Got this Sea Wonder circa 1968 via the big auction site yesterday. Very clean reel, turning the handle was a little stiff but not as bad as your average neglected 50 year old reel.
Need to find out what type of grease this could be so I know to avoid it in the future. Reminds me of old dried up calamine lotion that had set in the bottle 10 years without a lid. ??? It didn't have the strong odor some old greases in the past I've dealt with.
I don't think this is the original grease and it probably had been serviced at least once in the past. Looks like whoever worked on it did a very good job of removing the old grease but picked something else that shouldn't be used in spinning reels. ::)
Ive opened plenty with that same hard grease. I dont think you will find it anymore. Its a bear to get off.
I've got a can of that grease somewhere...looked and can't find it...but I do remember it was a high temp grease. Chances are my can of it is dried up by now too.
Looks like "Skippy" extra chunky, to me. Probably the organic variety.
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Fred
Wood putty thinned with a secret amount of Crisco... Thought to be a ground breaking benchmark grease back then.
I have some Power Lift all-purpose assembly lube that's pretty close to cashew butter in color & thickness; pretty sure it's petroleum-based & somewhat odoriferous; don't know how it would look & smell, after decades