I have only ever used reel grease as it is much thinner than other types of grease. Others will know better though.

I use Cal's Grease in the fawn colour. Goes on real thin and then I wipe off the excess

 I couldnt cut the 1mm carbon sheet, rang the supplier and found out a dodgy batch was sent out...

They waiting for new stock to refund, that will give me time to get some reel grease...

 Cheers mate but all good, i've got some 0.5 that will get one of my reels done...

Question for anyone that has mucked around upgrading drag washers...

So i removed the carbon washers out of my penn 955 ( small little gold over head ) and measured thickness with vernias...

They all measured around 0.75mm thick...

I've bought 1mm and 0.5mm, could it be the case that after 15-20 years of tightening the drag on the little reel the washers have worn down to 0.75 from 1.0mm?

You will need to sand your drag washers as well if you want it to work well  on older reels. The metal washers arnt really flat sometimes because they are punched out.Plus you need to take the shine off them.  I use some 240 and 400 wet and dry and stick the washer on a lump of wax or a hot melt glue gun stick and sand . If the carbontex is thinner than the original washers it may not work as you cant do the drag up enough.  I used to use quicksilver 2-4-C marine greese in a tube and it was great. Most tackle shops have cals greese in stock these days. You can run them dry with carbontex wont hurt them.

 Hi Timboon, Drag grease such as cal`s, has a lot of teflon in it, that handles a lot of heat, same as Carbon fibre sheets, the grease also gives you a smoother start up when the drag starts, if you use thinner darg washers, then you will need, a few more metal washers, dont wurry about having to much grease on the washers, as the pressure will quease the grease out, & that will stop any water from getting in. quick silver grease should be okay, it has teflon in it.  good luck cheers Don.

timboon , contact ''reel alan smooth [alan zechin ]on facebook , he is the guro on all and any reel service/repairs mate ... if he hasnt got it , he will know where to get it !! gaurantee it !!

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 Also, the best grease to service heavy reels, not Drage, is Yamaha marine grease, make sure it has marine on the container, it never dries out like a lot of greases, for lighter reels, a light synthetic oil, is good, or thin the grease with it, cheers Don.

 Good advice cheers fellas....

Mid fight on a big pink last night I was wishing I'd serviced my reel prior!!

Got him to the boat, next time maybe not so lucky, I need to get my drags back smooth!!