Resurrection of a JVH from ORCA Benefit Auction

[Paul M]

I just posted this on the ORCA Facebook page FYI

https://www.facebook.com/22939876043477 ... 086900963/

This is what the rubber looked like before.


AFTER:

[Paul M]

The project took me about 8 hours elapsed time. Most of the effort went into restoring cosmetics of the rubber as the reel had broken pillars and missing screws/washers beyond my ability to replace until I find replacement parts.

BEFORE pics (borrowed from the auction listing):



AFTER pics:

[Brian F.]

Always sooo much fun to see these kinds of posts from you, Paul. Thanks for taking time to share them!

[scottorock]

Awesome transformation! 8 hours sounds about right. Amazing!

[reelsmith.]

What did you use to restore the rubber ?

Thanks.

Dean.

[Paul M]

Dean, I am taking a heavy-handed approach and removing the rubber surface all the way down to where the rubber is still it's original black underneath. The layer I am removing is probably no thicker than a sheet or two of newspaper. The rubber polishing process I use is illustrated about 3/4 of the way down this post: http://reeltalk.orcaonline.org/viewtopi ... 135#p87686.

It helps to be light handed to avoid taking off the edge details (like scribe lines in the rubber). There is a great deal of elbow grease and patience involved.

Paul Manuel

[reelsmith.]

Thanks Paul.

I was hoping you had discovered some sort of magic schmutz that you just sprayed on.



Dean.

[Paul M]

You mean this stuff?

https://goo.gl/images/rlTMjL



Paul