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Stripping finish off an old reel

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borumas	Stripping finish off an old reel	Lead	[-]
Guide Posts: 99 (05/19/09 16:46:55) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I was wondering what most people have used to strip the finish off of old reels, I recently got my hands on a beat up H&I reel that looks like a Medalist and I think it would look pretty good with a new black paint job. I'd also like to change it from right hand to left hand retrieve but it doesn't look like that will be easy.
mdwwhw		#1	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 546 (05/19/09 17:15:12) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	It should flip over to LHW pretty easily, if its a true clone. Search in this forum on medalist and you'll be buried in how to. I've used citristrip, abundant water and a good stiff brush to get the finish off some spools in the past. Might take more than one application so leave it on for a few hours at least, rinse and brush, repeat if necessary. If for some reason you can't get to it to clean up, just drop it in the water to neutralize things. I'd imagine any good paint stripper would work, citristrip is what I had. "Everything's better when wet...." Steve Miller Band
borumas		#2	[-]
Guide Posts: 100 (05/19/09 22:12:02) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Thanks, I will give that a shot this weekend.
whrlpool		#3	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 830 (05/20/09 05:33:36) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Any stripper and plenty of steel wool. What doesn't come off after that won't come off under the new paint anyhow, and with progressively finer steel wool, the surface will be well prepared to hold new paint.
JeffK		#4	[-]
Guide Posts: 94 (05/20/09 06:57:15) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I like to start with Citristrip because it is less toxic. Follow the instructions. Wear gloves, do outdoors etc. Occassionally, a better paint system needs to be stripped with a methylene chloride based stripper, which is more toxic. While, MC strippers are faster than Citristrip, the toxicity is a concern for me.
borumas		#5	[-]
Guide Posts: 108 (05/25/09 14:12:43) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I just wanted to report the Citristrip worked pretty well, I should have taken some pictures of it but I've already started painting the reel. Hopefully it will come out nicely, using a "hammered black" finish on it because I like the way it looks and it should help hide any scratches/blemishes on the reel.
evanslmtd		#6	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 552 (05/30/09 06:50:39) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	borumas Glad to hear that the Citrus Strip worked for you. So far, it's never let me down. You might want to think about shooting a coat or two of clear over the "Hammered Black" finish to help protect the paint. For me, the reels I've done that on seem to hold up better than just the straight paint. Time is precious. Waste it wisely! Barry
borumas		#7	[-]
Guide Posts: 117 (05/31/09 16:34:06) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Thanks Evanslmtd, I was thinking about putting a clear coat on it, I may do that this next weekend. If I do put a clear coat on it I'll post some new pictures in the other thread I made for the reel.
Raybow		#8	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 296 (06/01/09 19:49:28) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Is the reel aluminum?............... I have not done an vintage flyreel yet but have been doing some old vintage spinnig reels. I, from my perspective don't know (if you can get the old finish off) what paint, finish etc., etc, you would put back on the reel that would look good and stay...?.... I haven't done one of my old fly reels yet that is made of 'no telling' what type of alloys it is but I will beed blast and polish or beed blast and have a local buisness re-anodize the reel. Paint in my experiance on all types of metals is a guessing game and after all the hand work involved , I don't want to do it twice........Thanx........Ray..........

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