Belt in the car + clip and result = ... look

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Simona

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"Super" day today ...
Look what happened today,i rode, dressed in my sport pants and i have had Police in my right pocket, and belt from car, exactly place where you clasp your belt to some hard plastic connector, abraze my black clip from my Police, which i have had in my pocket ...

And in the addition,im really very! careful at all my knives,all are new, absolute not used, and this Police is my best piece and now this..
When i was back in my home, I tried repair clip with my black nail varnish, but...
Tragedy.
My "hi-tech" black varnish with nylon is perfect for nails, but for clip not ....:rolleyes:
I removed, from repaired, so exactly from "repaired" clip,at the end, nail varnish with nail varnish remover and its now, what you see at photo below..really "nice".
Can i get advice please from someone,i have read in some other thread before, but i cant find now where its is, some email - Spyderco repair and warranty, to Mike or so, if i good remember name,simply where i can make oneself understood -send cash, its few bucks for new clip plus postage and buy new one ....thanks.

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Personally, I'd just take the clip off, remove the rest of the paint, and put it back on.

I have used a wire brush wheel on my bench grinder to remove the paint from pocket clips, and I like the way it looks.

Good luck and thanks for all of the photos!
 
Originally posted by jhillas
Personally, I'd just take the clip off, remove the rest of the paint, and put it back on.

I have used a wire brush wheel on my bench grinder to remove the paint from pocket clips, and I like the way it looks.

Good luck and thanks for all of the photos!
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:eek: wire brush wheel ??
 
Simona

This is a bench grinder, and you can get a wire brush wheel to replace the grinding stone wheel.

I'm sure some nice man that you know has one and will help the joyful girl!
 

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Uuu, its some devil machine, at the pic ....Thanks for your advice, but :eek: i have not at home similar machine and wire wheel..
Lol.
All my equipment, at home,is two screwdrivers, one small hammer and one rubber, its all :)
Oo, i forget, and one tongs ...
 
Other option is careful work with sandpaper. As these coatsings aren't very thick, you could probably start at a relatively high grit(ie 800 grit) and still take coating off quickly. THen go higher in grits until it's finished to your taste. 2000 grit lubricated in water all pushed in same direction will give a finish JUST short of a mirror finish(will look like a mirror from distance, but closer you will just see the hand rubbed lines).
 
Hard to tell considering it's small size, but knife in my avatar is hande rubbed up to 2000 grit. I screwed up and took the picture on a sunny day outside, darker parts are tree above it being reflected off the blade(shoulda taken picture on cloudy day).

Errr, now that I said that, remember your site. Not exactly person I need to give photography tips too. SO nevermind. :)
 
You can probably phone them up and see whether you coiuld arrange to have a clip shipped to you.
Those seat belt buckles can even wreck cloths. I got two "quick dry" polyester T-shirts that are quite frayed at the right hip because of the belt.
 
Maybe Spyderco can hook you up with another clip. Eventually, any coated clip will wear or chip around the edges. You could also try to find some auto touch up paint to match the clip.



- Frank
 
2 quick solutions...

1> black jiffy permantent marker. Just reapply as needed

2> dremel, wire brush and then 120grit drum.... finally a felt drum with a compound of one type or another on it.
 
I consider the scratches and scuffs as sign of love and adoration, not something to be ashamed of and hide. Even with carry and without much use, they will occur. Wear that battle scarred Spydie with pride.
 
If you want to keep the clip dark, but your having trouble finding a way to keep it BLACK. You might consider using gun bluing. You would have to sand all the origional finish off, the aforementioned sandpaper would work just fine. Then just apply the bluing. Sometimes it takes two coats.

Lunumbra
 
I just want to thank you. You saved me a few bucks. I was going to send in money to Spyderco to get a S.S. clip, but I decided to use your wire wheel method. Worked like a charm.
-Kevin
 
Originally posted by Morgoth412
I just want to thank you. You saved me a few bucks. I was going to send in money to Spyderco to get a S.S. clip, but I decided to use your wire wheel method. Worked like a charm.
-Kevin
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Thanks Jhillas, because Morgoth412 have now nice SS clip, by your advice ...
:p
 
I noticed that on your clip... Well maybe it's just some residual black paint? Maybe if you scraped it further it would be silver?
-Kevin
 
Originally posted by Morgoth412
I noticed that on your clip... Well maybe it's just some residual black paint? Maybe if you scraped it further it would be silver?
-Kevin
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So who know,if silver or not...under black is grey, look photo ...
 
The grey color is probably primer, used to help the paint stick to the metal.
 
Morgoth412- that's what these forums are for, sharing ideas! I'm glad it worked for you!

Vampyrewolf had a great idea of clipping sandpaper to the sharpmaker stones - and I aim to try that some day. Sounds like it would give you way more options on grits than just the Sharpmaker stones.

Simona, now that you mention it, I noticed the clip on my CF Delica was gray when I took the paint off too, but you know what, I think it looks great that way. It matches the CF real well.

I have a fellow forumite working on my CF Delica right now, putting a non-shiny finish on it. I'll post pics when he's done and sends it back to me.

Regarding sanding, that's how I did a few clips before I tried the wire brush on the grinder thing, and it works, but it takes a little time and effort to get all the corners and bends to look right.

I don't know if I'd do that with the Police, I just don't have the patience that others have to do it in steps. It looks fine on an FRN Endura with the sanding imperfections, but the CF Police is too nice to have something not "just right".
 
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