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Hello All!

 

Has anyone taken a seized-up "parts reel" that has a huge amount of corrosion and resurected it to be serviceable? If so, how did you clean-up the plated parts (posts, rings, seat, etc.) and then what did you do to protect the bare metal that remained after cleaning the corrosion off?

 

I have a 140 Squider that I picked up virtually for free and was wondering if it was even going to be worth the effort to tear it down and salvage any parts that were not completely wrecked, let alone the possibility of bringing it back to ugly, but serviceable condition.

 

I've never brought a reel back from this bad of shape and I figure that if I was to replace all of the plated parts that were badly corroded, I would have way too much money into this reel.

 

Thank you!

 

-Buckmark22

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Hello All!

Has anyone taken a seized-up "parts reel" that has a huge amount of corrosion and resurected it to be serviceable? If so, how did you clean-up the plated parts (posts, rings, seat, etc.) and then what did you do to protect the bare metal that remained after cleaning the corrosion off?

I have a 140 Squider that I picked up virtually for free and was wondering if it was even going to be worth the effort to tear it down and salvage any parts that were not completely wrecked, let alone the possibility of bringing it back to ugly, but serviceable condition.

I've never brought a reel back from this bad of shape and I figure that if I was to replace all of the plated parts that were badly corroded, I would have way too much money into this reel.

Thank you!

-Buckmark22





 If you have a little science background, after you get the metal parts cleaned up, you can re-plate them right at home. If they can do this in Jr. High I'm sure you can do it. 


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Hello All!

 

Has anyone taken a seized-up "parts reel" that has a huge amount of corrosion and resurected it to be serviceable? If so, how did you clean-up the plated parts (posts, rings, seat, etc.) and then what did you do to protect the bare metal that remained after cleaning the corrosion off?

 

I have a 140 Squider that I picked up virtually for free and was wondering if it was even going to be worth the effort to tear it down and salvage any parts that were not completely wrecked, let alone the possibility of bringing it back to ugly, but serviceable condition.

 

I've never brought a reel back from this bad of shape and I figure that if I was to replace all of the plated parts that were badly corroded, I would have way too much money into this reel.

 

Thank you!

 

-Buckmark22

 

Worth the effort!!! Yes. The reel was almost free, clean it and change the parts that can't be restored ,one thing at the time, the Squidder is a very good reel, a famous one at that , fish it, plenty of parts on ebay or at Scott's . Penn for life and eventually you will pass it to your son

 

Look at her, I love Penn reels

 

1763665

 

Marc..

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I'd want to use something like lime-away, clr, etc. This will attack/remove the residue. and leave brass showing through the chrome, if corroded that far. As a temp fix, you can take a wad of tinfoil, and heavily burnish bare brass spots, to transfer the Al metal to the reel. Usually, the posts are affected more than the rest of the reel.

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I'd want to use something like lime-away, clr, etc. This will attack/remove the residue. and leave brass showing through the chrome, if corroded that far. As a temp fix, you can take a wad of tinfoil, and heavily burnish bare brass spots, to transfer the Al metal to the reel. Usually, the posts are affected more than the rest of the reel.





 As I pointed out electroplating the parts is kids play.  Here is a pretty good explanation, and "How To". The object in this case a spoon, and the metal is silver, though it can be done with any metal.


"In silver plating, the object to be plated (e.g., a spoon) is made from the cathode of an electrolytic cell. The anode is a bar of silver metal, and the electrolyte (the liquid in between the electrodes) is a solution of silver cyanide, AgCN, in water. When a direct current is passed through the cell, positive silver ions (Ag+) from the silver cyanide migrate to the negative anode (the spoon), where they are neutralized by electrons and stick to the spoon as silver metal:

"Meanwhile, the silver anode bar gives up electrons to become silver ions:

"Thus, the anode bar gradually dissolves to replenish the silver ions in the solution. The net result is that silver metal has been transferred from the anode to the cathode, in this case the spoon. This process continues until the desired coating thickness is built up on the spoon-usually only a few thousandths of an inch-or until the silver bar has completely dissolved.

 



"Source:



"http://science.jrank.org/pages/2354/Elec..."

This is not rocket science and anybody can do it. Choose your metal and find the electrolyte. Google is your friend.


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Great input from everyone!

 

For the price of the posts/frames, I don't think I'd tackle replating even if it is simple.

 

When I broke the beast down, the pinion gear was frozen solid to the axle of the spool. In the trash they went. At least it was a chromed metal spool that I wouldn't use anyway!

 

the rest is in a bag awaiting the day that I refurb it (or need to steal parts from).

 

Thank you!

-Buckmark22

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Worth the effort!!! Yes. The reel was almost free, clean it and change the parts that can't be restored ,one thing at the time, the Squidder is a very good reel, a famous one at that , fish it, plenty of parts on ebay or at Scott's . Penn for life and eventually you will pass it to your son

 

Look at her, I love Penn reels

 

1763665

 

Marc..

 

Awesome example of an updated Squidder!!!

 

-Buckmark22

-Buckmark22

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You may find that the spool will need replacing. The ends of the spool that fit into the bushings may be rusted and pitted beyond repair. Other than that yes they can be restored.


When I clean the metal and chrome plated parts on an old reel I throw everything into the parts washer that contains Kerosene and Gunk cleaner. With a soft brass brush all the corrosion and "green" comes right off without using any overnight concoction's...


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Well, now that I've figured out how to upload photos...

 

Here are the as-found condition photos after I stripped the line off of it that was fused to the spool.

 

I don't think I'll be putting up an after photo for quite some time...she's in a ziplock baggie in parts at the moment.

 

I think that this may be reborn as a narrow-spool version since I am inspired by Marc's build!

 

-Buckmark22

 

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-Buckmark22

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