Advanced Throop Tiger Tips and Tricks 

I totally agree...hard lesson to learn but worth it! At the end of the day...thread is cheap. Special rods last forever.

Coming from a Master like you that means a lot! Thanks Doc!

Thanks! Please like and subscribe. Yeah...I've been thinking about carbon fiber for a while. That's a massive, multi-video project for sure. Appreciate the suggestion.

Glad you liked it! Please like and subscribe...and let me know if there are other topics that would be helpful.

@@masteringrodbuilding How about a vid that describes thread? type,were to use, when to use color preserver.

Thanks for watching, Jon!

I am planning on it...but my real job and travel keep me sort of spotty. But trying to get through the list of stuff I want to get out there.

Stay tuned…coming soon

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Thanks for watching - please like and subscribe. Craig I'm not sure I understand the question? Did you watch the basic Throop Tiger Wrap video? I think there are a lot of keys to getting the desired result: using the EXACT same threads top and bottom, using light thread tension, using 4 coats on the underwrap, letting the finish on the under wraps set completely before over wrapping, burnishing both layers, etc. Can you be more specific?

Thanks for watching…please like and subscribe! Sounds like your base wrap tension was too high. Tension on both the base wrap AND the over wrap should be fairly loose. I cover this in the basic tiger video…but it should be loose enough to move fairly easily without rolling or overlapping. Much less tension than a guide wrap for example. Check out 7:32 in this video: m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x05oePVRgAk.html You also have to take care to let the finish coats on the base wrap fully cure before completing the overwrap. I usually let it set for 36-48 hours…until it is hard enough it doesn’t dent easily with a fingernail. If you wrap over while it is still soft at all - even with proper tension - it will dig into the finish and it won’t move when your burnish it. Hope this helps!

@@masteringrodbuilding thanks man, you’re videos are super informative, subbed

Hello Lane - thanks for watching. Please like and subscribe! You can use cheap thread for your sacrificials. However, if they are a different size at all - even fractionally larger or smaller - they will disrupt the pattern and you might wind up with a barber pole repetitive pattern instead of a random pattern. I have even had trouble trying to use Size A regular nylon as a sacrificial when I used the same brand size A NOCP as the base wrap. So use whatever you want...but understand that it may affect your pattern. The only way I have found to get a great pattern 100% of the time is to use the EXACT same threads for the base wrap and the overwrap...including keeping the sacrificials the same. Hope this helps!

Thanks for watching...please like and subscribe. You can get it lots of places...but Astro Glow from Patrick Adair Supplies and the stuff from Techno Glow Products seems to work best. Bear in mind that if you use enough to glow well it will make your epoxy sort of hazy and opaque. So try to match your glow color to your thread and EXPERIMENT on test wraps before applying to a rod. Good luck!

Absolutely you can. This is custom...you can do anything! Just keep in mind that you still need a lot of contrast in the base wrap to get a good effect. So in my experience you want a very dark thread, a very light thread, and one somewhere in between...even if two of them are metallics. And if you are going to use two metallics I'd make sure it's a three thread Tiger. You lose some contrast and depth to me if ALL (both threads in a two thread tiger) are metallic. Also, I'd recommend always using two metallics of the same size (like both size A thread). Finally - and this is completely subjective and just my opinion - I'd be careful using a metallic thread as the final top thread. Experiment for yourself and see what you like, but a shiny metallic top thread (the one you don't sacrifice on the overwrap) seems to detract from the depth and color of the wrap to me. To my eye, a metallic top is kind of loud and smothers or flattens the wrap a lot of the time...especially light colored metallics (silver, gold, etc.). But experiment and see what you like. Hope this helps...good luck!

Thanks so much for the detailed response it definitely helps. Awesome work by the way!

@@johnnydelgado5459 You are most welcome. Thanks for watching - please like and subscribe!

I use the brightest color glow powder from www.technoglowproducts.com but you have to experiment a bit. Too much powder makes your epoxy cloudy...too little and it doesn’t glow. Do NOT put the powder in your final epoxy coat if you want a high gloss finish. Hope this helps!

@@masteringrodbuilding Thanks