BK2 Stripping

[shortwinger]

Cost me like $15 to get mine bead blasted, no hassle, less work, awesome finish.

Now thats a knife! Great job and I love the scales.

 

[Quarter Tank]

Cost me like $15 to get mine bead blasted, no hassle, less work, awesome finish.

great looking scales. did you make those?

 

[maethor]

Does anyone know if you can use duct tape to mask off a portion of the blade when using citri strip? Or will it eat through the tape or bleed under? I'd like to keep the coating intact under the scales.

Thanks.

You an use a spatula to apply the stripper to the blade. Tape off the areas you want to leave coated, apply stripper, pull tape off. Use heavy duty Duct Tape. Gorilla Tape or other thick, heavy tape will do the trick. The stripper could creep up a little bit under the coating and remove 2-3 mm more than desired. Keep that in mind.

Hope that helps.

Someone should make a video on stripping!

take care

maethor

 

[shinank]

You an use a spatula to apply the stripper to the blade. Tape off the areas you want to leave coated, apply stripper, pull tape off. Use heavy duty Duct Tape. Gorilla Tape or other thick, heavy tape will do the trick. The stripper could creep up a little bit under the coating and remove 2-3 mm more than desired. Keep that in mind.

Hope that helps.

Someone should make a video on stripping!

take care

maethor

Thanks maethor.

I pretty much assumed what you just verified in your response. So good to know I guessed right .

I am using citri strip to remove gunkote from a blade. So far its been sitting about 10 hours and no sign of the coating breaking down yet. I'm pretty patient though. So we'll see.

Thanks!

 

[maethor]

Just did some research on GunKote. The manufacturer is actually an Austrian company

You have to heat the thing you want to coat up to 60°C (ca 150°F) before coating, then "bake" the coating at 150 - 175°C (300-350 deg f). Removing "baked-on" finishes takes a special stripper. Citri-Strip probably won't do that.

If paint stripper can't remove a coating in 30 minutes, it won't do at all is my rule of thumb. I don't have huge amounts of experience with the stuff though.

take care

maethor

 

[shinank]

Just did some research on GunKote. The manufacturer is actually an Austrian company

You have to heat the thing you want to coat up to 60°C (ca 150°F) before coating, then "bake" the coating at 150 - 175°C (300-350 deg f). Removing "baked-on" finishes takes a special stripper. Citri-Strip probably won't do that.

If paint stripper can't remove a coating in 30 minutes, it won't do at all is my rule of thumb. I don't have huge amounts of experience with the stuff though.

take care

maethor

I didnt try this without the citri strip but as of right now the gunkote scrapes off with light pressure using a razor. In any case, I am able to remove the coating without much effort. I just have no idea if the citri strip helped or not.

 

[maethor]

Okay, good to hear. Just use extreme caution when working with stripper. Nasty stuff.

maethor

 

[shinank]

Okay, good to hear. Just use extreme caution when working with stripper. Nasty stuff.

maethor

Thanks. Ive managed to keep it off me the entire time. But i have safety glasses and gloves to use during the scraping.

 

[shinank]

Everything worked fine. I was not real happy with the half stripped knife. So I ended up stripping the rest. I used citri strip on gunkote. After about an hour it was soft enough to scrape off using a razor. The citri strip definitely helps. It isn't easy to scrape off gunkote.

Now, I am forcing a patina with mustard. So far so good.

 

[maethor]

Dude!!!

PICS!

 

[shinank]

Ill be getting some oranges today to add a little more patina to it. After I do that I'll post 'em up.

Thanks for your help!

 

[maethor]

I helped? If you say so...

No but seriously, I try to be helpful and put up some useful information here. I sometimes have the feeling that I don't really fit into this community, most US knife people seem to be in their late twenties or up. I sometimes feel like the little kiddo in his sandbox with my 20 summers. But hey, we're all here to learn, right?

take care

maethor

 

[jimh0220]

Here's another, chem free option: Random Orbital sander w/ coarse (80) grit sanding pad, followed by a fine(220) pad to put on a nice satin finish. Less than 20 minutes. DUN!

 

[shinank]

maethor,

Here are the pictures you requested. Its not a Becker. Hope thats ok. Anyway, used citri strip and a razor to remove gunkote. Then forced a mustard patina. Wasnt quite happy with it yet so I used grapefruit. I was finally pleased with the grapefruit results. The thumbnail links to the gallery there are 2 more pictures.

 

[FAL'ER]

I helped? If you say so...

No but seriously, I try to be helpful and put up some useful information here. I sometimes have the feeling that I don't really fit into this community, most US knife people seem to be in their late twenties or up.

Dude, you fit in just fine. Just keep putting pics of that girlfriend of yours modeling your gear......MOAR

 

[lindenaho]

I've got a blaster at my disposal, I was just wondering what it did to the edge as far as finish, and whether they did anything to protect it during blasting. Thsanks

 

[orangish ducktape]

Start with 80 grit sandpaper, then go 100, 150, 220, 400, 600, 800, 1000, steel wool, and a scotch brite pad. Takes a LONG time, but you will get a real nice shine goin on the 2

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-orangish ducktape

“Simplicate, and add lightness”
-Colin Chapman

 

[Bladite]

some people use ammonia (pee) to clean their guns of corrosive salts...

i use mine to strip knives and apply a nice patina at the same time, well, actually, sriracha. man, if i could pee that...

AWESOME

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JXvbvnZACQ

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