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Title: Need some vintage Gudebrod thread
Post by: 1badf350 on August 08, 2017, 03:37:06 PM
Hello all, I need some Size A Gudebrod 5274 NCP Chestnut color thread. I need enough to wrap 6 guides on a 130lb class roller rod.
My email is Creed@LPC.com
Title: Re: Need some vintage Gudebrod thread
Post by: thorhammer on August 08, 2017, 04:31:22 PM
got a pic? I may have it or really close.
Title: Re: Need some vintage Gudebrod thread
Post by: 1badf350 on August 09, 2017, 02:26:59 PM
This is the color. It says size D but I need size A
(https://www.picclickimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxNjAw/z/uwEAAOSw2xRYVUxT/$/Gudebrod-Ncp-Sz-d-1-Oz-Chestnut-_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Need some vintage Gudebrod thread
Post by: thorhammer on August 09, 2017, 03:32:10 PM
I checked this morning; I have about enough to wrap one foot of an Aftco left. Sorry.
Title: Re: Need some vintage Gudebrod thread
Post by: 1badf350 on August 09, 2017, 05:27:28 PM
Ok thanks for checking.
Title: Re: Need some vintage Gudebrod thread
Post by: thorhammer on August 09, 2017, 07:49:40 PM
NP. is this a restoration or a new color scheme? I had it to repair some Fenwick's. Love that classic brown look. If you have end up having to "get close enough", Prowrap,  and I think Voodoo, have some pantone charts  that may get you close enough for gov't work.

John
Title: Re: Need some vintage Gudebrod thread
Post by: 1badf350 on August 09, 2017, 09:22:12 PM
Yep its for an old brown fenwick. Somebody changed the guide wraps to some God awful lime green. Im trying to put it back to original.
Title: Re: Need some vintage Gudebrod thread
Post by: Bryan Young on August 09, 2017, 10:45:29 PM
I might have a spool, but my friend Pauline has all of my supplies (wrapper, threads, guides,...)
Title: Re: Need some vintage Gudebrod thread
Post by: 1badf350 on August 09, 2017, 11:32:33 PM
Lets give Pauline a shout, shall we?  ;D
Title: Re: Need some vintage Gudebrod thread
Post by: jurelometer on August 10, 2017, 04:15:37 AM
I have a mostly full 950 yard spool of Gudebrod 5274 A,  but it is the regular stuff, not NCP.

  Check out the following thread on rodbuilding.org about Fenwick wraps, NCP vs. regular, and color consistency of 5274:
http://rodbuilding.org/read.php?2,225561,225718 (http://rodbuilding.org/read.php?2,225561,225718)


If you can't find the NCP stuff, and want to try the regular thread,    PM me with shipping address.


-J
Title: Re: Need some vintage Gudebrod thread
Post by: Midway Tommy on August 10, 2017, 05:28:41 AM
Quote from: jurelometer on August 10, 2017, 04:15:37 AM

 Check out the following thread on rodbuilding.org about Fenwick wraps, NCP vs. regular, and color consistency of 5274:
http://rodbuilding.org/read.php?2,225561,225718 (http://rodbuilding.org/read.php?2,225561,225718)

-J

Well ain't that something? Sounds like a total rewrap is just about the only to get a close match. No wonder a bunch of the 5274 examples on eBay look like sightly different shades. ??? According to Vic it's because they were more than a little different.  :o  
Title: Re: Need some vintage Gudebrod thread
Post by: mikeysm on August 10, 2017, 07:03:18 AM
You have to have the same lot number to make a perfect color match. It's all dyed at the same time.

Mike
Title: Re: Need some vintage Gudebrod thread
Post by: 1badf350 on August 10, 2017, 10:14:18 AM
Wow thats some good info! Thanks
Title: Re: Need some vintage Gudebrod thread
Post by: jurelometer on September 01, 2017, 06:29:00 PM
Here is a photo of size A and D  spools of the official Fenwick color 5274 Gudebrod thread bought at the same time.  Yes they are slightly different shades.  Also in the photo is a guide replacement wrap over white with CP added, an an original decorative wrapping from a 70s vintage spinner.    Trying to exactly match a wrap, especially for a single guide replacement seems pretty tough to me.
(http://alantani.com/gallery/21/11927_01_09_17_11_14_17_21770922.jpeg)

-J
Title: Re: Need some vintage Gudebrod thread
Post by: mikeysm on September 01, 2017, 06:47:19 PM
The only way is to purchase thread with the same lot number.


Mike
Title: Re: Need some vintage Gudebrod thread
Post by: Tiddlerbasher on September 01, 2017, 08:54:06 PM
Yep - been there and screwed up a couple of times - Shimano rod wrappings I find impossible to match - Okuma aren't any easier :(
I'd luv to help but I'm struggling at the best of times ???
Title: Re: Need some vintage Gudebrod thread
Post by: thorhammer on September 02, 2017, 12:07:53 AM
If it were me at this'll point I'd eyeball close as possible to a currently available shade, buy two spools and rewrap it all. It won't take that long for five guides going brown over brown. Two hours max. Then it all matches and has new epoxy good fir another 20 years. Just my .02