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Location: Browerville, Minnesota | Do you guys do anything special with your rods for the winter? I wipe mine down with amorall and clean any junk out of them, but nothing else. Do you do anything with the cork? Mine is kinda of grimy looking and was wondering if there was a way to make it look better without damaging it. |
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| I feel that the grime and dirt on the cork is kind of like battle scares and would not remove in myself. If it really bothers you a LIGHT sanding with some fine sandpaper should do the trick. Personally I just put them in racks in the garage. |
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Location: Land of the Musky | I freeze em for winter in the garage. I have some walleye and bass rods from my grandfather which are very very old and still use them. They hang right next to my muskie rods and still work great. I woudl think he woudl never want me to clean them and put them away. |
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| I have never done anything special with mine other then store them standing up on the garage wall. I have never seen to have a problem other then running out of wall space.
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Location: ne53 | I've cleaned cork handles with mild dish soap and water to renew them back to original color. The only problem I've ever had with the cork was on about a 9 year old rod that seems to be getting a little dried or somewhat brittle. Does anybody ever use any type of conditioner on their handles? |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | refill the cork gaps with wood puddy/filler than light sand all after the wash, clorox cleaner works good too. i'm sure there are some conditioners out there for cork, but keeping them the way they are looks better
Edited by needa70lber 12/6/2007 8:25 PM
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| Just check guides (esp tip tops) for cracks/chips/grooves, and give it a good cleaning with mild detergent (no solvents!) and water. Some also put a coat of carnauba wax on the blank (stops dirt and fish scales, etc from sticking to the finish).
For cork grips that wont come clean, a light sanding with some 240 wet or dry followed by an application of U-40 Cork Seal will have 'em looking like new, and keep them protected. |
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