mikefromsundre Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
126barnes Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 character Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theiceman2 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 vote 2 for charcter. You could hit it wit a small dab of car touchup paint, but dont do the whole thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ÜberFly Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Try a black sharpie first! But I too vote 4 character!! P 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 420FLYFISHIN Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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