Blade Finish ( Acetone )

[jetedge]

I recently stuck my ( SOG ) Jetedge ( J48 ) into a tree. The blade is ATS-34 Steel & to my knowledge it has a higher Carbon content which makes it a little more vulnrable to erosion. I may not be correct about that but that is what I know. It had stain from the sap in the tree.
I used Acetone to clean alot of the top serface stain off & used Blue Magic and buffed the rest out. I am wondering weather or not the blade will be affected from contact with the Acetone.. Any help I can get on this is greatly appreciated.??

 

[leroys_45]

First off, I want to help you with your terminology. Knives and metals generally CORRODE rather than ERODE. I highly doubt that acetone would affect your blade at all. Acetone makes for a great cleaner and would doubtless affect the steel though I'd keep it off various handle materials such as G-10, Micarta and Zytel. I don't know if it would do anything, but I wouldn't want to find out on one of my knives.

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