Hello, so I'm going to be doing reel servicing myself. I was wondering if you should only use acetone on the bearings? I was wondering because i was going to use it on the gear and maybe put some on a quetip to clean up the grease on the inside of the body in my spinning reels and other parts. I would just like to know to be safe, and is it safe to get on your hands or should I wear gloves of something of the sort?

 

Thanks

Acetone is a keystone base solvent that may damaged plastic bushings and drag components. Alcohol is safer.

Tom

I use acetone on bearings and Simple Green on everything else.  

 is it safe to get on your hands?

 

Thanks

 

 

Acetone is the primary ingredient in fingernail polish remover.

 

oe

Acetone is a keystone base solvent that may damaged plastic bushings and drag components. Alcohol is safer.

Tom

Do you mean Ketone? Anyways, The only parts I would put it on are the bearings and possibly the gears. All of my baitcasters and spinning reels are aluminum frames, so it wouldn't matter if it got on that, I'm assuming?

I use acetone on bearings and Simple Green on everything else.  

Do you think acetone would be bad on gears? 

Acetone should be OK as a solvent cleaner as long as no plastics, except Teflon are being cleaned.

You are better off using a acid brush in lieu of Q-tips, the cotton fibers can be a problem in bearings.

Work in a well ventilated area, wash your hands and use some lotion. Thin latex gloves help.

Tom

PS, ketone!

Acetone should be OK as a solvent cleaner as long as no plastics, except Teflon are being cleaned.

You are better off using a acid brush in lieu of Q-tips, the cotton fibers can be a problem in bearings.

Work in a well ventilated area, wash your hands and use some lotion. Thin latex gloves help.

Tom

PS, ketone!

Thanks! I will only be using the q-tips for the inside covers. I will soak the bearings and probably the gears as well.

Toothbrushes work well to clean out gear teeth and your dentist should hand them out for free.

Learned the hard way with acetone and plastics...I put my bearings in a spare contact case of my wife's. Opened the lid and there was plastic goo everywhere. Now I use only Naptha.

Learned the hard way with acetone and plastics...I put my bearings in a spare contact case of my wife's. Opened the lid and there was plastic goo everywhere. Now I use only Naptha.

 

As OkobojiEagle said Acetone is the main ingredient of the nail polish remover. And they come in plastic container. A couple of different plastics I used so far to soak bearings worked fine. They are medicine bottles from pharmacy (those orange ones) and the caps of soda bottle.

As OkobojiEagle said Acetone is the main ingredient of the nail polish remover. And they come in plastic container. A couple of different plastics I used so far to soak bearings worked fine. They are medicine bottles from pharmacy (those orange ones) and the caps of soda bottle.

Acetone eats right through the red plastic Solo type cups.

Learned the hard way with acetone and plastics...I put my bearings in a spare contact case of my wife's. Opened the lid and there was plastic goo everywhere. Now I use only Naptha.

 

i use naptha as well. i learned to greatness that is naptha doing one of my other passions, guitar repair.  safe for all types of metal and plastic.

Acetone works better than Naptha and I believe is a little safer but either will work for bearings. Dawn, Simple Green etc is all you need for the rest. Even after soaking gears in solvent they'll need brushing so no need to over do it with the solvents. Acetone will raise heck with plastics and finishes. 

Acetone eats right through the red plastic Solo type cups.

 

lmao yes and I damaged my moms kitchen table back in the day when I found this out.

All of my baitcasters and spinning reels are aluminum frames, so it wouldn't matter if it got on that, I'm assuming?

 

I'm gonna assume those parts are painted, and you want to keep them that way, right?  Acetone batch for bearings and sometimes badly gunked, unfinished metal parts.  Everything else, Dawn dish soap and/or Perfect Solution.

lmao yes and I damaged my moms kitchen table back in the day when I found this out.

This happened last week.

 

I walked from my garage to my bathroom and just about the time I was going over our wood floors it started coming through the cup. I put it in high gear and put the acetone in the bathroom sink and grabbed a towl to clean up anything on the wood floor. No damage was done and I consider myself very lucky.

Anyone use Coleman camp stove fuel? I think it is white gas, almost like Kerosene. I don't think it is bad on bearings? Anyone?

Anyone use Coleman camp stove fuel? I think it is white gas, almost like Kerosene. I don't think it is bad on bearings? Anyone?

Camp stove fuel works well, especially on bearings with polymers in their construction.