Refurbishing the Beaudex shine?

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WW.clarksclassicfl...	Refurbishing the Beaudex shine?	Lead	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 23 (11/16/09 23:45:28) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've got one of the later model Beaudex reels with the silver ventilated plate. I'd like to turn this one into a user and I'm trying to figure out what I should do to shine it up. The spool has some staining but what I'm more concerned with is the areas where the laquer is worn off. Is it laquer? Can I remove the rest of it and redo it? Anyone ever try this?
taniwha2		#1	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 245 (11/17/09 02:49:45) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	"Ditto" on this one
WatercolorMan		#2	[-]
Guide Posts: 48 (11/18/09 11:29:25) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I have several where the original finish is mostly worn off. I just add a wax to protect the bare metal finish and left original finish as is. If your looking to make it shine you may want to try waxing and buffing. I like the duller finish myself and even thought of removing all the shiny finish, but in the end left it to wear naturally from use. After 25 years or so more of the original shine has come off, they look OK to me. But I'm just a fisherman, not a collector and rather fancy the worn but not abused look.
bulldog1935		#3	[-]
Posts: 5371 (11/18/09 16:33:30) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I agree on the wax - nothing is perfect for this, but wax is the best approach the rods are never obsolete - the marketing is.
WW.clarksclassicfl...		#4	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 24 (11/18/09 20:42:07) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	A lot of the remaining laquer is coming off with some easy finger nail work. Since I'm going to strip the reel down and give it the Bulldog treatment, I think I'll try a little qtip laquer thinner on it and see if I can get it all gone. I think once I get it buffed up I can keep it that way...I'm not too hard on my stuff when I'm using it. Wax...hmmm. It's hard enough trying to keep the wife from having me committed as it is. Waxing reels might just give her that last little thing she needs!
Spencer DT		#5	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 375 (11/19/09 06:10:24) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I think the threads that mention taking a shower with your reel after fishing in salt could also fall into that category. So I did it. Ha.
whrlpool		#6	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 1139 (11/19/09 06:49:36) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	And it was a good shower. Don't get in the shower with anything that has a screw loose, though.
WW.clarksclassicfl...	Think I'm done working on it..	#7	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 26 (11/27/09 18:26:33) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The laquer was no problem to remove. A soft cloth soaked in laquer thinner and some elbow grease and it was gone in a few minutes. The staining that I thought would be no problem to remove is driving me nuts. What I have tried so far; 000 steel wool, wadding for polishing metal, engine degreaser, Vinegar, baking soda, and just now I tried to bleach them out...heh heh In this picture the stains don't show up quite as much as they do in person. I've had to put a little work into this reel to make it into a user. It has been dropped at one point causing the cage to be slightly off...just enough that the back of the spool would catch when removing it. A little file work and the spool goes in and out freely now. I give up trying to remove the stains...I'm just going to use it as is.
Lanyard Stretcher		#8	[-]
Guide Posts: 70 (11/27/09 18:43:09) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Looks great! Will it scream when a fish makes a good run? Mike
WW.clarksclassicfl...		#9	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 27 (11/27/09 20:20:52) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Oh yea...it'll scream just fine! Like most of these reels, as long as there was a modicum of grease in use during their life the innards are fine. This one is a wide spool 4". Going to hook some Skagit winter runs with it.

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Refurbishing the Beaudex shine?

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