Restoring silk line

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote...

Don't know why you'd want to dress it with anything other than
red Mucilin

I just like to make stuff myself, but I see the Mucilin is inexpensive and
readily available. I'll check the local fly shop later today.

TSP sounds too harsh.

I mixed a very weak solution in a gallon of warm water. I'll go see now if
it's enough to remove the old finish.

This is probably a realatively cheap line - it was on a Precisionbilt reel,
it's a level line, so I don't want to waste too much time on it, but it
seems like a good chance to see what casting silk is about.

Timothy Juvenal

VibraJet wrote:

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote...

Don't know why you'd want to dress it with anything other than
red Mucilin

I just like to make stuff myself, but I see the Mucilin is inexpensive and
readily available. I'll check the local fly shop later today.

TSP sounds too harsh.

I mixed a very weak solution in a gallon of warm water. I'll go see now if
it's enough to remove the old finish.

This is probably a realatively cheap line - it was on a Precisionbilt reel,
it's a level line, so I don't want to waste too much time on it, but it
seems like a good chance to see what casting silk is about.

Timothy Juvenal

Well, if its a cheap line that hasnt been treated well in its past life, maybe

its not such a good indicator of silk line performance ??

(Have never cast one, so I have no clue).