Soda in My Knife!

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So, my wife spilled a can of Dr. Pepper all over the table, flooding my Victorinox Recruit. I took the tweezers and toothpick out, removed the keyring, and opened up all the tools. Then I washed everything with hot water, dried it inside and out with Q-tips, then re-oiled everything. I then wiped it down with a Tuff Cloth.

Is there anything I should have done differently, or that I missed? I'm a bit worried about either a) not getting all of the soda out, and now my knife is sticky or gummed up, or b) I didn't get all the water out of the inside of the knife and now it will rust.

Oh, and she's grounded from being around me while I work on my knives.
 
Hot soapy water. Dry. Flush it out with WD 40. Dry.
Bill
 
A SAK? All you should need to do is rinse it out, with maybe some hot water and dish soap just like a kitchen knife.
 
Don't sweat the small stuff. And be nice to your wife. She's worth a lot more than your SAK. Several years ago at a local gun show I bought a Victorinox Pioneer (Alox handles) from a fellow who had taken it to Africa on two hunts he told me. I don't think it got much cleaning either time and he ate with it a lot. It was all gummed up with what appeared to be meat juices and fruit juices, but I just soaked it a couple of days in a couple of changes of hot, soapy water and then cleaned it with an old toothbrush inside and out. Rinsed, dried, lubed, and it's ready for Africa again. Didn't even need much sharpening.
 
As long as you rinsed it off before any of it dried, it's OK. Once it dries, the syrup stays behind, making for a goopy mess. A longer soak in soapy water would be required.
 
shecky said:
As long as you rinsed it off before any of it dried, it's OK. Once it dries, the syrup stays behind, making for a goopy mess. A longer soak in soapy water would be required.
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I soaked it at least two days in at least two changes of hot, soapy water, then rinsed it thoroughly under running water while I finished cleaning it with the toothbrush. There was no goopy mess remaining.
 
SAK's are pretty tough and stain resistant, sounds like you cleaned it just fine. No big deal.
 
My ole lady is the dennis the menice of females so I have a constant battle on my hands to keep things unbroken and free from goop! It can be frustrating at times but she's worth it. How is the knife now?
 
Keithcellini said:
How is the knife now?
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It looks fine; no rust or stickiness. Some think I baby my knives. After use or a lot of pocket carry, my knives go through the following steps before getting put up...
1. Resharpen blades to the degree of sharpness they were before they went out.
2. Clean all of the debris off the knife, inside and out.
3. Wipe down all metal with an alcohol swab to remove unseen dirt and gunk.
4. Lubricate anything that moves with Tuff Glide.
5. Wipe the whole thing down with a Tuff Cloth.
6. Each knife goes into its own small Ziplock bag, with a small dessicant packet.
7. The knife gets put into a locked ammo can until I want to use it.
 
Rinse it out, give it a shot of WD-40 ... and use your wife's guilt as an excuse to buy another knife. :)
 
The only thing I have to add to what everyone else has said is to rinse it in the hottest water you can stand to put your hands in, and give it a nice long rinse. I find that when I clean a knife and then rinse it this way it allows all of the parts of the knife to warm up to around the temperature of the water so that when you're done any remaining water inside the knife will evaporate out rather quickly. I've never felt a need to do so, but you could always take a hair drier to it if you're worried that there might still be a lot of moisture in there.
 
carrot said:
Where do you get the dessicant packet?
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I don't know where JNieporte gets his, but I used to work at Target and picked up all I wanted from the shoe area of the stock room. Each pair of shoes has at least one in it and they have a tendency to fall out fairly often so there were always a bunch on the shelves and on the floor.
 
I recommend putting it in your pocket and running it through the laundry. I've done it many times with no ill-effects. (use color safe detergent though and don't mix your red SAK with your white ones).
 
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