for the lad's who do rod work.

[Davey1970]

a have a really nice 7 ft Berkley lightning bass/spinning rod,

it has cork grip above and below the reel seat,

would any of you advise applying varnish to this....?

thank's davey

[Tonygdodds]

I would just sand down if it's really old & dirty looking with a very fine wet & dry there used to be a cork sealer I used to get from temples in whitley bay.
Not sure if it's still available though

[endurothumpers]

As tony said just fine wet and dry or wire wool I wouldn't varnish as it will just make grip slippy also will just flake off with constant gripping it.

[Davey1970]

thank's for the help lad's