Dropped cooler damages cork. How do I repair this? Did not have a banana 🍌 so thumb for scale.
Posted by Backyardincinerator
17 Comments
Wonderful_Potato2864 on
Probably super glue a base piece of cork on there to fill the gap, then proceed with standard cork repair which is sandable wood filler and cork dust.
Milky_Monster on
Ramen noodles and glue
Skrapidilly on
wood dust, elmers, and wax paper.
jbotz29 on
The correct way to fix it is to remove the rest of the cork that is on there and replace the whole bottom section of the handle. Its not impossible but it is a little involved. Heat goes along way towards breaking the old glue off. Order a new piece of cork from a rod building website such as mudhole.com. You will need to reem the inside to the correct diameter of your rod and then epoxy the new one back on. Otherwise maybe some kind of wood filler and then shrink tube x wrap to go over it and make it look nicer.
New cork handle. Strip the old cork off, ream out either individual cork rings or a complete handle to slide over the butt. If there’s a lot of taper you’re going to have to arbor it with masking tape. Epoxy new handle into place over the butt (be liberal with the glue). Probably will need a new butt cap, but you might be able to salvage whatever is there. Maybe a $20 project, though I’d charge three times that.
Mud Hole will have everything you need and the videos to figure it out. Sand the new handle to shape.
KiloCharlieXray on
Cork tape and send it??🤔
lKryptus on
Ramen is the elite fix
Pale-Dust2239 on
I’d use filler to flatten out the hole then use some heat shrink rod grip
ethical2012 on
Simple, stick a cork in it.
Sorry I had to.
Great_WhiteSnark on
If it was just me I’d honestly just use hockey tape.
I acquired some split grip fishing rods an I really did not find them comfortable to use so I bought some pipe insulation and cut it to size and then used hockey tape over it. Very comfortable for me to hold and cast with now.
Make the hole in the rin match the rod diameter on the the cork handle.
Cut the missing area square.
Cut a piece of ring to match the missing area.
Glue in.
Rasp down.
Sandpaper smooth.
Nod proudly, tell your spouse, if you have one, how handy you are. Show her your HANDY work. She’ll look at you with extreme respect. Her HANDY MAN… (makes women hot)
Ok-Fisherman9123 on
You could buy sheets of thin cork and build up the layers and gaps then sand it smooth
TheFrozenCanadianGuy on
Ramen
ffeather50 on
I would use some kind of filler then wrap it in grip tape or something for an easy fix
bear0234 on
i grab cork from wine bottles, cut into shapes that can fill that, then shave a buncha cork into elmers glue so its a mix of glue and cork shavings/dust and use the glue to bond it all together.
once dry, shave down big chunks w knife and sand a bit.
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Probably super glue a base piece of cork on there to fill the gap, then proceed with standard cork repair which is sandable wood filler and cork dust.
Ramen noodles and glue
wood dust, elmers, and wax paper.
The correct way to fix it is to remove the rest of the cork that is on there and replace the whole bottom section of the handle. Its not impossible but it is a little involved. Heat goes along way towards breaking the old glue off. Order a new piece of cork from a rod building website such as mudhole.com. You will need to reem the inside to the correct diameter of your rod and then epoxy the new one back on. Otherwise maybe some kind of wood filler and then shrink tube x wrap to go over it and make it look nicer.
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Put some rod wrap on it and keep fishing
New cork handle. Strip the old cork off, ream out either individual cork rings or a complete handle to slide over the butt. If there’s a lot of taper you’re going to have to arbor it with masking tape. Epoxy new handle into place over the butt (be liberal with the glue). Probably will need a new butt cap, but you might be able to salvage whatever is there. Maybe a $20 project, though I’d charge three times that.
Mud Hole will have everything you need and the videos to figure it out. Sand the new handle to shape.
Cork tape and send it??🤔
Ramen is the elite fix
I’d use filler to flatten out the hole then use some heat shrink rod grip
Simple, stick a cork in it.
Sorry I had to.
If it was just me I’d honestly just use hockey tape.
I acquired some split grip fishing rods an I really did not find them comfortable to use so I bought some pipe insulation and cut it to size and then used hockey tape over it. Very comfortable for me to hold and cast with now.
https://mudhole.com/products/overstock-cork-rings-25-id?currency=USD&country=US&variant=33723645886597&stkn=cc517e633213&utm_campaign=gs-2021-09-24&utm_source=google&utm_medium=smart_campaign&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17509178085&gbraid=0AAAAAD_v9rNq37JxrOV98kDmJFV1yL6IF&gclid=CjwKCAjwqubPBhBOEiwAzgZX2ujiZPPgeonArOOQz1kln2Ep96Gr3zbN7gHiCWJtYI9MkBMoM4cRihoCOB8QAvD_BwE
Make the hole in the rin match the rod diameter on the the cork handle.
Cut the missing area square.
Cut a piece of ring to match the missing area.
Glue in.
Rasp down.
Sandpaper smooth.
Nod proudly, tell your spouse, if you have one, how handy you are. Show her your HANDY work. She’ll look at you with extreme respect. Her HANDY MAN… (makes women hot)
You could buy sheets of thin cork and build up the layers and gaps then sand it smooth
Ramen
I would use some kind of filler then wrap it in grip tape or something for an easy fix
i grab cork from wine bottles, cut into shapes that can fill that, then shave a buncha cork into elmers glue so its a mix of glue and cork shavings/dust and use the glue to bond it all together.
once dry, shave down big chunks w knife and sand a bit.