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02-20-2004, 07:33 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Bend Oregon
Posts: 3,854
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Rod Cleaning & Storage
What do you all do to keep your Rod's clean and looking like the day you bought them??
I use window cleaner and some polish,
What do you all recomend????
I want to keep my limas looking like new, any help??
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02-20-2004, 07:35 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Woodland ,WA
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Re: Rod Cleaning & Storage
My Loomis' are covered in fish scales :tongue:
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02-20-2004, 07:39 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Eagle Creek, OR
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Re: Rod Cleaning & Storage
Use a S.O.S. pad on your cork, and it will look like new!
Just be gentle!
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02-20-2004, 07:39 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Sandy
Posts: 2,360
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Re: Rod Cleaning & Storage
Hot soapy water and a sponge.
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02-20-2004, 07:44 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Longview,WA
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Re: Rod Cleaning & Storage
Well I'm not a sponser so I guess I'll keep this kinda vauge
,but am in the window blind business where we clean widow treatments with an ultrasonic cleaning tank and threw a few rods in the tank just to see what would happen,as far as cleaning the rod with glass cleaner I can't recomend anything better but as far as the grips go ultrasonic cleansing is the way to go they come out like new,works wonders on golf clubs too.
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02-20-2004, 08:02 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 1,276
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Re: Rod Cleaning & Storage
A little all natural "Simple Green" to get the egg gunk off followed up with wipe down with a cloth thats been sprayed w/ armorol...
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02-20-2004, 08:05 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SALEM
Posts: 1,071
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Re: Rod Cleaning & Storage
I use a sponge with the green pad on the back with wd40 on the cork and wd40 on a terry cloth on the rod.
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02-20-2004, 08:47 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Warren, Or.
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Re: Rod Cleaning & Storage
A little dawn on the handle with hot water and a sponge. a little car cleaner wax on the rod...she'll look just like new! And the wax lets you wash off scales and egg goo more easily.
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02-20-2004, 09:04 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: klamath falls oregon
Posts: 927
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Re: Rod Cleaning & Storage
didn't anyone ever tell you if you clean all the scales and egg goop off of your rod,then you might as well retire it,it will lose it's mojo 
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02-20-2004, 09:13 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Sandy
Posts: 2,360
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Re: Rod Cleaning & Storage
Cures are corrosive and break components down. Just a heads up. Might want to clean your rods if you want them to last longer 
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02-20-2004, 09:25 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Damascus, Oregon
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Re: Rod Cleaning & Storage
Simple Green / Car wax / like new
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02-20-2004, 09:56 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Alaska! from Oregon, college in Montana
Posts: 4,224
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Re: Rod Cleaning & Storage
Furniture cleaner.....then cheese clothe.......
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02-21-2004, 05:45 AM
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Re: Rod Cleaning & Storage
Tuna Blood :shocked:
I wash them down with fresh water and let them dry off before putting them away.
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02-21-2004, 10:38 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Palmer, Alaska
Posts: 434
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Re: Rod Cleaning & Storage
Diaper Wipes. I have 2 little boys and we have diaper wipes on levels of the house. I have been using these things for everything. They clean rods, reels, spills and the occasional baby bottom. 
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02-22-2004, 12:45 AM
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Fry
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Aloha
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Re: Rod Cleaning & Storage
Just soapy water. Shack Inc.
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02-22-2004, 03:27 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Yamhill, OR
Posts: 1,556
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Re: Rod Cleaning & Storage
LEMON JOY Dish soap, same stuff I wash my plugs in.. No need to add any other odors ..
That said, I use Pledge furniture polish on the blank
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02-22-2004, 05:10 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Salem
Posts: 2,383
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Re: Rod Cleaning & Storage
I had a rod builder tell me to use < dandruff > shampoo on the cork.
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