Taping on rings - which tape?

I have a blank arriving on Monday and will initially be taping on the rings until I find a set up that suits. What tape do the tournament casters use???

Thanks.

the stuff used for wrapping gifts selotape do it all different colours when using it stretch it a bit as you wrap it you will get it on ebay

thanks.

I noticed that stafford had pulled off all the rings on his Zippy's and taped them back on with Pink tape, I think Pink is the new black....

you finally ordered the BB so

I noticed that stafford had pulled off all the rings on his Zippy's and taped them back on with Pink tape, I think Pink is the new black....

I thought he had a new pink thumb grip, turns out its his new pink thong takes high viz a bit to far eh!

Tom.

John, (Hallowgraphic, Prisim, gift-wrap tape is what ive heard it called) go for the thicker type though as i used a very slim one to do some rods and it left a real mess on the rod that was a bitch to get off

Hey!! Just noticed I'm being slated on here! the tape is light red not Pink if you must know Now if ye don't mind I'm having my nails done in the same colour so that's the end of that!! This shade suits me!!

most good card shops should stock it ,its holographic tape or i have heard it called christmas tape and you do need to stretch it a little .but it does have a very strong hold once on.cheers john

Thanks for the replies, will give a look for some of it tomorrow.

Its a 15ft 2 piece carbon metal BB that I am building (FS), do I have to find the spine of the rod first?? How do I do dat ??


Gearoid, ya its the BB blank that I got. it went missing in transit for a while as the label fell off it.

Thanks for the replies, will give a look for some of it tomorrow.

Its a 15ft 2 piece carbon metal BB that I am building (FS), do I have to find the spine of the rod first?? How do I do dat ??


Gearoid, ya its the BB blank that I got. it went missing in transit for a while as the label fell off it.

There ya go John...No 2 http://www.rodbuilding.org/faq.html#2 lots of other info there also

Tom.

Thanks Tom, will give that a go this morning. I'm presuming from reading the Q&A's that for FS I put the rings on the opposite side of the spine.

Cheers.

Yeah, thats right......good luck John

I use my bathroom floor, because its tiled (nice flat surface) wrap a piece of masking tape around the spigot and have a black pen at the ready to mark the spine.....hold the tip on your left open palm and with your right hand flat against the blank about 18" down, >press down and< roll it until it jerks to a stop.....lightly mark the top where its stopped.....do the same again and see if the same mark is at the top, if it is....good.....try again.....if its not mark the new top spot.....keep doing it until you get the one that come to the top everytime.......dont worry about it, you will find it easy enough.

Make sure your right hand is in roughly the same place each time.....the blank may have more than one spine.

Tom.

Last edited by Rockhopper on Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:52 am, edited 1 time in total.

Tom,

Tried the method as described above, it worked out very well . it came to pretty much the same spot every time. My left palm is full of red dots from holding the tip section .

Thanks

John, check my edit in blue above....I hope you picked up that from the link.....sorry mate

Tom.

No worries Tom, I picked that up from the link you posted earlier alright. Hope to get out for a few lobs with it today.

Had a few practice casts with it yesterday and was happy enough. It did make a pinging noise whilst casting ?? I recon I need to have more rings towards the tip. Maybe first 3 rings at 6" , 14" and 24" from the tip.

I taped the rings on at 180 degrees to the spine but am now thinking that I might get more out of the blank whilst casting if I had the rings alligned on the spine instead I came to this conclusion by looking at the way I bring the rod around during my cast (rings facing forward for most of the cast)..

Any thoughts / ideas welcome..

anyone have any problems with the tape taking resin of the rod blank?

No, all blanks are laqured be it either clear or black so this acts as a barrier, beside it would want to be massive temps for the resin to start seperating. Tape: some of the lighter quality tapes leave one hell of a sticky mess on the blank when removed.

thanks for that Paddy. cheers. have taken resin off before all you need is tissue paper and a few free hours !