what grit sand paper after coating removal / sanding direction?

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This will be my first experience removing the coating. I have Jasco for this step.

I will be hand sanding afterwords and am wondering what grits to use. I'm not going for a mirror polish. I've heard of people use 2000, 2500 then 3000.

What's a good grit to start with leaving me the option to stop when I reach my desired level of polish? I don't want to start too low and leave deep scratches to deal with.

Also, should I sand in one direction or use an alternating cross-hatch pattern then finish with a straight handle-to blade-tip direction.

thanks!
 
Welcome aboard!
There are plenty of folks that can chime in (myself included) but I am at work currently and I am not able to make much longer of a post.

I will update this or re-post afterwards.
For now I would say start with a quality 400 grit for removal of the factory machine marks. If the are exceptionally heavy/deep, start with 220.

Changing directions with each grit to ensure you removed the previous marks.

Double the grit when moving up, 220, 400, 800, 1600. If you want a finer jump pattern, go 400, 600, 1200, 2000.

Use a sanding block.
 
NJBillK said:
Welcome aboard!
There are plenty of folks that can chime in (myself included) but I am at work currently and I am not able to make much longer of a post.

I will update this or re-post afterwards.
For now I would say start with a quality 400 grit for removal of the factory machine marks. If the are exceptionally heavy/deep, start with 220.

Changing directions with each grit to ensure you removed the previous marks.

Double the grit when moving up, 220, 400, 800, 1600. If you want a finer jump pattern, go 400, 600, 1200, 2000.

Use a sanding block.
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This is perfect advise.
And yes, definitely use a sanding block!
 
Thanks njbillk. I stripped and sanded with 320 wet dry this morning. It looks good already but I may jump to 600 then call it good.
 
Great to hear it. If you Really like the 600 finish, I would suggest going past the 600 and up to 800. Once that grit is all that is left, drop back down to 600 sanding from ricasso to tip in straight pulls, right off the end of the blade.
This will stop you from getting any "J hooks" in your finish, and give it a nice smooth machined look.

Always try to go one step over to clean it all up, then drop back down to where you want to end up. It makes for a Much cleaner end result.

Thanks for the update and don't forget the pics.
 
NJBillK's right.

On my BK10, I had to drop to 100 to get rid of a couple rough grind marks.

I progressed up to 1000 but found it too fine. Finally settled on a 400 finish.
 
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