ZT 0560 got wet

jfindon

jfindon

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I had my 0560 lying on my desk and my window was open, I went downstairs and it started pouring and by the time I came up my whole desk was soaked. The knife was lying with the titanium side up and was pretty wet, I wiped the blade off on my shirt and ran some paper towels through the handle and don't see any more water anywhere, and then I buried it in dry rice to absorb anything I may have missed. Is this being too anal, or a bad idea in general? I don't want to take it apart and I don't know how easily any parts may rust.
 
Little anal just a good wipe off and you should be good. lol But I understand. I run with a kershaw skyline and after being soaked in sweat a good wipe down and I leave it open to dry no rust has formed. I do frog lube it every couple of days though. But just a little water should be no problem as long as you dont put it away wet.
 
Yeah I kind of panicked, it's my favorite knife by far and I've never really gotten any of my knives wet before. Thanks.

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Assuming that you have the tools; they're really not that difficult to disassemble and reassemble. If you want to be really thorough without disassembly, use a can of compressed air (the kind for cleaning keyboards,etc) and Q-tips.
 
WD-40 will displace any water left over and give you a little rust protection. Getting a knife wet is no big deal.
 
MaxFactor said:
Assuming that you have the tools; they're really not that difficult to disassemble and reassemble. If you want to be really thorough without disassembly, use a can of compressed air (the kind for cleaning keyboards,etc) and Q-tips.
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I used a RocketBlower and blew everything out nice, but I don't really feel comfortable taking that knife apart as my first attempt. Never took one apart before.
 
Wipe it off with a bit of WD-40 and your good to go its a water-displacing spray. I keep a thin coat of carnuba wax on all my blades that helps alot with water and rust and is food safe. Its used to makes lots of stuff we eat shiny and presentable.
 
FORGET WD40. No offense meant, it works but a spray/wipedown with rem oil (first to clean) and/or hoppes weatherguard (second, it wont collect dust or lint and leaves a more protective layer) works the best for protecting knives from rust. ?Birchwood cassey?? gun wipes work great too. But any oil with petrolium distillates/silicon in it is fine for a knife with all synthetic/rubber handles. If it has wood or leather handles, use Ballistol. It's safe on wood and is a great cleaner/rust protectant. I'm pretty anal about rust on my knives aswell. Best to keep 'em clean then let 'em go to s. :thumbup:
kudos, that rice wont help much though in my humble opinion :D
 
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The titanium scale won't rust. The G10 scale isn't metal, so it won't rust. The blade, liner, and screws might, but they are all pretty resistant to it. As long as you're not leaving it in prolonged exposure to water and/or things that accelerate oxidation (eg. salt water, chlorine), you should be fine. Just wipe it down with a towel and use compressed air or WD-40 to blast out water in the pivot area and inside the liners.
 
You have got to be kidding me! It's a freaking tool not a Swiss dress watch!
dry it off and relax!! whats going to happen if you actually use it???
 
way overreacted haha. it's all good, though.

I EDC non stainless folders and they often get wet and stay in wet clothes when I get home and forget about them. No harm done. Blow out the pivot area and a drop of lube is about all you need after a wipe down.
 
I understand where you're coming from - I hate rust and corrosion with a fiery passion. I only recently got a non-stainless knife, and I re-oil that bastard every other day. I know I don't need to, but I will NOT have my knife rust. Period.

Now, these days, I'm comfortable with taking knives apart (having taken down and re-assembled almost every knife I own with many kinds of lock mechanisms). Framelocks are exceptionally easy to take down and re-assemble, but, if you don't want to do that:

Paper towels will absorb the water and can be folded into points to get into tight crevices
Compressed air will blow out water in the pivot
A hair dryer will help quite a bit (SET TO COOL. DO NOT USE HOT AIR. YOU COULD DAMAGE THE G10 OR WARP THE BEARING CAGE)

Now, on further thinking, taking down a 056X may be a bad option. I'm not familiar with encased ball bearings (other than having had an 0561 and loving how smooth it was), so I don't know if there's a risk of losing some of them when disassembling it. In addition to that, the framelock on my 0561 was CRAZY strong at first, which may make it difficult to re-assemble the knife when you have a bar of titanium doing it's damnedest to un-bend.

Don't worry about it too much, though. Elmax is extremely corrosion resistant, titanium can't rust, and neither can G10. The screws and liner on the G10 side are all you have any cause to worry about.
 
When my knife gets dirty, I flush it with running water. I then give it a good shake, add a little lube to the pivot, wipe off the blade, and call it good.

Tom
 
I soak my knives in an ultrasonic jewelry cleaner with hot water and dawn. I shake it out, blow it out with canned compressed air. Then I flush the pivot with blue lube cleaner. Blow that out. I lube the pivot with tuf-glide and wipe the knife down with tuf-cloth. I let it dry then oil the pivot with Nano oil. (best oil I've ever used. Thanks bladeforums!)
 
Kinda anal yea, it's not a good thing being that way. ;)
Titwnium doesn't rust, Elmax is about as corrosion resistant as you can get. Take the knife apart and dry it off.
 
The 0560 is my easiest knife take down aside from the Caly 3. You don't even need to take out the handle screws, the bearing-encasing washers have retaining grooves in the handle and blade tang, so you can just throw it together and you're done.
 
jfindon said:
I had my 0560 lying on my desk and my window was open, I went downstairs and it started pouring and by the time I came up my whole desk was soaked. The knife was lying with the titanium side up and was pretty wet, I wiped the blade off on my shirt and ran some paper towels through the handle and don't see any more water anywhere, and then I buried it in dry rice to absorb anything I may have missed. Is this being too anal, or a bad idea in general? I don't want to take it apart and I don't know how easily any parts may rust.
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From what I've seen on the internet this could actually be really good news. Similar to Mogwai's, getting the 56X's wet can actually cause them to spontaneously reproduce at an alarming rate. Just make sure not to feed those suckers after midnight. Otherwise you could wake up with a bunch of $12 mall-ninja black-op's blades. And I think we all know how that story ends...
 
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