Repainting A Reel?

[mikefromsundre]

I fell and bent my favorite little reel -an Orvis 3-4 weight Battenkill. It is about 20 years old and was still working like it was new. I bent it so the spool would not spin inside the rim. I have managed to carefully rebend it. It still wobbles a bit, I did not want to get too aggressive with rebending and end up cracking it. I used it for 4 days last week and it seems to work just fine. But it is scratched up. Has anyone attempted to repaint scratches on a reel? Or should I just live with it and think of the the scratches as character?

[126barnes]

character

[theiceman2]

vote 2 for charcter. You could hit it wit a small dab of car touchup paint, but dont do the whole thing.

[ÜberFly]

Try a black sharpie first! But I too vote 4 character!!

 

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I fell and bent my favorite little reel -an Orvis 3-4 weight Battenkill. It is about 20 years old and was still working like it was new. I bent it so the spool would not spin inside the rim. I have managed to carefully rebend it. It still wobbles a bit, I did not want to get too aggressive with rebending and end up cracking it. I used it for 4 days last week and it seems to work just fine. But it is scratched up. Has anyone attempted to repaint scratches on a reel? Or should I just live with it and think of the the scratches as character?

[Guest 420FLYFISHIN]

all rivers have rocks and all paints will crack and chip away but it only costs $75 to anodize a car rim so a reel should be like 15-20, something to look at