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Doesn't anyone know of any local sources in the North sound for Yamaha marine grease, Cal's drag grease, or corrosion X? Trying to follow Alan Tani's recipe for reel maintenance. I want to use what has been proven.


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you have a boat shop near you? might be a good spot for the Yamaha grease. if you were closer to seattle i'd say head into Outdoor Emporium.

not having luck finding a dealer up here. not saying there's not, just not getting good results.

but, here's the link to Cal's site; http://www.cals2speed.com/
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I use grease from bike shops. There are many waterproof greases at bike shops. I use Phil's or a Teflon based grease. Lubricating bike chains for riding in the rain exceeds the demands of drags on reels.


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I too have been using waterproof bike grease for my reels.  It's a dark green/blue color.  Water won't move this grease,  and must be manually removed with a rag, or a solvent.  I had a tube of the grease that lost it's cap, so I squirted it all into an empty Power Bait container to make it easier to apply to my reels.

Cal's drag grease I ordered from Smoothdrag.com, and the 16 oz Corrosion-X from Charkbait.com.  You can get both from Charkbait if you want to save on shipping.   
If you order the 16 oz Corrosion-X, DO NOT waste your money on the aerosol can, instead get the hand pump bottle.  Same stuff, but you have more control with the hand pump model, and if you somehow lose the aerosol pressure in the can it makes it tough to get the product out.  It's expensive either way, but you can easily transfer some Corrosion-X to an old eye drop bottle to have with your reel cleaning kit, and put the bottle out in the garage. 
 

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I've been using Marine Grease (Marine Corrosion Control & Trailer Wheel Bearing Grease - it's green).  I think I got it at Home Depot?  Maybe one of the retail auto parts stores. 

Corrosion X should be available at HD. 
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