Comments on: What is the best way to clean old fishing lures without damaging them? http://anglingweather.com/blog/what-is-the-best-way-to-clean-old-fishing-lures-without-damaging-them/ Tue, 22 May 2012 02:51:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: The Wormist http://anglingweather.com/blog/what-is-the-best-way-to-clean-old-fishing-lures-without-damaging-them/comment-page-1/#comment-5567 The Wormist Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:23:49 +0000 http://anglingweather.com/blog/what-is-the-best-way-to-clean-old-fishing-lures-without-damaging-them/#comment-5567 for starters, do not use anything stronger than mild dish soap and a soft toothbrush for scrubbing. if any are painted wood, l would not touch them with even that for fear of removing any paint. plastic lures should be okay. l pulled a crankbait from the lake that was covered in growth and after a mild scrubbing, the finish looks almost new. but painted plugs can get hairline cracks in the paint over the years and water may penetrate and lift paint chips which will lessen any value. make a shadow box for display in their present condition. for starters, do not use anything stronger than mild dish soap and a soft toothbrush for scrubbing. if any are painted wood, l would not touch them with even that for fear of removing any paint. plastic lures should be okay. l pulled a crankbait from the lake that was covered in growth and after a mild scrubbing, the finish looks almost new.
but painted plugs can get hairline cracks in the paint over the years and water may penetrate and lift paint chips which will lessen any value.
make a shadow box for display in their present condition.

]]> By: ThePerfectStranger http://anglingweather.com/blog/what-is-the-best-way-to-clean-old-fishing-lures-without-damaging-them/comment-page-1/#comment-5566 ThePerfectStranger Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:16:48 +0000 http://anglingweather.com/blog/what-is-the-best-way-to-clean-old-fishing-lures-without-damaging-them/#comment-5566 Sounds like you have a treasure in lures. Personally I would just put them a special tackle box display and hold on to them. Cleaning would lesson their value by removing the vintage appeal. Buy new lures to fish with and start you own collection of usable lures. But that is my opinion. Clorox or CLR will clean the lures but will leave an odor. Fish can smell and will not hold on to a lure with the smell. If you use any of these products or others, be sure to wash them in fresh water after cleaning giving time for the odor to subside then perhaps spray them with an odor eliminator. Sounds like you have a treasure in lures. Personally I would just put them a special tackle box display and hold on to them. Cleaning would lesson their value by removing the vintage appeal. Buy new lures to fish with and start you own collection of usable lures. But that is my opinion.

Clorox or CLR will clean the lures but will leave an odor. Fish can smell and will not hold on to a lure with the smell. If you use any of these products or others, be sure to wash them in fresh water after cleaning giving time for the odor to subside then perhaps spray them with an odor eliminator.

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