Anyone ever done this? I have one that works great but is pretty beat up on the outside. I would like to make it purty again. If anyone has a few tips I would appreciate it.
Dug
Is it aluminum?
If so, it can be sanded down and powder coated professionally.
I run one of the largest powder coating facilities in South Florida.
We have 40ft ovens!!!!!!!!!!
That can fit A LOT of Curados. lo
The older curado's have plastic composite composite sides. I don't know how they are doing it but I know folks are. I would imagine you would just need to sand it down to make it smooth again and then use a quality paint and go from there. I would tear it down completely and only paint the pieces that show on the out side.
I have a couple older ones that I keep around for parts, I reckon I need to play with this a bit :-*
Thanks Mike,
I will play with it this weekend. I have a couple of nice paints (primer color coat and clear topcoat) all picked out to work with and a couple different grits of sandpaper. I will try and take some pics of the process and see how it goes.
Dug
Are you going to just use spray paint? You got me thinking that perhaps I should give my Trion casting reel a color make over, but I don't know if regular spray paint will work, and if a clear coat is necessary to protect it after painting.
I have a Pinnacle Lucille. That was beat up in a few spots where it had rubbed on the boat and been dropped. I used my Moms nails Polish and it was a perfect match. i got pics ill post them tomorrow
If you want to see some custom painted reels go to tackle tour .com they did a article about this a few months back. And the reels really look great..Dennis
Since the parts are plastic, I would like to recomend that you fully remove the current / damaged paint and apply a primer designed for plastic. Then make sure your primer, final color coat and clear coat are all compatible.
If you are going to paint over the existing paint with a new color, the 2 paints may not be compatible and you could run into all kinds of problems.
Thanks for all the tips. I plan on stripping them down as best I can and then using prime first. All paints I have are compatible and have been tested together. I like!!
Dug
What type of paint are you planning to use? Thanks.
Krylon white primer, Rust-oleum multi-colored textured paint (deep Forest) and krylon crystal clear topcoat.
Let me know if you guys see a disaster, I admit not being a knowledgeable paint guy.
Dug
Quote from: den720 on April 25, 2008, 07:18:18 AM
If you want to see some custom painted reels go to tackle tour .com they did a article about this a few months back. And the reels really look great..Dennis
Those are some great custom reels, but 100 at the very least is way to much for me. I would rather spend that money toward a new rod or reel.
Dug
Quote from: Dug on April 25, 2008, 10:04:43 AM
Krylon white primer, Rust-oleum multi-colored textured paint (deep Forest) and krylon crystal clear topcoat.
Let me know if you guys see a disaster, I admit not being a knowledgeable paint guy.
Dug
So long as the primer is designed for plastics it should be OK. If not it may all peel off.
Thanks BK, it is.
Dug
get in touch with Sterling at People's Choice. He posts as Dampeoples
Quote from: Dug on April 25, 2008, 12:09:34 PM
Thanks BK, it is.
Dug
Cool, in that case I'd say you are good to go. Take lots of photos through all the steps :-* ;PHO) ;PHO)
Thanks. It's a pflueger trion I have in mind. I think it has an al frame but I am not sure. I also need to muster up the courage. I can't paint were a darn, but then again, I didn't know jack about doing a split grip either. ~roflmao ;PEP)
Got the reel done this weekend, and all in all I am pretty satisfied. I did make the mistake of trying to put it together before it was completely dry and made a new rash of my own.
I used rust-oleum for plastic. Didn't need a primer but used it anyway, the main color was rust-oleum hammered metal green then I topped it off with a very light overspray of plasti-dip red which gave it almost a red appearance at different angles, but more importantly gives me a much more secure grip on the reel. Anyway, here are the pictures, sorry they weren't bettter.
I started off by taking the reel completely apart.
(https://www.ultimatebass.com/bass-fishing-gallery/albums/userpics/11223/reelbefore1.JPG)
I then used a Sharpie to darken up the inner frame. It's not perfect, but definitely better than I started.
(https://www.ultimatebass.com/bass-fishing-gallery/albums/userpics/11223/before2.JPG)
I taped off what I could. You can see I tried to save the Curado markings, but that went out the window.
(https://www.ultimatebass.com/bass-fishing-gallery/albums/userpics/11223/before3.JPG)
I then sanded it down. First I tried using a dremel, but immediately found out that was much too powerful for this plastic. I took off a little more than I wanted to, then I found a Ladies Nail tool that basically is a very low powered dremel and that worked much better. I used that and hand sanded most of the reel with 220 grit sand paper then finished sanding with 600 grit. I primered it with Rust-oleum for plastic in white.
(https://www.ultimatebass.com/bass-fishing-gallery/albums/userpics/11223/primered.JPG)
The first coat of green, I used 2 coats on it.
(https://www.ultimatebass.com/bass-fishing-gallery/albums/userpics/11223/1st_coat.JPG)
I then did the red plasti-dip overspray. This picture is from the same direction as the overspray so it looks much redder than it is. If I had taken a picture from a different angle, it would be more green, a neat affect.
(https://www.ultimatebass.com/bass-fishing-gallery/albums/userpics/11223/2nd_coat.JPG)
I then put the reel back together. You can see where I messed up my paint job on the left edge of the reel.
(https://www.ultimatebass.com/bass-fishing-gallery/albums/userpics/11223/done.JPG)
I let it dry and should be able to fix that smudged area, but there you have it. Over all I am pretty pleased with the repaint and am very pleased with the effect of the plasti-dip overspray. It feels like I have a much better grip on the reel and the flip flop paint affect is kinda cool.
Dug
Looks good Dug. Are you planning on doing some more ??
I've got some old crappy reels that I don't use anymore, I might do some practising on one of them.
I might be doing a couple more. I want to add the plasti-dip to some of the other reels, As I really like the feel of it in my hand. I have it in red and black and if I can find a source, it's available in a few other colors. the 4 shimano reels I have were all purchased used, and have some boat rash, except the Scorpion which is very clean. Also the Rust-oleum hammered metal is an awesome paint and before I applied the second coat looked just like it was hammered. The second coat I put on (not during the timeframe recommended on the can) took away from that effect. I was supposed to spray it immediately or after 48 hours according to directions, but I did the the 2nd coat an hour later and messed the hammered look up.
Dug
Looks great, ummmmmmmmm needs a flame job though. Especially since it is a custom hot rod kind of reel. ;)
Quote from: Pferox on April 28, 2008, 09:06:25 AM
Looks great, ummmmmmmmm needs a flame job though. Especially since it is a custom hot rod kind of reel. ;)
Once I catch somethin on it, I will consider the flame job and maybe even sign the work!
lo
Dug