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Hi all, I was wondering if anybody has had issues with Daiwa's paint coating. I have a Steez A and I fished it probably 10 times and for some reason the coating on it is bubbling. Any input? Thanks.

Have seen it in 2 other daiwa reels (one an OG zillion and one an alphas) that were fished in saltwater.
Corrosion under the paint is usually the suspect.
Haven't seen it with my Steez A yet, though have only fished in fresh with it.

Was a pretty common thing with their magnesium reels.

A Tackle Trap customer bought one from the shop, it developed a bubble in the paint within a month or so, it was replaced and the issue raised with Daiwa. It's nice to have good warranty support when things happen. I don't know if it's very common however, I have a couple Steez A models that I've fished a lot and they look as good as new...

I did fish this reel in salt. Isn't the Steez A supposed to be salt friendly?

I assumed it was an anodised finish/bead blasted.
Hope you can have it sorted.

Mailed in the reel hope things turn out well.

Have heard that their paint is stupidly thin which chips and peels and on the other hand is very porus which ultimately lets through acids from your hands skin amd that creates those corrosion bubbles.

Doesnt happen on every reel or with everyone either.

Luck of the game.

So I mailed it in an apperently nobody was at the corportation. Now it says on the tracking number that somebody has to go pick it up at the post office. Wtf Daiwa.

Salty Parrot wrote:So I mailed it in an apperently nobody was at the corportation. Now it says on the tracking number that somebody has to go pick it up at the post office. Wtf Daiwa.

Globally hopeless... well that aint no surprise.

No idea what to do now.

Salty Parrot wrote:So I mailed it in an apperently nobody was at the corportation. Now it says on the tracking number that somebody has to go pick it up at the post office. Wtf Daiwa.

Well of course they aren't open on Saturday lol. Most likely delivery will reattempted tomorrow.

So I mailed in my reel, got the reel back pristine. Fished it like twice in saltwater and the paint started chipping off again... I thought this reel is saltwater approved?

Well it's marketed in the Australian and Japaneseas salt-safe.

Can you show a pic? Where is the bubbling occuring?

And this is after I sent it in....