Just curious what people do with cleaningwise with their reels after every salt use? Spray with fresh water? Any oil? Etc…I have a new Penn Battle and want it to last.
Your battle has sheilded bearings, not sealed, so I would be careful not to spray them too hard with water. On the other hand, if you don’t spray them at all, they will look rough in a hurry. Best case, spray them with a spray bottle with salt-x solution and wipe dry, then spray with WD-40 so saltwater rolls right off next trip. Next best, spray off with water, then WD-40. I’m sure there is some better technique, I use the second process since I ran out of salt-X.
O.C.
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Penn rod and reel cleaner. It’s not as good as the old formula Penn Corrosion Inhibitor, but still good stuff.
I put it on new combos before I use them and then rinse with fresh water each trip. Fresh coat of Penn about every 5 trips
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Thanks guys.
Couple follow up questions: Typically, I just give everything a good fresh water spray down.
With the Penn cleaner or WD 40, without taking anything apart, are you just spraying the moving parts? Do you take off the spool and spray that area?
How’s Salt-X work? Not familiar with that product.
Thanks again.
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Just hose down with fresh water. I have done my rod/reels like this for years and never any problems. I think thats all thats needed. WD40/Penn cleaner/etc. every trip is excessive, once a year would be good, but freshwater is all thats needed.
I am very hard on my Penn spinning reels. If I am not actually using them they are in the back of the truck or the van. Always forget to wash them. Generally I wait until the bail doesn’t flip smoothly. I break the entire reel down, hit the bad areas and old grease with carb and choke cleaner, air dry, hit it with WD-40, wipe clean, and repack everything using marine grease. Usually about once a year.
Narcosis
i heard the wd40 will damage the fishingg line? is this true?
Tighten drag al the way. I wash my rods and tell with boat soap and a white vinegar mixture. Rise and shake rod. Air dry while I wash rest of boat. After washing boat loosen drag all the way and store. One a year service reel and grease drag. Your reel will last a long time just by soon this.
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Originally posted by skinneejAstroglide is the way to go!
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Originally posted by Narcosis…Generally I wait until the bail doesn’t flip smoothly. I break the entire reel down, hit the bad areas and old grease with carb and choke cleaner, air dry, hit it with WD-40, wipe clean, and repack everything using marine grease. Usually about once a year…
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Rinse with the same soap and water i wash biat with,let dry then spray with penn reel oil,EVERY trip…
Excessive.
.maybe but you never know when that state record is going to jump on the hook,
before I knew any better I bought cheap equipment…I got what I paid for…now I invest in my equipment and take care of it…it doesn’t take much to rinse the rod and reel down and with relatively simple maintenance you will have functional equipment for a long time…
y’all seen that Never Wet stuff? wonder what it would do to a reel? be nice if the salt water never really “touched” the reel in the first place!
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DO NOT use WD 40 its a degreaser. Best way to ruin a reel. A simple water rinse wipe down with Penn Rod and Reel cleaner. Then use a few drops of Shimano Reel oil on your outside moving reel parts.
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Rinse after every trip with a mist of water. Any pressure and you drive the salt in deeper. Lube with reel oil every so often, and do a full service type deal every other year or so. I fish weekly or more and this has worked just fine…
I typically buy mid level reels, Battles - SSG’s… not the top end or bottom, and most of my equipment gets broken or lost before it fails from regular use. I have some Penn 550 SSG’s going on 10 years old, some Penn Senators and Squidders 10-40 years old, and some Shimano lever drags that are 10+.
I agree with Hurricane WD40 is a degreaser and should not be used as a cleaner unless you are removing grease. Grease is the best tool for fighting corrosion and WD40 can work its way inside the reel and cause issues. We recommend a light freshwater spray down after every use, or wash down with warm soap water. You do not want to use high pressure when spraying your reel off as it will push saltwater inside the reel. After cleaning you then can spray on some PENN rod and reel cleaner to add a coat of protection.
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Originally posted by Nasty DawgI agree with Hurricane WD40 is a degreaser and should not be used as a cleaner unless you are removing grease. Grease is the best tool for fighting corrosion and WD40 can work its way inside the reel and cause issues. We recommend a light freshwater spray down after every use, or wash down with warm soap water. You do not want to use high pressure when spraying your reel off as it will push saltwater inside the reel. After cleaning you then can spray on some PENN rod and reel cleaner to add a coat of protection.
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As you mentioned, we wash our reels gently with fresh water and then wipe them down with soapy water and rinse again. My question is what soap to use?? One of us likes to use dish detergent, the other says it should be the soap used to clean the boat. Is one preferred over the other?
careful using a soap like Dawn, that is also a degreaser…
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Like Bonzo said liquid dish soap is a degreaser so you will not want to use that if all possible. Marine or automotive soap is ideal.
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Originally posted by Nasty DawgI agree with Hurricane WD40 is a degreaser and should not be used as a cleaner unless you are removing grease. Grease is the best tool for fighting corrosion and WD40 can work its way inside the reel and cause issues. We recommend a light freshwater spray down after every use, or wash down with warm soap water. You do not want to use high pressure when spraying your reel off as it will push saltwater inside the reel. After cleaning you then can spray on some PENN rod and reel cleaner to add a coat of protection.
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As you mentioned, we wash our reels gently with fresh water and then wipe them down with soapy water and rinse again. My question is what soap to use?? One of us likes to use dish detergent, the other says it should be the soap used to clean the boat. Is one preferred over the other?
Boat soap is what i use,