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| does anybody clean the handle on their fishing rod and if so with what?
thanks chris |
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Location: WI | All I use is some fine grit sandpaper and rub it just enough to get the original color back. I usually do this before opener and about half way through the season depending on how nasty it gets. This has worked pretty well for me. |
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Location: Glenmoore PA | I just use a sponge with some dish soap and it gets it pretty clean. |
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Location: In a shack in the woods | I've never bothered. I buy mine to use them. After a week it would just look the same. Most of my corks are almost black buy the reel seat and end of the handle where I grab to cast.
Not to sound like an a$$ but what the point in cleaning it? Are there any advantages? |
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| no really....You have to ask...that black is usually a build up of bacteria that can be transferred onto your skin ,mucus membranes and eyes. Its normally caused by the sweat from your hands and water transferred from the reel. If you fish waters that have drinkable water live it up.... otherwise exercise good judgement ! |
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| you can use denatured alchol - it does a fine job. |
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Location: Lebanon,Mo | Hot soapy water and a rag does good for me.I dont like black handles myself and like mentioned above,dont care for bacteria buildup. |
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Location: Stones throw away...finally!! | Second for really fine sandpaper. They will look brand new afterwords, just be careful around the rod seat if you don't want fine scratches on it. |
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| thanks to all for the imput .the reason i askedwasi beleave cleaning is a part of matinance and a great way to avoid trouble on the water.worked for me so far.
chris |
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Location: Windy City | One more vote for fine sandpaper.
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| Warm water with some dishsoap and an old toothbrush works for me...then rinse. |
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| Warm water and an sos pad. Works great. |
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| I prefer to let them get aged or "cured" with all the junk on them. I look at a dirty rod grip the same as a bait with tooth marks all over in it. |
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| I've found that a day fishing in a downpour will have your cork looking good as new... |
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Location: Il | Mr. Clean Magic Eraser |
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Location: Hugo, MN | Oxyclean works good. It also gets blood off your boat carpet, which is nice. |
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| I've used simple green and an SOS pad, when I've had a rod I wanted to sell. Seemed to Clean them up very well.
As far as the undrinkable water from the lake, to your handle, to your, hand, to your mouth; have you ever been water skiing? |
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Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | Once clean you can get for about $3.95 a tennis or raquetball handle wrap. I wrap the handles where I know I'm getting them the dirtiest. Walmart sells one with three pieces of wrap in it, you could do 1 & 1/2 rods pre-reel and after reel. Then when the wrap gets skunky pull it off and replace it. They also really do help in the rain keeping the grip on the rod. Plus if you ever go to sell a rod, pull it off looks like new cork. |
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| I also recommend fine grit sandpaper. I just used it on my rods today after reading on here and they look great. Also the new sanded cork is very soft and feels great.
Thanks for the suggestion guys! |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | Have never done this..but my rods do look scummy around the reel seat and the butt of the handle. Guess ill try some sandpaper |
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