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Cruwear Military Patina

Spketch, I use Renn wax on patina-ed spots like the one in your original picture. When it's still just beginning like that was the micro polishing from the wax will take it off and make it look great. It's something I wish I had learned a few decades ago. :) Always use a clean soft cloth though. It's important.

Joe
 
I used a little white buffing compound rubbed with a rag on mine, took it right off...
 
Hey Ssgt. White.

I'd think the white compound would get deeper, worse patinas than the simple wax. The stuff is for buffing, right? What about stonewashed or media blasted blades? Does it change the finish in any appreciable way? The wax doesn't, but I haven't tried white compound on those type finishes. Just curious.

Joe
 
Joe, testing white compound on CS Voyager, did make the finish shinier and smoother to the touch.

Not cruwear, but perhaps useful.
 
Thanks Chris. I was thinking it would. That possibly could make it a little bit more resistant to corrosion. Those finishes are the most work to keep rust free usually. Mirrors typically being the easiest. Many carbon blades came mirrored in my youth to help on maintenance. It would get more expensive on the very highly abrasive wear resistant steels in use today. Plus, mirroring de-tacticals blades too. :)
 
Thanks for the tip Joe. I'll have to pick up some renwax.
I knew that light staining could be polished off. What gets me here is it seems to be a passive chemical reaction that took place. I don't know much about the science behind corrosion, but no polishing was involved in this case.
It makes me wonder if eezox is capable of removing rust in the same way.
 
Mother's polish has always been able to buff out surface rust for me!
 
"I'd think the white compound would get deeper, worse patinas than the simple wax. The stuff is for buffing, right? What about stonewashed or media blasted blades? Does it change the finish in any appreciable way? The wax doesn't, but I haven't tried white compound on those type finishes. Just curious."

Joe- I had some white compound that I had for my strop, I believe it's the same as buffing compound. It didn't change the surface of the cru-wear, just removed the color we discussed in the other thread. I didn't use any pressure just rubbed it with the weight of my hand. I don't know about stonewashed blades but I'll let you know, I got an XM-18 I could check it on.
 
The Mastiff said:
In our use it just is a fancy word for stripping the blade down to bare metal free of all contaminants. It'll mean something different in a lab no doubt. As I stated if there is some 1095 particles on a sharpener or strop it can get on a stainless blade and then oxidize, starting the stainless doing the same.

Not something noticeable in daily use but if I had a really nice blade going into storage for a few months I'd clean the thing very well before coating it with my chosen wax, lube, silicone or whatever.

Joe
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This makes a lot of sense, but I would've never thought about it before you mentioned it. Here is an interesting article I found on passivation. Apologies ahead of time if it's not proper to link to this page, but it's a freebie article so I think it's OK.
 
I have the Cru-Wear Manix2 and the Military and have left them for days with finger prints and even food stuff and have still not had them stain. Good to know about the eezox.
 
Eric, I ordered the eezox from that very popular online marketplace but I read that many gunshops carry it.

I've been using my Cruwear military almost daily since receiving it. I've given it a few more coats of eezox since last december and it has no stains or patina now. (Other than on the handle). I don't know that the eezox made any difference but it surely didn't hurt anything.
 
I thought I read a previous post that that removed the stains.
I used my cruwear manix while out to eat and it started to discolor after the first cut. Lol
 
Sorry for the confusion. I had another Cruwear military that was unused and stained in my garage when left out there during a particularly humid few days. The eezox did remove the stains.

My user never developed any patina, though I don't cut food with my folders and I do live in the desert. Just my experience with it.
 
Ahh gotcha. Yea I live in Michigan and we get all the seasons. Rainy snowy humid blah blah. So it's really easy for stains to happen. I actually was thinking about what I'm going to rotate to to be able to put the manix away.
 
I just ordered a Cruwear Manix yesterday, and I am really looking forward to it after reading through this thread. Good info in here.
 
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