:text-goodpost: During the pandemic, I have refurbished and painted 9 Mitchell 300 reels. All were done with Spray Cans. All but the last were primed with grey automotive primer. I am not sure that this is a good primer for aluminum. The last one is primed with an etch primer, which is recommended f...

Reply to Wallace My question to the Admin (Wallace) would be I and I think many others would be happy to contribute to the upkeep of the site, and if this was a yearly fee of say $15-$20 this would be reasonable, and I for one would be happy with that, after the short time I have surfed the site an...

Reply to Wallace, Bailarm, Don309 Hi Guys Firstly fantanstic website, and I really appreciate the effort the admin guys and contributers, cotinue to put into this and have done. My question to the Admin (Wallace) would be I and I think many others would be happy to contribute to the upkeep of the si...

Hi All New Member here Would anyone have any advice re repairing a 300 reel which I am collecting shortly. It is mechaniclly ok but has some damage to the spool housing which looks like it has been laying on it and has sufferered sorrosion damage. I am ok with normal servicing and cleaning of these ...