I have several lines which I have not used for a year or so. They have been kept out of the sunlight and still look fine,and I will be giving them all an airing shortly.
They are all on reels, and I think that the plastic memory and the resultant coils may be a problem that simply stretching the lines may not cure.
In the event that they need revitalising has anyone had experience with these line re-plasticisers I have read about?

How effective are they as far at removing memory coils?
How good are they generally?
Which is the best ?
How often should one use them?

Any info gratefully received.

I have had lines on spools for years without many problems(good quality lines) a good soak in lukewarm soapy water and a buff up seems to do the trick.I do use snowbee line slick on my floaters.I also use armorall wipes on my floaters.

Jim.

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My lines live on the reels, no problem...........ditto 3lber a dunk in luke warm soapy water brings them up as good as new (worth doing periodically anyway)...............birdsnest

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Thanks guys,
I read somewhere that soap flakes are safer for fly lines than the detergents soaps. I will let you you know how I go on after I have tried the lines out.

Whatever you use make sure it's not washing up liquid,Rio Agent X is a excellent line dressing

Neil

Get the Armorall on them....All of them.

Baby wipes are best as other wipes can strip some of teh lubricants out of them (or so I hear) but baby wipes are gentle but brilliant at cleaning them.


And rather cheap and very readily available too



Also, a little known fact is that baby wipes are one of the BEST stain removers for clothes and other fabrics.

I once removed biro with baby wipes from a suede sofa unit after someone's little darling displayed her Picasso tendancies on our sofa



Ben

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Thanks for the help chaps, next stop the baby wipe shop.

Which product please. There's rather a lot to choose from.

Products - Armor All UK

The dashboard ones,me i still prefer Agent X

Neil