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Rover-Friskey

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I have acquired over the past several months 5 new Case Yellow Synthetic Smooth Medium Stockman with Chrome Vanadium Blades. (3318 CV) .Still in the boxes. I have coated the blades with 3-in-1 oil. As an experiment I want to coat 1 knife's blades with Mineral Oil, 1 with Renaissance Wax, 1 with no coating, 1 with 3-in-1 oil, and the other with ????? My question is what is best to clean the blades on all 5 knives to remove the 3-in-1, and what would be a good candidate to apply to the 5th knife's blades. I have some mineral spirits and have thought maybe that would clean the blades. Any suggestions?
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Billy

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Scuttlery said:
How about Ballistol for the 5th knife's blades?
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I will try Ballistol and beeswax. just ordered on amazon. Between the 5 knives there 15 blades, so i am not limited to 5 tests! :) (as an Industrial Engineer I am used to testing different machines/machine settings/materials/methods to get optimal results)
 
Sure , you could heat the blade a little and rub it on . I mix it with mineral oil but you have mineral oil in your experiment already.
 
Since you already have beeswax, I suppose lanolin (another animal fat) would be redundant in a sense...maybe a vegetable fat such as coconut oil?
 
Seal1 clp would be good one to try I would assume to clean them you could use alcohol it dries fast. Or Just dawn dish soap and a thorough drying
 
Rover-Friskey said:
I will try Ballistol and beeswax. just ordered on amazon. Between the 5 knives there 15 blades, so i am not limited to 5 tests! :) (as an Industrial Engineer I am used to testing different machines/machine settings/materials/methods to get optimal results)
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Please let us know how it went! I am interested in your experience with Ballistol Universal Oil. I am totally biased towards Ballistol by the way. 😅🤭
 
Yeah, rubbing alcohol should work fine for the degreasing. I'd use a brush and some dish detergent and really get in all the nooks and crannies under hot water first myself so that oil doesn't come up out of the joints and taint your experiment. Then I'd give each blade a wipe down with alcohol after it's dried before you apply your oils/waxes/greases.
 
lacquer thinner, acetone, 90% rubbing alcohol are all good to clean it.
 
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In my testing the last two summers Frog lube, and a bees wax/coconut oil mix I made were easily the best of everything I tried. Also Burts bees lip balm works well and something a lot of people might have with them. I wanted to find something that was food safe, but I tried everything I had around. It will be interesting to see the results you get.
 
I use Naphtha to clean just about everything. Luthiers use it for cleaning gunk off of high dollar guitars, and it works great. Doesn't leave any residue, and won't hurt any finish on a guitar (lacquer, shellac, polyurethane, varnish, etc.), evaporates in just a few seconds, and so far, it works great on everything else I've tried it on. I get larger cans at the home center, or you can grab a can of lighter fluid, because lighter fluid is Naphtha.

As for oil, I rarely use anything, and never seem to get any rust. But my knives aren't constantly exposed to moisture, either.
 
Brake cleaner is my go to degreaser, but I’m an auto mechanic so it’s always around. It’s cheap, found everywhere, and leaves a clean oil free surface. I haven’t ever had it hurt delrin myself, but it doesn’t play well with cellidor as used by victorinox I have heard, I carry and use a sak most every day and haven’t melted one yet, but others have said it does so use caution.
 
Waxes work great at protecting metal, but they don’t wear well, best for display pieces, but for a user the wax just doesn’t last as well as oil. Something to consider in your testing is how well the protection holds up over a period of normal use.

I vote for Lucas gun and knife oil, found at most auto parts stores near me by the cash registers and comes with a needle applicator, I like the stuff myself and it’s mostly what I use for knives and fishing gear. Seems a little more viscous than 3-1 or rem oil.

Shoe polish could be a candidate, it’s wax with a petroleum carrier that makes application easier but evaporates and leaves a thin layer of wax behind, also cheap and available to everyone.
 
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