Stains on ATS 34!!

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Hey guys,

I used to be bass and posted about 30 times here and then the other day I couldn't find my password so I re-registered as bigbass. I was cutting something with black beans in it the other day and I didn't clean the blade for about 10-15 minutes. Then when I tried to wash it with dishwashing detergent it looked like the beans had stained to the ATS 34 blade. I even used an abbrasive sponge with Comet and no luck. Any suggestions?
 
Three possibilities:

One: live with it; and remember stainLESS means just that; it will stain less than carbon steel, but is not stain proof.

Two: use a chemical corrosion removal agent such as a phosphoric acid type, Flitz, naval jelly.

Three: polish the blade with successively finer grits of wet or dry sandpaper, or use a wheel to buff the blade.

Hope this helps, Walt

[ 03-26-2001: Message edited by: Walt Welch ]
 
It does not only stain - sometimes it rusts. Fortunately only beadblasted blades do have this habbit. Bead blasting is the worst thing to do to a blade! I wonder what would happen to beadblasted carbonsteel blade. Could one see it before it rusted away - I doubt.

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Flitz is my first-pass solution to rust. There are a number of other products said to work well, too.

Joe
 
Hate to sound cold but that's why it's a stain-less(less than carbon steel) steel. Not stain-proof. In order to get edgeholding properties in steel it must have carbon and even with the chromium to resist rusting and stains, They will all eventually stain and rust when they meet agessive substances.I'd say live with it if it's only stained(sounds like you use the knife) cause it will only happen again later.

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My Pro-Tech "Runt" has a blade made of ATS-34. It is one great little auto! It holds an edge very well and I've never had to sharpen it. To be fair, I've only used it for small cutting jobs. Still, holding a very sharp edge for this long is quite amazing. I just took a close look at the blade. There are no stains, but on both sides of the blade, if I hold it in the light just right, I can see an area that looks like part of a "coating" is beginning to wear away. As I said, I have to hold it up to the light in a certain way to see this one little characteristic and it doesn't bother me in the least. It does have a "bead-blasted" blade, I wonder if Pro-Tech put a protective coating on the blade that is designed to wear away?

Will
 
I cut some fruit with 940 Osborne and even though I rinsed it a few minutes later I observed like shadows "in" the steel. It does not appear to be "on" the steel, but "in" it. Oh well.
 
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