Advice? Cleaning up an old fly rod..

Got a relatively old Thomas and Thomas Firehole fly rod that's in need of a
good tune-up but not sure what's best. It got a few light scratches on the
blank (1st generation graphite), the Nickel seat is a bit tarnished, and
scratched and the cork handle is a bit discolored from use.

Any and all advice would be appreciated.

Mike

Mike Makela wrote:

Got a relatively old Thomas and Thomas Firehole fly rod that's in need of a
good tune-up but not sure what's best. It got a few light scratches on the
blank (1st generation graphite), the Nickel seat is a bit tarnished, and
scratched and the cork handle is a bit discolored from use.

Any and all advice would be appreciated.

Mike


Easiest would be car cleaner wax for the blank, tarnish remover for the
reelseat then a coat of the car wax and kitchen cleanser for the cork,
or you could rebuild it.

Willi

"Mike Makela" ten.tsacmoc@alekamm wrote in message
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Got a relatively old Thomas and Thomas Firehole fly rod that's in need of
a
good tune-up but not sure what's best. It got a few light scratches on
the
blank (1st generation graphite), the Nickel seat is a bit tarnished, and
scratched and the cork handle is a bit discolored from use.

Any and all advice would be appreciated.


Pledge on the blank, jewelry cleaner on the hardware, and I would lightly
sand the cork with 400grit or better sandpaper. However if you are not
comfortable sanding the grip, Birkenstock sells a pretty good cork cleaner.

"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
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Pledge on the blank, jewelry cleaner on the hardware, and I would lightly
sand the cork with 400grit or better sandpaper. However if you are not
comfortable sanding the grip, Birkenstock sells a pretty good cork
cleaner.




Thanks!!