How Do You Clean Your Tackle

[russ81]

Hows it going guys

Just wondering how you guys clean your tackle when it gathers some rust I pulled the tackle box out and the hooks have started gathering rust and seeing as there is about 500 bucks of hooks i cant just go and replace them.

Cheers guys

Russ

[Blackened]

G'day

Do you really wanna know? good scrub whilst washing your hair.......

Seriously. best advice I could give would be to only take a small selection of each you're likely to use on each trip. Therefore you have less of your collection being open to the elements.

Dave

[Marlin_Mike]

keeping the tackle boxes dry and water tight is the go.

If they aren't, then you will lose them all to salt water and rust eventually.

Check the klids, if they dont seal properly, get some boxes that do. The biggest enemy is water getting in there.

Mike

[Wahoo]

Hows it going guys

Just wondering how you guys clean your tackle when it gathers some rust I pulled the tackle box out and the hooks have started gathering rust and seeing as there is about 500 bucks of hooks i cant just go and replace them.

Cheers guys

Russ
i have mine in plastic boxes, and a heavy coat of mako oil in the boxes, the hooks range from 6/0 to 10/0 but only take out what i need and some, i also carry a small tackle box with a bit of gear, that is always dry under the console, give the mako oil a go

Daz

[finga]

G'day
Seriously. best advice I could give would be to only take a small selection of each you're likely to use on each trip. Therefore you have less of your collection being open to the elements.

Dave
yep, that's the go.

I use talcum powder to keep the gear in the Alvey dry.

[russ81]

All the gear is in the plastic boxes so i dont know how they have gotten corrosion on them so a bit of oil can i use some steel wool to get the rust off them before i soak them in oil

[wilcara]

They will go rusty just by you thinking about it. I tried wd40 which permeates oil through everything and makes no difference other to ensure that I never catch anything, so have recently switched to inox which as a non petroleum has to be miles ahead. Working so far....

[brute898]

I am the same as Wilcara, just started using inox and it is great stuff. I had a pair of stainless steel pliers that wernt ment to go rusty but they did so I sprayed some inox on them and let them soak for 5 minutes then gave them a rub and now they are as good as new.
I would highly reccomend inox.

[Donny Boy]

I use a wad of cotton wool in each hook compartment, soaked with fish oil spray.

So far so good...
and if you really need to, you can pull it out & wipe something down with it......
then chuck it, put the hooks back in (cause the oils still there ) and replace the wad when you get home.

[wilcara]

I think too with wd40 and stuff, I use at a lot around the farm, but it doesn't seem to last for long. It works well and I have it everywhere but you have to keep applying it, you can't just squirt it on something before you put it away and forget about it. I don't know if inox is better in this regard yet but I am told it is.

[swabio]

I think too with wd40 and stuff, I use at a lot around the farm, but it doesn't seem to last for long. It works well and I have it everywhere but you have to keep applying it, you can't just squirt it on something before you put it away and forget about it. I don't know if inox is better in this regard yet but I am told it is.

It is more of a water dispersant / penetrator than a lubricant, it is not very good for providing decent lubrication beyond a few days!

[castlemaine]

I've just been put onto a product by Graham at Wellinton Point Marine, CRC Tackle Guard. $16/130ml spray. It's for reels, rods, knives, etc.
The manufacturer claims 'will not damage mono, Eva grips,seals ... drives out out moisture leaving a lond lasting film that won't dry out'.
Cheers

[TimiBoy]

I bought 5l bottle of inox a couple of years ago, I still have more than half. Mix it 70/30 ish in a spray bottle. Seems to work a treat, but nothing ever goes near the salt, because there is too much wind...

>:(>:(>:(

Cheers,

Tim

[Horse]

Inox put out the normal MX3 (or whatever its called) and they also make Lanox which is lanolin based. It is a better anticorrosion product

[TimiBoy]

I bought 5l bottle of inox a couple of years ago, I still have more than half. Mix it 70/30 ish in a spray bottle. Seems to work a treat, but nothing ever goes near the salt, because there is too much wind...

>:(>:(>:(

Cheers,

Tim

Funny the know-it-all who was "teaching" me to take care of the boat said spray the engine with Inox often.

Glad I read the Merc book - NO lube spray anywhere near the belts or you'll damage the engine.

Gotta hate people who think they know everything - would have cost me thousands.

ALWAYS READ THE INSTRUCTIONS!!!

Cheers,

Tim

[tenzing]

Funny the know-it-all who was "teaching" me to take care of the boat said spray the engine with Inox often.

Glad I read the Merc book - NO lube spray anywhere near the belts or you'll damage the engine.

Gotta hate people who think they know everything - would have cost me thousands.

ALWAYS READ THE INSTRUCTIONS!!!

Cheers,

Tim
Tim ,
I was taught the same thing.
Alan Downes told me last time I had a service that the INOX tended to be absorbed by the insulayion around the wires making them swell.
He said that you can even give the motor a light speay with freh water if it is salty , but to be very sparing with INOX.
I havent been game to stick the hose under the cover but.
Brendan.
I do get through a heap of INOX on the wheels and brakes , and the reels get a bit too.