I have a Harrison Sulis Avon quiver which I use for most of my Chub fishing.

The rod itself is super,but I want to change the colour of my quivertip from red to white.

Personally I think white is without doubt the best colour for a quivertip. From time to time I struggle noticing shy bites on the dark red tip I have. Can anyone recommend what kind of paint I should be using without damaging my rod. Thanks. 

Plastikote from all good diy stores ,in bright white with a flat white as base coat .

paint at least a foot or so of the tip (easier to see a bigger area ).

Yoggy.

I agree that White is the best colour.  If it is of any use to you, I painted the tip of one of my rods with  Tipex.  It stays on for months, or until you want to remove it.  Also it is easy to take off if you have a change of mind.

Thanks chaps thats great. I do like the sound of that Plastikote though.

Why rod manufactures and makers including Harrison insist on making their quivertips in different colours other than white beats me. White is the best colour to see especially against a dark background or when the light begins to fade.

I tell you what Yogs, in dull light, and against dull backgrounds white rules.

However I have 3 beach rods, and when it goes dark properly the black tip is a better silhouete against a night sky, or a sky that has a faint glow from light pollution than a white tip, that is when I do not use a lamp or torch to light up the tips!

Yoggy,

Hope this helps, i am a decorator by trade. Plastikote is fine, but you would do better to buy a spray paint for cars.  Its made to withstand the weather and will not yellow over time.   Baz idea is also good, as he says you can change back without all the re painting.

Don't want to start a fight, but I believe acrylic (and I think that's what car paint is) attacks the resin in carbon rods. I may be wrong, but I'm mindful that they say you shouldn't paint motorcycle helmets because it weakens them.

I've used Tippex, and it's brill if a little unprofessional looking. One of the pole specialists used to make a white and fluoro 'Tippex' type paint that could be rubbed off again. It was for pole float tips. 

Baz old chap

I'm with you on this - justwhat i do

Tally Ho

Posh way of doin wot i said!.........it's great when even the rings "show" in the dark......and mono is harder than emulsion.

   Not for tarts tho!

Well lads acrylic and Emulsion are water based, that is fine, acrylic used in the right way  goes very hard, emulsion will crack after a while, its not for external use.

I was thinking more of the car spray paint that has to be cleaned with thinners, not white spirit, Thinners, two different things altogether.

You can buy plastikote in spray form, if the rod has any value and a job is worth doing, then dont become a cowboy, do the job right. Plastikote spary or paint will not damage your rod.

Car sprays use cellulose thinners, don't they?

Can't see them attacking the glass, but they might attack the present paint finish.  I say the won't attack the glass because there's a product on the market for repairing kitchen unit tops, like a putty and when you've fixed it, you wipe the excess away with cellulose thinners that comes with it. So, if it will clean plastic counter tops without affecting the plastic, it should be ok with the resin in GF and Carbon. I would have thought.

Plastikote would  be my choice though. 

Why dont you just buy some white quiver tips

 i have bought and use drennen night sight quivers avaliable in most weights glass and carbon with a white top they are brilliant 

Sorry if i am wrong ( i am assuming they are push in quivers)

 Ryan

Sorry chaps i disagree with all of you, by far the best way of whitening the end of a rod that i have ever come across without permanently changing the rod is to use Plumbers tape(ptfe). it is brilliant white and strangely luminous. Easy to put on and take off and gossamer thin so does not alter the tips action.

Bill

Bill, you beat me to it mate, i have used plumbers tape(ptfe) for years, its brilliant stuff.

Yoggy, give a try first , before anything else, it will cost you pennies.

Eddie C, try painting the top of your beach casters 'zebra crossing' pattern (black/white black...) .Its much easier on the eyes at night, and shows up extremely well. The plumbers tape trick does not work so well on beach rods because the continuous 'ripping' of the leader knot when casting, soon rags the tape.