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keyboard_arrow_downreswright
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Apr 19, 2019
assuming you mean by beater an inexpensive stainless steel folding knife with a simple lock that one uses for dirty, hard wear jobs? not my thing any more, but i do have some concrete advice if it's yours:
step one: disassemble your knife
step two: reassemble it with teflon washers
step 3: you're good to go: wash it under a faucet, dunk it in water. so long as you can give it a good shake and let it air dry a while it'll be fine. realistically by the time you corrode the steel or other metal with soap and water... you will long have moved onto another beater knife.
That's how beater knives work. you get the consumer rush of buying a new knife much more often than you do if you try and buy tools built for a lifetime, and use them accordingly. the downside is you need to take care of your knife as much as your knife takes care of you, which somewhat defeats the purpose of using a tool in the first place.
Bishop759
24
Mar 31, 2019
I use Remington gun cleaner/oil. After I clean the lint and gunk off with a qtip and an old dishrag. Then I use nano oil as needed on all moving parts. It doesn’t attract dirt and dust like conventional oils. If you you your edc to cut food the products need to be different. For a knife used for food prep I recommend washing it then coating it with mineral oil.
14themoney
1395
Mar 30, 2019
I pull them out of the mixer and place them in hot soapy water. What? Oh! You mean the cheap knives. It really depends upon what has been beaten on. I try to use an appropriate solvent. Mineral spirits for gooey organic stuff and most adhesives. I recently got some Flitz that does a very good job. If they are really filthy, I will take them apart, clean, and lube them in addition to tending to the blade.
MadAK88
0
Mar 25, 2019
https://www.wihatools.com/torx-tools/bit-sets
I have the all torx version of this. I quite like it.
14themoney
1395
Feb 28, 2019
Alcohol, GooGone, or acetone for goop. Compressed air works well to blow them out when lung power is insufficient. If it is stainless, soap and water works. (Dry and lube it afterwards.) I very recently got some Flitz. I have taken a couple of mine apart and done the whole blade, then BlueLubed the moving parts. (Thumbup) Check out YouTube. Take what sounds good and try it. You will eventually find your groove.
bookworm13
677
Aug 13, 2018
Late to the party, but I came to MD today to ask the same question.
For cleaning off the sticky gunk from cutting packing tape, I've been using odorless mineral spirits. It's not really odorless but it's less volatile than the usual stuff. I still make sure the ventilation is good when I use it.
For lubricating and rust prevention I've been using M-Pro7 gun oil.
For cleaning off the sticky gunk from cutting packing tape, I've been using odorless mineral spirits. It's not really odorless but it's less volatile than the usual stuff. I still make sure the ventilation is good when I use it.
For lubricating and rust prevention I've been using M-Pro7 gun oil.
detmercod
1
Jul 28, 2018
Typically, unless the knife is fairly cheap or just plain steel, and depending on whether or not it's a cooking/eating utensil, I will use Ballistol or wd40. Both have great cleaning uses for both the metal AND g10 on knives. It isn't corrosive and is water soluble. It is quick and easy to apply and keeps blades lubricated for a long time.
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Relatively new to the world of pocket knives and was wondering how to you clean your daily beater (which will likely get the most use/abuse of your collection)? Pocket lint, dust, glue residue (if you use it to open boxes/packages), etc. I know most steels have a minimum of rust resistance, but wonder how does one clean knives w/o damaging the blade or the other mechanisms in the knife? TIA!