Cleaning up hoochies

[Derby]

Anyone have solution that one can soak a hoochie in to bring them back to life

 

[Rain City]

Take them to the magic garbage can out back. The way it works is, you throw them in there, and by the time you get to the store, brand new ones magically appear on the shelf. You of course have to pay the cleaning fee, but it's totally worth it.

 

[Alex_c]

hot water with dish soap works if you’re not a thousandaire like @Rain City

 

[Rain City]

hot water with dish soap works if you’re not a thousandaire like @Rain City

I'm a fakeanaire, thank you very much.

 

[Dogbreath]

I've heard food grade silicon spray works well.

 

[Derby]

Take them to the magic garbage can out back. The way it works is, you throw them in there, and by the time you get to the store, brand new ones magically appear on the shelf. You of course have to pay the cleaning fee, but it's totally worth it.

Problem is the ones that kill them are no longer being made ... less and less of them every year however yes new ones rock

 

[Rain City]

Problem is the ones that kill them are no longer being made ... less and less of them every year however yes new ones rock

I'm not going to argue that.

 

[Alex_c]

I'm a fakeanaire, thank you very much.

hashtag blessed

 

[Aces]

Dawn dish soap

 

[EstevanPoint]

Dawn dish soap

Does this get rid of rust marks? Anyone ever tried CLR for that?

 

[PEETZcanada]

A short soak in CLR rinse in cool luke warm (not hot) freshwater. 5 to 10 mins max.

 

[searun]

Roger that on a quick soak in CLR followed up by a nice bath in Dawn Platinum and some elbow grease. Works well unless the hoochie is really badly stained.

 

[PEETZcanada]

Roger that on a quick soak in CLR followed up by a nice bath in Dawn Platinum and some elbow grease. Works well unless the hoochie is really badly stained.

A lil dawn won't hurt, however I have never had to go that far. Back in the day when I used hoochies my son was about 8 and his grandpa made it Nathan's job to clean them up. They were stained and gooed up with stale scent, my dad was famous for lathering up his hoochies...Not Me. LOL I only fish spoons and plugs and CLR works wonders on them too. Regardless just do what you want to do it all works. Now a days I get out about three times a year, so I really don't waiste my time anymore. That's the beauty of doing my own thing, out with the old and in with the new whenever I feel like it.

 

[searun]

Here's flasher tray I built to help keep my gear organized, and more importantly at end of each day I can hose down my flashers and gear to keep them salt free. Really helps keep my hoochies and spoons a whole lot cleaner. Preventive maintenance.

 

[Loghauler]

hoochie mamas
Don’t tell me I was the only one !

 

[Aces]

Does this get rid of rust marks? Anyone ever tried CLR for that?

It doesn’t get all the real bad rust marks but I don’t usually have too much on mine

 

[SpringVelocity]

Here's flasher tray I built to help keep my gear organized, and more importantly at end of each day I can hose down my flashers and gear to keep them salt free. Really helps keep my hoochies and spoons a whole lot cleaner. Preventive maintenance.

Looks like @Derby has exact same tray storage system on his boat. I have something similar and it still happens. Some of materials are getting cheaper and cheaper over time. They just don't last like the old days.

 

[PEETZcanada]

It doesn’t get all the real bad rust marks but I don’t usually have too much on mine

These have all been cleaned with only CLR. Due to numerous dissimilar metals in the configuration of many types of spoons on the market, painted or not this can happen if you leave them in for too long. Best to check every 30 seconds. No rust, no stains no real major corrosion showing. Ready to Buff and shine and rebook etc. Most of these were done at 30 seconds to 1 minute. The ones that copperized were forgot and left in the solution too long. No soap just coolish warm tap water to rinse residue from the substrate.

 

[PEETZcanada]

Did this at 730am today before we opened up for "Tackle Talk Saturday's" at the PEETZ Workshop. It was in for a ten minute soak and a light scrub with a soft bristle brush and a quick rinse.

 

[Bill 310]

Any plans to put "Tackle Talk Saturday's" up on YouTube ?

Or live stream it?