Hi

you can use a good car wax polish (turtle wax polish with polymers is good)
or a car laquer instead of epoxy. If you use epoxy run a lit candle along
the rod as you turn, the extra heat will make the epoxy go off quicker.

regards,
colin
"dwdw1" wrote in message
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Thanks very much for advice and suggestions - I'm using an old crodless
drill as a rod turner, and that seems to work ok so far.
cheers
DW