{"id":2405,"date":"2020-03-20T01:22:58","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T01:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?p=2405"},"modified":"2020-04-26T18:19:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T18:19:30","slug":"bronze-finish-on-snake-guides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?p=2405","title":{"rendered":"Bronze Finish on Snake Guides"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve always used snake guides on my bamboo fly rods that have a bronze finish.  I&#8217;m not fond of a chrome finish on guides, and the bronze finish blends very well with the color of bamboo.  Unfortunately, bronzed guides are no longer available so I&#8217;ve been working for the past couple of weeks to do my own bronzing on my guides.  The early results are looking very promising, but I still have a little more testing to do.  So far, I&#8217;ve come up with a very slight bronze color, all the way to almost black, playing around with time and temperature in the bronzing solution.  Here is an example of my test samples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P3190079-580x326-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P3190079-580x326-1.jpg 580w, https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P3190079-580x326-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P3190079-580x326-1-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Bronzing test samples.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P4180007-580x326-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P4180007-580x326-1.jpg 580w, https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P4180007-580x326-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P4180007-580x326-1-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption>And the finished product wrapped on a new rod!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve always used snake guides on my bamboo fly rods that have a bronze finish. I&#8217;m not fond of a chrome finish on guides, and the bronze finish blends very well with the color of bamboo. 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