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Location: lansing, il | is wd 40 bad if it is sprayed in a reel??? |
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| I just watched a guy inspect and clean my 7000C3 and he used WD-40 to clean off gunk and stuff from inside the reel. He said, though, that it's imperative you dry/clean off all the WD-40 after spraying or it will be as greasy the next time you open it up as it was when you first sprayed it. |
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Location: St. Louis, MO., Marco Is., FL, Nestor Falls, ON | Esox50 is exactly right. WD40 is my choice for cleaning all the old grease and oil off my reels. But for lubrication, I like Hot Sauce oil and grease. |
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Location: Hayward, WI | Yup, what the others said. WD-40 is notorious for collecting dirt and getting everything all gunked up if left on, but you can use it to clean. Could also use it as a lubricant in a pinch, but I wouldn't consider it for long term use.
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| Oh yeah, finally guys with the correct opinion....mine.
I learned from working with fine-toothed tools in trenches where I fixed and installed water mains and other things, WD40 is great for spraying and cleaning grease and dirt and grime off of threads and other moving parts. After that, it acts as a dirt magnet. That goes for your guns too. I'd rather fire a gun dry than fire one that is coated with WD 40.
There are much better fine and dry lubricants for using on moving parts of reels that don't collect dirt, dust, crud and more. I've been using a product called Dry-Tef. It's a teflon lubricant that goes on wet and dries to a white coating that nothing sticks too. It doesn't last forever, but it comes in big cans 
I remember at the Rhinelander outing when we all got a basic tutorial of reel cleaning and maintenance, and remember being told to use oils that are made for reels because of their inherent properties of lubrication and waterproofness and that they don't collect the aformentioned list of bad things.
I came home and cleaned and oiled every reel. WD40 was great for cleaning, but nothing more.
Find stuff that doesn't get sticky after you wipe it off. Read the label or call the maunfactuer. Make sure to use the correct lubricant.
Now, who is going to add to the thread about how WD40 is a great fish attractant? So is Preperation H, and it has other uses.
I know that I'll hear bad things about Teflon too, but I've learned that a thin film of Dry Tef works fine for me.
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| Beaver agrees with me. WD40 is a great solvent to clean up, but it has to be removed, then use oil and grease, and not much of either, on the right parts. |
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Location: Minnesota | JB-80 is a great lube as well, it doesnt have as bad of oil feel to it as WD-40
and just like they say "its twice as good"
Justice Brothers JB-80 |
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| I know one guy who uses industrial grade peanut oil that they use to machine titanium parts for airplanes.
I think he stole a 55 gallon drum from work
It's some fine, slick stuff.
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Location: St. Louis, MO., Marco Is., FL, Nestor Falls, ON | If it's so slick....how did his sticky fingers get it home. I hope he realizes that's a felony theft. Employee theft costs everyone and shouldn't be taken lightly. Encourage him to sneak it back into work and cleanse his conscience. |
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| What conscience?
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| Shep - 12/11/2006 11:43 AM
What conscience?
Lol, my thoughts exactly. |
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