removing the coating off of hardware

Hairlesstwinkie

Hairlesstwinkie

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So I'm trying to get rid of the black coating on the hardwares of my ZT 0801. I can sand the clip, pivot, and screws, but I have no idea how to go about the standoffs. Is there a chemical way of approaching this?
 
Well... I went ahead and just cleaned everything up with sandpaper. The standoffs are not perfect, so a chemical solution would be great.

this knife looks so much better without all the coating.




 
You can buy certain solutions for it. Google "removing black oxide." Apparently evaporust works well.
I can tell you from experience that paint stripper doesn't work.

Nice looking ZT! I agree it looks better stripped.
 
No problem. Please post the results of whatever product you choose if you get a chance.
 
I also use a spare screw that I have and chuck it in my cordless drill and spin it against sandpaper or a sanding sponge.
 
1SHOT1KILL said:
I also use a spare screw that I have and chuck it in my cordless drill and spin it against sandpaper or a sanding sponge.
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I actually figured that out when I was sanding my pivot. It made it so much faster. Sadly, it didn't work with the standoffs. When I looked at my standoffs in the sun, I realized that I did get most of the coatings off. It's just that certain parts weren't polished enough to reflect light.
 
You may try some of the pre polishing grades of abrasive used by welding shops on stainless steels. Some of these are not unlike scotch brite, in two grades, course is redish colour and green fine. They are attached to standard air or electric grinders by a velcro pad and will remove most surface treatments without undue erosion of the surface metal. I cleaned a Randal using this technique and was left with a clean matt surface ready for polishing if desired.
 
Haven't tried on these type of screws, but Black putters will strip off very well if submerged in a fresh container of Coke. Worth a try, and cheap enough, I think the putters--Scotty Camerons, are actually blued btw.
 
Vinegar works well too, drop in and let soak. I accidentally stripped screws and clip on my BM913 that way. Vinegar also removes the silver coating on older benchmades, stripped it off of my 913d2, and left all of the logos intact but raised, pretty neat look.
 
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