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Offline DC

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Cork handles
« on: September 12, 2015, 10:04:34 pm »
How do you finish cork handles? Oil would just soak in forever, wouldn't it?
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Offline TimBo

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Re: Cork handles
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2015, 11:44:23 pm »
Tru Oil works.  Check out some fly rod building forums - they have a lot of good options for sealing cork. 
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Offline Blaflair2

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Re: Cork handles
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2015, 06:19:47 pm »
Id just cover it in super glue.
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Offline steelslinger

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Re: Cork handles
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2015, 03:31:37 pm »
Iuse a slightly thinned tight bond 3 do a few coats then tru oil over that.
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Cork handles
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2015, 10:09:45 pm »
I do as steel steelslinger, or do the same with shellac. I like to apply heavy coats of thin shellac between sanding the cork with progressively finer sandpapers. This fills the voids nicely.
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