Best chemical for stripping the coating?

TFin, looks like the finish came off well. Did you do a patina on the blade? It looks awesome. Details, my man, details!
 
I think just about any paint stripper will work fine.
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PayetteRucker said:
the iarcraft grade paint stripper you buy at autozone is perfect. paint it on, hang the knife, let it bubble ooze and drip right off. Take a piece of paper towel and whipe it dry. done in 5 minutes.
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I'm thinking about doing this to my pink Izula. Is this safe for the steel?

Mine didn't come razor sharp from the dealer I bought it from! Any recommendations on sharpening the Izula? (Sorry I tried using the search, but it's not allowing me. Tried reading the FAQ's to.)
 
TFin, what process did you use with the vinegar? Soak the blade for X number of minutes?

Hoopster, yours looks good too. What did you do to it after you stripped it?

Whenever there is enough coating worn off my RC-4 I plan to do it. Until then, I'll keep the "character".
 
adaman04 said:
TFin, what process did you use with the vinegar? Soak the blade for X number of minutes?

Hoopster, yours looks good too. What did you do to it after you stripped it?

Whenever there is enough coating worn off my RC-4 I plan to do it. Until then, I'll keep the "character".
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I mixed up a slurry of mustard and vinegar and rubbed it all over. Let sit about 30 min. and washed up. It's super easy but next patina I do I'll get some purple heirloom potatoes. They seem to give a nice blue patina.
 
For some reason I think uncoated and shiny blades look sharper than coated ones, although the actual sharpness is unrelated.
 
cgebhard said:
My coffee in the morning.. I like it strong. It will strip the crome off bumpers.
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:D my co-workers once asked me to please not make coffee in the office any more ...

As I'm not likely to get any of your brands over here, those paint strippers that work are based on what chemical?
Or the other way round: the chemical I'm looking for is a solvent for what compound?
 
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adaman04 said:
TFin, what process did you use with the vinegar? Soak the blade for X number of minutes?
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Yep just put some on, spread it around, and let it sit until you like the finish. You can remove it with cold blueing remover made for firearms if you don't like it.

I've found that dijon mustard actually works the best, it leaves a cool pattern and sticks to the blade well so you can coat the entire thing at once. Just dab some on and let it sit.
 
I have stripped four of my Rats with Bix stripper, found at Lowes. It works like a charm.:thumbup:
 
Just make sure that you wear gloves and watch out for the fumes, I got some of that crap on me when I was stripping an airplane, I also almost passed out from the fumes, (I also lost a watch because of it but thats a different story). The blades look great by the way.
 
What is the coating? Is it just a powder coat type of thing or something different? It seems to hold up very well to use and abuse! Never thought of taking it off, but now I'm thinking it might make it so I don't NEED to feed the urge for a new blade!
 
I removed the powdercoat from an HK MP5 that I had powdercoated several years ago and the paint stripper spray would NOT touch it. Tried Gasket Remover from O'Reillys and it finally bubbled to where I could scrape it off. The PC I was using was TOUGH!

Darin
 
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