Clean or pollish blades on lures?

[N.Y. Yankee]

I have a bunch of spinners and other lures that are still good but the metal is getting dull or tarnished. Do you pollish your blades? Im thinking of getting some pollish and a rag and going at it. Any certain kind to get for this? liquid, paste, or? Thanks

[A-Jay]

Toothpaste & H2O will work if they are not too badly tarnished.

You're welcome from a Red Sox fan.

A-Jay

[casts_by_fly]

just a rough dish scrubbie (like a scotchbrite) should do it.  I don't mess with mine most of the time but if I pull out an old one that's been in storage I might do that.  

[LrgmouthShad]

25 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Toothpaste & H2O will work if they are not too badly tarnished.

You're welcome from a Red Sox fan.

A-Jay

Holy cow I’m not the only one who knows about this.

 

Yes do it; it works!

[scaleface]

I use  brasso . A lot of times I use a tarnished blade ,especially around bream beds . The flash is muted. Dont know if it makes a difference or not but bluegills dont flash .

[Spankey]

I’ve never used it on my bass lure blades. Why? I don’t know. But I’ve been doing it to blades on my trout lures for years. I had heard of the tooth paste trick moons ago but I use Scotch Brite. 

[padlin]

I’ve tried a few times using a metal polish paste I have, not enough difference for me to say it did anything but give it a try with whatever you have.

[volzfan59]

I've used Brasso in the past with very good results. Rinse them with warm water afterwards.

[Jig Man]

5 minutes in ketchup 

wipe with paper towel 

[Mike L]

I’ll clean them if they only have light surface rust if I forget to wipe them down. 
Been using toothpaste for 20+ yrs and works up to a certain point. 
 

Any worse for trebles then I’ll just replace them

 

 

 

 

Mike

[WRB]

Soap and warm water, rinse and polish using aluminum foil.

Tom

[Bazoo]

I haven't done any polishing other than just normal cleanup. I wonder if a mirror polish would give me an edge? I have polishing wheels and compound to do so. I may just give it a go on my favorite spinnerbait.

[MickD]

3 hours ago, A-Jay said:

You're welcome from a Red Sox fan.

OK, A-Jay, what's with the yellow?  

[A-Jay]

8 minutes ago, MickD said:

OK, A-Jay, what's with the yellow?  

I'm going with wishful thinking and hoping to capture the magic of days gone by.

A-Jay

[MickD]

Was yellow a Red Sox color in the magic days gone by? 

 

For some strange reason I have always associated "Red Sox" with red.

[A-Jay]

15 minutes ago, MickD said:

Was yellow a Red Sox color in the magic days gone by? 

It's related to the 2018 championship season.

The club introduced its City Connect jerseys in 2021, with Sox players donning the yellow-and-blue kits for the first time on April 17 of that year to commemorate and celebrate Patriots Day in Boston.

A-Jay

[MickD]

Thanks, A-Jay.

 

[Columbia Craw]

A-Jay is also an ardent flosser.?

[Big Hands]

I use a polish called Flitz to polish blades on spinnerbaits. I also use it on rods between the guides. 

 

I found a G Loomis rod with a Stella reel floating in the lake a year ago. The rod and reel were probably ten years old (at least) so I don't know if the oxidation on the rod was from being in the water for a while, or just from being old, but using the Flitz on the rod and some very fine sandpaper on the cork, it looks like a well taken care of rod.

[Captain Phil]

Get yourself some fine steel wool.  Makes blades look like new.

[Catt]

[Munkin]

Jewelry wipes are what I use.

 

Allen 

[ChrisD46]

A cleaner / wax for vehicles like this works great and offers protection after applying : https://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-Cleaner-Wax-Liquid-Protects/dp/B0002NYE5M/ref=asc_df_B0002NYE5M/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312168126179&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=166390787482043665&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9010791&hvtargid=pla-402631676809&th=1