Cleaning Knives

[KyleTuck]

The blade on my voyager is dirty. How should i clean it without damaging the finish. Also what should i polish it with.

 

[USAFSP]

Just wash the entire knife with hot soapy water, then shake it off the best you can. If you don't have a quality metal oil such as Militec or Tuf Glide (mineral spirits) you can lastly spray the knife with WD40 and wipe off all the excess. That should be good enough. You don't need to polish it unless you have light rust or corrosion on it. If you do, you can buy Flitz or Maas which are both good.

 

[Lindey]

Personally I'm a big fan of White Lightening Clean Streak, its a no scrub spray that I find works great and even comes with a thin tub like WD-40 for spraying it into hard to reach places. Not to sound like a spokesperson or anything but I also like their metal bright polish and their wax lubricant for the pivot as well. Worth checking out in my opinion. But soapy water works just fine if you want to save the money. Cheers.

-Lindey

 

[frank k]

Wash with hot water and mild dish detergent, rinse with more hot water. If this doesn’t work, try WD40 followed by another hot water/detergent wash. Dry and relube when it’s clean. Setting the knife on top of a computer monitor will help dry it without over heating. Normally, there’s no need to polish but I would suggest Flitz if you do.




- Frank

 

[Cougar Allen]

 

[Bill DeShivs]

Guys- you use the WD 40 AFTER the water, to displace the water.
Bill

 

[The_Knife_Edge]

I use gun oil, more particularly, Rem Oil by Remington. It seems to work pretty well and is cheap.