Does anyone know of a way to strip the finish of a Medalist and redo the original finish?
Refinishing Pflueger Medalist
Does anyone know of a way to strip the finish of a Medalist and redo the original finish?
No, but why would you want to? Is it that bad?
" If a man is truly blessed, he returns home from fishing to the best catch of his life." Christopher Armour
These folks will know
https://www.onepfoot.com/Contact.php
I understand the original owner has passed, and the family is now doing this, but when I dealt with them a couple years ago I found them to be outstanding.
"Fishermen are born honest, but they get over it"
Ed Zern
pillcastor.....I talked to Bill at onepfoot several years ago and he said he was working on a method but as far as I know he never finished the task.Originally Posted by pillcaster
Dave, good question for which I don't have a good answer except to say "because i want to try too." I guess it's kind of like why would you refinish an antique car?
Last edited by ducksterman; 02-04-2013 at 09:29 PM.
I have stripped a couple. I used regular paint stripper. I then used a Dremal tool with with a sanding disk that looks like 3m pad. I then sprayed it with Alumna Hyde from Brownell's.
Last edited by narcodog; 02-05-2013 at 01:01 AM.
I used denatured alcohol and a tooth brush. then hit it with a dremel with a bronze brush. I used a valspar spray in semi gloss black that i got from the local Tractor Supply(only place i've seen it) the finiah is close. not too glossy and not a flat black.
The only things we permanently keep, are those we give away-Waite Philips
Well, how did it turn out, and how has the paint held to the reel?
Years ago I refinished a couple of them. A problem I had at first was WHEN i just resprayed them without stripping the old paint first. I finally stripped them by using regular paint remover. If you don't strip them, old chipped areas will be seen beneath your new paint and, as in my case, any spots that are not really cleaned of oil and grease will not hold the new paint.
Last edited by Ray Kunz; 02-09-2013 at 07:53 PM.
Psst, wanna buy a new one cheap?
Mine is still holding up. it take some work in masking off the areas you don't want pained but in the long run it was worth the 30 mins.
The only things we permanently keep, are those we give away-Waite Philips
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