I've just uncovered one of my lated Dad's centerpin reels, it's in a real state (pardon the pun)and I want to recondition it. It is aluminium with a brown coating that has been seriously coroded away in places, what do I use to clean it down to bare metal amd then I guess an etch primer and what do I paint it with. It still spins nicely although the drag is non existant and it only has one handle, Dad used to cast a 1/2 oz sinker and bait for miles with this and his split cane rod. He caught some nice fish as well particularly sea bass.
