 3M spray adhesive under the shrink after seeing some builders using some sort of adhesive.

 

[Sandcrab]

I re-did two All Star surf rods with shrink wrap this Winter. I ended up removing the guides above the foregrip just to do them in shrink wrap. I rewrapped the guides and called it a day.

I built the 10'6" Allstar "Spanish Buster" rods in 2003 so the cork tape lasted 20 years.

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