the way I clean mine is every 6 months or so i take off all of the line and soak the reels in warm water for 15min or so to let any crud either disolve or losen. after that i take them apart and let them fully dry. Then I use shimano lube and reel magic to lube and polish them up nice. I put a little more viscous reel oil on some of the Major gears then put them back together....respool......and fish. Been doing this for years and all my reels cast better then out of the box.
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