Marbling Rod Guides

Marbling paint for fishing rods.

Marbling rod guides.

Micro guides can help increase increase your casting distances. It s time to put some excitement in an old rod or on a new one. Marbling has become a popular trend for added detailed painting to fishing rods with marbling pigment and epoxy finish. Needless to say the epoxy is going to be pretty stout when i get back.

Conventional guides allow the line to twirl and bounce its way down the rod and hitting the edges of the guides more often and on some set ups hits the rod itself. Fill a container with cold water. After you have finished painting your rod to the desired color you can get a little artsy and creative with it. Crb s all new powder marbling pigment will add some extra flair to your next marbling job.

You can take this mixture and then add custom designs to your fishing rod. I am building a rod with marbling under the double guide feet. The basic premise is to mix an ultra concentrated marbling pigment with an epoxy finish then swirl and drag the mixture in varying patterns on butt wraps and guide wraps. Got that part done and was about to start wrapping guides when i had to fly home for an unexpected funeral.

Few things say custom rod building more than crafting an original fishing rod that s designed built and decorated to your preference. This is to prevent fibers from getting caught between the guides. Marbling is a fun easy and uniqu. The basic premise is to mix an ultra concentrated marbling pigment with an epoxy finish then swirl and drag the mixture in varying patterns on butt wraps and guide wraps.

Q tips tend to leave uninvited guest fibers. Lots of times i ll wrap the q tip around the rag and clean the insides. Curt baker of suncoast rodcrafters demonstrates the simple techniques used in marbling epoxy finish on custom fishing rods. How to add magic marbling in rod building.

Simply pour your cleaner on a rag and wipe the rod where you ll be marbling i ll use a q tip and soak it in cleaner to get at the inside edges of the guides. Marbling is a fun and fast way to make any custom rod truly one of a kind. Each time it rubs against something energy is lost and results in shorter casts. Demonstrating marbling technique with crb marbling pigment on a custom mhx fishing rod.