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The stripping bug bit me, and I stripped down the 9, 2, and 11.
I used Citristrip aerosol, but I think next time I'll use the regular container of it. I sprayed, left it for roughly 4.5 hours, and physically stripped the loose coating with some 3M paint stripper.
Before:
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After:
The blades still have some spots I missed, but I'm still a bit buzzed, and handling a BK whilst not quite in full control of one's motor skills doesn't seem the brightest of ideas at the moment. I might not even strip it completely, I was going to do some more polishing, but the rough look suits the blades.
With micarta:
At this point, I'd like to emphasis PPE (personal protective equipment). Eye protection, gloves, a coat/ coveralls/ old clothes to cover up as much skin as possible, and in this case, nose/ and mouth protection from the fumes. Here's a pic of my safety glasses. There's a spot right smack in the middle of the lens where the Citristrip hit it, if I wasn't wearing any eye safety, it would have gotten my eye:
Scary thought.
I think next project is to dye the micarta. I'd like it a few shades darker.
I learned a lot from this project. This was my first time stripping, and there were a few bumps. I was initially using nitrile disposable gloves, but the Citristrip was eating through it, so I switched to thicker yellow latex gloves. The 3M paint stripper (which is pretty much a polymer wool steel) wasn't stripping as quickly as I'd like, and a lot of elbow grease needed to make up the slack. I think regular steel wool might have been better. Also, 3 blades in 1 shot looked good on paper, but because I needed to put in more elbow grease physically stripping with the 3M, it took quite some time. Maybe 1-2 knives at a time next time..
All in all, a success and a lot of things learned. Thanks for reading!
I used Citristrip aerosol, but I think next time I'll use the regular container of it. I sprayed, left it for roughly 4.5 hours, and physically stripped the loose coating with some 3M paint stripper.
Before:
During:
After:
The blades still have some spots I missed, but I'm still a bit buzzed, and handling a BK whilst not quite in full control of one's motor skills doesn't seem the brightest of ideas at the moment. I might not even strip it completely, I was going to do some more polishing, but the rough look suits the blades.
With micarta:
At this point, I'd like to emphasis PPE (personal protective equipment). Eye protection, gloves, a coat/ coveralls/ old clothes to cover up as much skin as possible, and in this case, nose/ and mouth protection from the fumes. Here's a pic of my safety glasses. There's a spot right smack in the middle of the lens where the Citristrip hit it, if I wasn't wearing any eye safety, it would have gotten my eye:
Scary thought.
I think next project is to dye the micarta. I'd like it a few shades darker.
I learned a lot from this project. This was my first time stripping, and there were a few bumps. I was initially using nitrile disposable gloves, but the Citristrip was eating through it, so I switched to thicker yellow latex gloves. The 3M paint stripper (which is pretty much a polymer wool steel) wasn't stripping as quickly as I'd like, and a lot of elbow grease needed to make up the slack. I think regular steel wool might have been better. Also, 3 blades in 1 shot looked good on paper, but because I needed to put in more elbow grease physically stripping with the 3M, it took quite some time. Maybe 1-2 knives at a time next time..
All in all, a success and a lot of things learned. Thanks for reading!
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. Damn now looking at them I kinda need some micarta now. Nice looking blades. I probably shouldn't have polished mine so much. I like the way yours turned out...
