Taking off CS epoxy coat

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How would on go about removing the epoxy coating that CS uses on their blades? I have a Recon Tanto that loses some of coating everytime it's used, and I'd rather have a nice, satin finish than a chipped, cheap black coating. I have access to a Dremel, but I'm not sure which bit(s) to use. Before I REALLY get ahead of myself, is this an easy task? Do I risk seriously messing up my blade if done incorrectly? If anyone can provide me with an insight, I'd appreciate it.

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Shawn
"Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless."

 
I'd try soaking the blade for a few days in a solvent like xylene or lacquer thinner. Get a glass jar or drinking glass that is as deep as the blade is long. Fill with solvent and cover with polyethelene sheet plastic (Zip Lock bag material) secure with string or rubber band. Carefully insert knife blade through the plastic (pierce the plastic, but don't make an oversized hole). You want the blade immersed in the solvent, but have a good seal so that the solvent does not evaporate. Leave it for a few days. See if you can remove the coating with razor blades and/or coarse steel wool.
 
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If you soak the blade in strong solvent be sure and keep it off the kraton.
I don'tknow if it would damage the kraton or not,but better safe than sorry.
my .02ç.
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Anything that will soften epoxy would also soften kraton. The approach I was suggesting should make it easy to keep solvent off the kraton.
 
If you have a Dremel and time (lot's of it) use those little black fine grit sanding discs. You will have to buy an extra container of those, 'cause it takes 15-20 to do the job right. My SRK looks cool as heck with a silver blade and blackened lettering. WARNING- use eye and breathing protection, or you will be blowing black gunk out of your nose for days. Also, all small creatures (cats, ferrets, etc.) *really* hate Dremel noise.

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you could try splitting wood with it
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seriously though, i removed almost half of the coating on my CS recon tanto by pounding it through a log to split it.

i think i removed a little bit with steel wool when i cleaned it off later, but that would take awhile, especially considering the thickness of the coating.

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Thank you to everyone who's replied. As a matter of fact, I removed a fair bit of coating by scraping away with an allen key...

I'm going to get the Dremel out this week and see what I can do.
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Shawn
"Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless."

 
Get a can of kleen strip from the local wal mart or hardware store, like a home depot or scottys. The paint/epoxy remover should take that coating off in under a minute. Tape off the handle to make sure you dont melt the kraton, and follow the directions on the can.
 
Do not forget that removing the coating may not be the most complicated part of what you are trying to do. In my experience, the steel surface under CS epoxy coating was pretty rough. You will have to work on it for quite a while with sandpaper to get the "nice satin finish" you are after...

Alex.
 
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