redfish

[Gerald]

Curados cleaning

It is never....NEVER....recommended to soak the Curados to clean them. And never squirt them with a hose. To much water on the reel will allow water to get inside and damage the bearings.

Shimano recomends that you wipe the reels off with a damp cloth.

I was washing my curado with the hose and sometimes soaking it in a bucket of water. After a year and a half.....three of the bearings inside were badly rusted. Now I either wipe off the reel or very lightly rinse off the reel. I open up the reel every 3 to 6 fishing trips and put a drop of oil on the bearings and sometime do a little cleaning.

It has been 4+ years since having the bearing replaced and the reel still preforms very well.