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I got a question about how to clean Kydex, surprisingly the first, and thought I'd make a note for anyone who may be wondering.
While colored Kydex is neat, anything lighter than chocolate brown tends to get dingy and dirty real quick. Tan, orange, and other "high contrast" colors can look awful after a while if you carry in a dirty environment. Mechanics, machinists, and others who are around a lot of dust, grease, and grime know what I'm talking about best, but even through normal carry, light colors can get dingy and hard to clean.
If your sheath is really grimey, Goo Gone will take care of the worst of it without harming the Kydex. Rub or spray it on, let it sit for a minute, and then wipe it off. After the Goo Gone, or if your sheath has just gotten dingy and dirty, a "Magic Eraser" is the single best way to get it back to normal. Wet it, scrub it, rinse it. Just watch the eyelets or you'll remove the coating. Your plastic should look like new.
On the subject of eyelets, the coating will wear obviously. BC Brass Black can be picked up at your local gun store, department store, or hobby store. It won't bring the eyelets back to the same blackness as they originally were, but it'll take the shine off pretty quickly.
Any questions or additions, feel free.
Kiah
While colored Kydex is neat, anything lighter than chocolate brown tends to get dingy and dirty real quick. Tan, orange, and other "high contrast" colors can look awful after a while if you carry in a dirty environment. Mechanics, machinists, and others who are around a lot of dust, grease, and grime know what I'm talking about best, but even through normal carry, light colors can get dingy and hard to clean.
If your sheath is really grimey, Goo Gone will take care of the worst of it without harming the Kydex. Rub or spray it on, let it sit for a minute, and then wipe it off. After the Goo Gone, or if your sheath has just gotten dingy and dirty, a "Magic Eraser" is the single best way to get it back to normal. Wet it, scrub it, rinse it. Just watch the eyelets or you'll remove the coating. Your plastic should look like new.
On the subject of eyelets, the coating will wear obviously. BC Brass Black can be picked up at your local gun store, department store, or hobby store. It won't bring the eyelets back to the same blackness as they originally were, but it'll take the shine off pretty quickly.
Any questions or additions, feel free.
Kiah
