Cleaning my Endura

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I put some lube down each side of the pivot point hoping it would fasten the opening, but now it seems slower. I don't want to take my knife apart, is there anything I can spray to clean out the pivot area?
 
I use liquid dishwashing detergent down the pivot work the mechanism while flushing with water. No lube on my pivots at all.
 
Spyderco's FRN knives work well with most lubes, but because of how tight the pinned assembly is sometimes from the factory the thinner the lube the better until they break in to the point where the blade will swing free when the lock bar is depressed. On the screw pivot frn knives this also applies but you can speed the process up a bit by loosening the pivot ever so slightly. These days I've become a big fan of the cerflon lubricants from liquid wrench, they seem to really work in ways I've found older teflon based sprays not to. For a faster pivot their dry lubes work best. Dry lube w/cerflon (fast evaporating) or lock and hinge lube w/cerflon (slower evaporating) will give you the best chance of success. The knives may just need more time and wear before they get fast though.
 
Taking a knife apart really isn't that difficult or time consuming. I'm sure they are video instructionals for dis/re-assembling specific knives. Usually, I just clean a knife without taking it apart but if I've put it to hard use or used it near or in dirt, mud or water I take it apart to clean it thoroughly. In one case I had a brand new folder in a tool steel that got wet and I cleaned it quickly not thinking it had gotten too wet and when I took it apart the next day rust had appeared around the pivot. True, an Endura comes in stainless but I thought a scary story might help.
 
Try flushing it out with WD40. This way you don't have to worry about rust, though VG10 is quite stainless.
I usually don't add anything else, only use whatever light minerals oil left behind by WD40.

Edit to add:
The lubricant used seems to be ok. Few possibilities:
The lubricant is thick/low viscosity - it might slow down action but actually working
The lubricant dissolved some manufacturing debris, causing it to move around & hampering action.

That's the reason I suggested flushing with WD40.
 
Chris "Anagarika";16132246 said:
Try flushing it out with WD40. This way you don't have to worry about rust, though VG10 is quite stainless.
I usually don't add anything else, only use whatever light minerals oil left behind by WD40.

Edit to add:
The lubricant used seems to be ok. Few possibilities:
The lubricant is thick/low viscosity - it might slow down action but actually working
The lubricant dissolved some manufacturing debris, causing it to move around & hampering action.

That's the reason I suggested flushing with WD40.
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Nothing wrong with using WD-40, but it's mainly to get rid of gunk and dry out any moisture.

After you spray it really good (trying to blast the gunk out of the pivot) dry it well, then put an actual lube on the pivot. Work it in like crazy. Carry it and use it. Don't overthink it. It'll get smoother.
 
Both the Endura and the Delica come with bronze washers which are self lubricating , so rinsing the knife dry it and then apply WD40 the majority of people who buy Spyderco buy them to use them not agonize over lubricating them
 
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