Remove carbon lines on Busse Satin Jack Tac??

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daniel686

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I'm stripping my satin jack tac. I got the coating off with orange stripper, which worked a lot better than I expected (was low odor and had to wait 30 min.). But know I have carbon lines (I assume that's what they are) that follow the contour of the blade. And a black coating that the carbon lines are in. Do I just use sand paper to remove them? I don't want to destroy the knife. And what grit should I use? Do I sand dry or wet? Any help would be great! :confused:
 
Welcome to the Forums!!

Not familiar with 'carbon lines', but the grey/black layer under the paint is normal on stripped CG blades. You can hand sand it, or use Scotchbrite pads, or buff it off with a Scotchbrite wheel chucked in a drill.
 
Hand sanding with some wet dry would be the best bet. Start at 150 and work your way up. If you are not comfortable with doing it though I would send it to Garth at Busse or someone who has more experience with the process.
 
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I think that I uploaded these right?
And there are zig-zag scratches right in front of the scales as well. I have no clue what those are from. And I think I'm going to remove the scales and do it right. Have some stag slabs and fiddle maple slabs that would look good on her.

And thanks for the help guys!
 
They look to be milling marks. I have hear the best way is to hand sand them out. I would not use power tools to do it.
 
Just make sure you keep moving with those Scotch bright wheels, they will remove a lot of steel if left in the same place.
 
daniel686 said:
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I think that I uploaded these right?
And there are zig-zag scratches right in front of the scales as well. I have no clue what those are from. And I think I'm going to remove the scales and do it right. Have some stag slabs and fiddle maple slabs that would look good on her.

And thanks for the help guys!
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Dude that looks sweet! Some of the old competition finish stjacs they sold had those exact same marks. Free comp job :p

eta -some of the new 11's from the yard have similar marks as well.
 
jball1125 said:
Just make sure you keep moving with those Scotch bright wheels, they will remove a lot of steel if left in the same place.
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Yeah, mob seems to have had better luck with those than my own one try. Maybe the one wheel that I got was a different model, but the sandpaper was very coarse and the wheel left some heavy scratches on the blade that needed to be cleaned up by other means.

I know that another member (Tyrkon Lawson?) has used similar wheels with success.
 
Well I got the scales off and have been working on the blade. Those infi dimples are going to be the death of me. Im not going for a satin finish, but am leaving some of the rough look. None of the slabs I have will work on this knife. The scales are bigger than most knives. So Ive ordered a nice piece of curly maple and some mosaic pins. Will post pics when I get her put together.

Thanks for the help guys!
 
I have used very fine grit 3M Wet or Dry Silicon Carbide paper wet with Mineral Oil or any light oil with great success. The grey stuff just almost spills right off.
 
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