Stainless steel scratch remover/buffer

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uofaengr

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While I agree that scratches on knives adds character, there are some knives that you like to both use and keep nice and shiny, or you may have one you'd like to restore. Does anyone have a preferred scratch remover you use for scratches on your blades or liners, and how were your results?
 
For a non-cutting polish I use Flitz. For cutting polish, I use White Diamond metal polish and sealant. I usually will polish with sandpaper in progressively higher grit, finishing off with Trizact 3000 grit for really scratched up blades.ImageUploadedByTapatalk1391808640.552322.jpg
 
Yes, but you will likely have to polish the entire blade. There is a good chance that if you polish the scratch out the area you polish will be visibly brighter than the rest of the blade.
 
Elite_KG said:
Yes, but you will likely have to polish the entire blade. There is a good chance that if you polish the scratch out the area you polish will be visibly brighter than the rest of the blade.
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True, I agree. I've got some knives with highly polished liners, and I mainly don't want to use something that might dull them.
 
If it's on the surface it should take it off. If there is pitting, that will stay.
 
Flitz is really good stuff, I first learned of it about 10 years ago when my buddies now ex-wife worked at the airport and bought it home for us. They used it to polish scratches out of cockpit windows. It also works better than anything I've ever seen for car headlights too.
 
I tried some flitz and it did a good job with the exception of some black pepper spots left on the blade. Any way to get rid of those?
 
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uofaengr said:
I tried some flitz and it did a good job with the exception of some black pepper spots left on the blade. Any way to get rid of those?
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The black pepper spots are a harder oxide than the red rust. The Flitz should still work on them, but it usually takes some more 'elbow grease' to clean those up. You might use something like a hard pencil eraser as a scrubber, with the Flitz, to help it work a little more aggressively. There may be some shallow pitting under the black spots; if so, Flitz won't be aggressive enough to fix that. Sanding the blade would be needed to remove all pitting.

The upside is, the black spots aren't doing any damage, if left alone. The oxide is somewhat protective to the steel, in slowing down the rusting that might otherwise occur on un-oxidized steel.


David
 
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