Arrrggghh!!! Rust!

[Guyon]

I bought some Krylon outdoor acrylic (clear) for metal.
Haven't gotten to it yet, but I'm just going to sand and spray under the scales with that stuff.

 

[imaginefj]

I used rustoleum and it just flaked off.....

I'm a Krylon guy personally. But any paint should stick if the surface is very clean.

 

[Flexxx]

it was clean, I don't know what happened....

 

[Guyon]

imaginefj, durned if that don't look like a kayak in your avatar.
You duck hunting out of a yak?

 

[audiopile]

I've got several WW-II knives - they do have some rust marks - but I have never done anything other than put some honing oil on 'em. I use these knives and functionally would guess it would take multiples of the 60 years these have got before even my casual care would effect their usefulness. These ain't rollexes - they're tools - a little rust is just not a problem on a knife.