Sand and slipjoint's

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Caught some fish at the beach and now my sodbuster has sand in it. I've tried compressed air, wd-40 with the nozzle to try and blow it out; no luck. Short of taking it apart or sending it in do you guys have any ideas or tricks? Thanks in advance.
 
Work it open and closed under warm running water. Use an old toothbrush to clean the joints.
 
jackknife said:
Work it open and closed under warm running water. Use an old toothbrush to clean the joints.
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Yep. You just had the order wrong. First you rinse and flush with hot soapy water. I usually submerge the knife, blue painters tape around the blade, and work it back and forth and swish it around. Then rinse under flowing water. THEN comes the compressed air, then WD40. Never done it for sand but works a trick with blades that are gritty from the factory.
 
yep... and add some soap if you need. And if that for some reason still doesn't work I usually drench the pivots with 3in1 oil and fold up little pieces of paper towel to wipe the grime out.
 
jc57 said:
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Yep. You just had the order wrong. First you rinse and flush with hot soapy water. I usually submerge the knife, blue painters tape around the blade, and work it back and forth and swish it around. Then rinse under flowing water. THEN comes the compressed air, then WD40. Never done it for sand but works a trick with blades that are gritty from the factory.
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just beat me to it...
 
I like the old toothbrush and warm soapy scrub my self.

One of the worst I had was metal filings in a D2 slipjoint, with cam tang action. Took a flush or two, and finally got a few sharp pointy metal slivers.
 
Yep, if a knife's gritty I just hold it under running water while working it open and closed. Set it out to dry, maybe blow some compressed air if you're in a slow-drying (humid) climate, then after it's dry a single drop of mineral oil in the joint. :thumbup:
 
Thanks everyone. Can't believe I didn't think of that. Serious brain fart I guess.
 
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