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The reels are a 406, and two 308'S. The purple was for my daughter, and camo for my grandson. I did forget to take a before picture of my grandsons reel.
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With paint removed.
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Nice work! Elbow Grease or some magic potion to get that paint off so thoroughly?


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Bailarm, actually the 1st one took forever! So I tried my grinding wheel with a soft steel brush. It now takes me about an hour and a half, to remove paint. I get some minor scratches, that primer and paint fill.
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Getting more use out of your air brush. Did you have to paint the rotor head of that 406? Not sure what that crusty stuff was. Looks great.


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linewinder , yes the rotor was painted. It was saltwater corrosion, but didn't hurt the integrity of the metal. I think I'll paint this one with dupli-color car paint, and see if I can come close to the Mitchell color blue. Even though the color of this reel is black, we'll see :?: . The only airbrushing I've been doing is crank baits.


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Sorry mates, this is a test post. I'm trying to get PDF files to post as attachments. From what I see, they will upload, but won't show the attachments. I think we will have to download them to our computers to see what's there. Is this going to be a problem?
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Wallace Carney wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 3:01 pm Sorry mates, this is a test post. I'm trying to get PDF files to post as attachments. From what I see, they will upload, but won't show the attachments. I think we will have to download them to our computers to see what's there. Is this going to be a problem?

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Here's some help, perhaps: https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=553157
the headers are sent as file, for it to be sent as a pdf and opened in the window... the file type is pdf


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Hey LindWinder, Thank you for trying to help. I've read what you sent and a lot more and the bottom line is; it will not show in the window unless you're willing to do code which is dangerous plus I'm not qualified. If you do make a coding change, that pretty much rules out any phpBB help cause it could mess up in any future updates. I just can't win for losing. Kindest Regards, Wallace


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Hi as far as stripping paint off these old Mitchell's goes I had very good success with pulling them completely apart and burning the paint off in a fire. Sounds a bit brutal but it worked . Cheers


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I’d be concerned about warping if not melting the metal. Keep in mind internal to the frame in these reels is a half sleeve of steel, which expands differently than aluminum when heated. Glad it worked though.


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Cured this paint, by baking. 250 degrees for about 2 - 21/2 hrs. Weber grill.
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Hi Linewinder yes I had reservations to I didn't use Furness type heat just open flame style as you would cooking a bbq .I have an old 489 that could do with a facelift so I will photograph the process when I get time and see how it goes this time. Cheers.


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