A few photos of my reel restorations

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MACflyer

#30
October 13, 2026, 06:07:01 PM
Glad you posted again Paul or I doubt I would have seen this post. Your restoration skills are top notch, and I will use some of your painting tips. Thanks!
Rick

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1. Fish where the fish are
2. See rule #1

Paul9591

#31
October 13, 2026, 08:34:42 PM
Quote from: MACflyer on October 13, 2026, 06:07:01 PMGlad you posted again Paul or I doubt I would have seen this post. Your restoration skills are top notch, and I will use some of your painting tips. Thanks!

Thank you MACflyer.

The full properties of the VHT Engine enamel paint are (according the manufacturers data) only activated when the painted parts are heated to 200°C (not sure what that is in °F, sorry) in an oven for 20 minutes, but that makes me nervous, because there are steel pins etc in the alloy body, rotor and gear plate, and the two metals expand at different rates, so at the risk of things moving of falling out, I leave the paint for a week or two to harden properly, though it will never attain the hardness and chemical resistance of a baked one.
That said, I accidentily twice dropped a screwdriver on the same part of a body without a scratch being left behind.

I also now wait 24 hours before attempting the script etching process, as this prevents the surrounding soft paint from leaving bunched up drag marks either side of the groove.
I also use strong magnifying glasses with lights to do this, using my metal scribe tool.

I recently restored another 2nd version Mitchell, and it came out quite well, though the script etching was very shallow, and it created some problems for me.

This is it assembled before final finishing:

Reels_penn4life

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October 13, 2026, 10:42:34 PM
Love seeing them restored. I used to do full strip down and paint. I've grown to love cleaning and restoring while keeping the natural patina from years of service. It's just great to see others loving the history and desire to keep them running.
Doug O

Paul9591

#33
October 13, 2026, 11:48:43 PM
Quote from: Reels_penn4life on October 13, 2026, 10:42:34 PMLove seeing them restored. I used to do full strip down and paint. I've grown to love cleaning and restoring while keeping the natural patina from years of service. It's just great to see others loving the history and desire to keep them running.

Yes, its the same for me really, a good service, clean and polish is also my preference (most of my collection are factory finishes).
The few restorations I do now are usually only to reels that were in really bad shape, and for those that I think are worth the (no small) effort to restore.
Thank you for commenting.  :d
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