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Dave, the cleanup appears to be the drawback to using the HVLP on a single rod. My intention was to spray the poly on rods with color preserved wraps. I used Pearsalls Jasper on a rod and it would have been beautiful if not for some bleeding thru.
What do you think is a dependable color preserver. I used Flex-Coat CP and dipped the rod which is probably two no no's.

Billy

Thank's Dave and you are right in that education is not cheap. Out of 100 rods, this one was the first I tried to CP the wraps. The thread required it though. That twist of tan/black was gorgeous but where the bleeding occured, it was so dark it looked plain black. Haha, this was a lot cheaper then when I decieded to make cane ferruled rods and experimented with all the styles. I have it down to a T now but the learning curve was costly. I'm gonna try the turkey baster on this one as soon as I rewrap the butt.

Billy

I like the translucent look myself Dave however that jasper needed CPing. I had a computer problem and lost a lot of pictures but here's a couple of examples of cane ferrules.

The first one is a tip over butt ferrule, my first of that type, which is my preferred style.

The next one is a rod with butt over tip.

Billy

Dave, the tip over butt is easier to make mostly because it follows the progression of the taper. In other words, the inside of the female ferrule increases in diameter as it goes past the end of the rod tip section to form the hollow part. The butt section increases the same as it runs from the male ferrule area to the butt end of the rod. This also makes it much easier, in my opinion, to get a real solid connection between the ferrule sections. The butt over tip ferrules go against the run of the taper. The female ferrule starts off at the end of the rod shaft and gets smaller as it goes on past the ferrule area to the end of the butt section. The male ferrule ends of the tip sections are then taperd the same way. It starts smaller till it reaches what is the end of the male ferrule area. You will see this is quite evident from the pictures. The butt over ferrule was made by swelling out the ferrule area on that section. Then you just reduce the inside to get the wall thickness you need. The tip over was done by making a hollow rod section and sliding it down the shaft into place. The rest is cosmetic. I could have feathered the tip over ferrule more so that it ran smoothly into the shaft. On both types, I use clear wraps so the ferrule is far less noticeable then with the colored wraps ala the butt over rod picture. The tip over won't get water in the ferrule either if it gets wet. The other thing with these is it seems that the less noticeable they are the better people like them. As far as feel goes, I don't think either has an advantage.

Billy