The Green Goob... On My Reels

[mkfriedrich]

Whats up y'all, So today me and a buddy did a night tubing trip here in sd on the sd river. We got into some nasty slop. 

My white chronarchs have this green stain on them from the water. I tried scrubbing with soap and water but that dosnt work. Any Ideas? Thanks again 

[TrippyJai]

Maybe you can try a small drop of rubbing alcohol on a q-tip and see if that helps. I've never done this before and I don't know if it'll hurt the reel. I would start very slowly and see if it helps. If it does, take your time and get all the stains off.

[Bankbeater]

I have seen that happen to fishing line, but never the reel.  You might try taking the reel apart and applying small amounts of Goop to it.  That stuff pretty much takes off anything.

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

_{Denatured alcohol is probably the strongest while also material friendly solvent there is. We use it in rod building all the time. You might also try some Simple Green concentrate.}

[smalljaw67]

_{Denatured alcohol is probably the strongest while also material friendly solvent there is. We use it in rod building all the time. You might also try some Simple Green concentrate.}

 I use the alcohol also, it sounds like algae stained the reel and if you got it on the reel early and it dried on then it is a pain to get off. It usually gets on the reel from the "snot grass" that gets stuck to the line and comes through the guides, I suggest you take a Q-tip and clean your rod guides with alcohol also as well as the reel.

[J Francho]

The BEST stuff I've found for removing gunk of any kind is Perfect Solution.  You can get is at Lowe's.  So far, safe on every surface I've tried it on.

 

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[Delaware Valley Tackle]

Looks good JF. I'll give that a try.

[mkfriedrich]

Awesome thanks guys! 

[JeziHogg]

Magic Eraser.

[Koofy Smacker]

What did you scrub them with? I understand soap and water, but did you use a brush? The hard stuff I have used a medium toothbrush which worked just fine, everything else I take q tips, dip it in rubbing alcohol and rub it with pressure over the spot. Almost every time it comes off. If none of the above take it off then you were in some seriously nasty stuff and I think you have worse problems than your reels if you were tubing in the stuff

[iabass8]

Magic Eraser.

this. it's unreal how much magic this stuff works.

[tbone1993]

Magic eraser or rubbing alcohol. I had my reel completely green after a huge algae bloom and it got it completely clean. I reel lubed everything after that as well. Rubbing alcohol is nice because it dries relatively quick as well. 

[Andrew420]

IT WAS FUN... PUT THE CELL PHONE DOWN.

[mkfriedrich]

Im not even worrying about it anymore. It gives them character.