by Jimbo Roberts » March 10th, 2016, 8:00 pm
I've been using wax all my life and never had a problem. Then again I don't fish salt water much either. I have tried the flexing method of bending the rod while twisting and pulled some friends rods apart before.
I just thinking out loud and I don't know the consequences, but what about penetrating oil used to free rusted parts, or even using WD40 and see if allowing some of that to soak at the ferrule will loosen it. Again I've got no real experience using them, just thinking about what works in other applications. Then again those two might have some negative impact of the epoxy resins, I'm not sure.
I hope something works for you, good luck with your rod.
Jimbo