Painting your own knife?

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Jakeiscrazy

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I have been wondering about spray painting my Benchmade Monochrome. I plan to start with sanding, adhesion promoter, then krylon, then maybe a clear coat. I have two questions:confused:.

A: Has anyone tried this in the past?
B: And how do I protect the edge of the blade.

Thanks,
Jake
 
Paint on a knife especially on the blade is not that great of a idea. The layer of paint and clear would add lots of thickness, most likely feel sticky even when dry and chip off easily. A member here (forgot who) does some sick coatings, check out this site. http://uparmored.tripod.com/
 
Yep, send it to UpArmored. If you want to paint it yourself, use Duracoat/Polane T or a similar coating.
 
I don't recommend painting any knife. The paint does not wear well.

However, if you were to paint it, I would not recommend Polane T. That is a two-component polyurethane. Two component polyurethanes do not adhere particularly well to bare metal. They require a primer for proper adhesion. IF you absolutely HAVE to paint it, use a two-component high gloss epoxy. You might find suitable material in a Boating Supply store. I still don't recommend painting knives.
 
knarfeng said:
I don't recommend painting any knife. The paint does not wear well.

However, if you were to paint it, I would not recommend Polane T. That is a two-component polyurethane. Two component polyurethanes do not adhere particularly well to bare metal. They require a primer for proper adhesion. IF you absolutely HAVE to paint it, use a two-component high gloss epoxy. You might find suitable material in a Boating Supply store. I still don't recommend painting knives.
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Interesting. Duracoat is Polane and it seems to work well. I do agree with you on not painting knives though. I don't even like factory coatings.
 
I'm exactly not sure what "Duracoat" is. I've never found an MSDS for it.

"Polane" is a trade name used by Sherwin Williams. "Polane T" is two component polyurethane, which can adhere well to some plastics without a primer (they use ketones in the solvent blend and the ketones sort of dissolve many plastic surfaces, providing "bite" for the coating.) But two-component polyurethanes don't adhere all that well to bare metal. Here is the Technical Data Sheet for Polane T. Look in the third column under specifications. Note that it is not recommended for use over bare metal substrates.
http://www.paintdocs.com/webmsds/webPDF.jsp?SITEID=STORECAT&prodno=035777397343&doctype=PDS&lang=E
 
That's what i thought. However uparmoring a $40 knife? I don't no maybe duracoat but it's kinda pricey. I guess it is an investment. Maybe i can give to a bushed steel look or sand and polish to a hi shine.
 
You're probably right. I may be wrong on the T and am thinking of A. On my phone and don't feel like looking it up.
 
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