Hi,
I used my Moran for some kitchen duty several weeks ago and cleaned up with dish soap and a green 3M type pad. This is the same way we clean our regular silverware, etc.
I noticed scratches running the length on both sides of the VG10 blade.
Can someone suggest WHY this happened and how to remove the scratches?
I've tried Flitz and Mother's Polishing compound and soft cloth rags with no progress.
John
"I'll have the Harpy, please, and a straight, serrated Spyderco with a four-inch blade...""Anything else?""Yes. I'd like a Spyderco Civilian..."
Scratch Pad scratches on VG10
Sal,
Since you all use "Scotch Brite" to put the satin finish on knives, I assume you could restore the satin finish in the same way? Do you have it on a wheel, or is it done by hand? Can the satin finish be restored by hand?
Also, I have a few VG-10 knives and it seems to me that the steel has a "grain" look to it. Is this just inherent to VG-10? One of my knives has a few scratches. Will polishing the VG-10 blade create an uneven texture?
Thanks...
--Matt
Since you all use "Scotch Brite" to put the satin finish on knives, I assume you could restore the satin finish in the same way? Do you have it on a wheel, or is it done by hand? Can the satin finish be restored by hand?
Also, I have a few VG-10 knives and it seems to me that the steel has a "grain" look to it. Is this just inherent to VG-10? One of my knives has a few scratches. Will polishing the VG-10 blade create an uneven texture?
Thanks...
--Matt
Next time your at the store get some blue or white Scoth Brite pads. They won't scratch your blade.
As far as Scotch Brite finishes. You can do it by hand though it will take a while and also take some practice to get the satin "pattern" straight and even. You can get Scotch Brite belts for belt grinders also. I THINK flap type wheels are also available.
Paul
As far as Scotch Brite finishes. You can do it by hand though it will take a while and also take some practice to get the satin "pattern" straight and even. You can get Scotch Brite belts for belt grinders also. I THINK flap type wheels are also available.
Paul
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Allen E. Treat
Dear John ;
A while back I posted a helpful
suggestion regarding your dilemma ; a gunsmith friend of mine showed me this trick
and I even used it on my "Cricket". You'll
need to go to your local hardware store and
purchase two types of emory cloth : one course grain, and the other fine grain ( I
used 3M 220 for the course, Norton 400 for
the fine ). You start by polishing the blade
using a circular motion polishing with the
course grain from the blades spine to it's edge. Then, using the fine grain repeat the
polishing from the spine to the edge until the scratchmarks are gone ; this takes a lot
of patience but works. Finish by polishing with Metal Glo or similar metal polish. It
sure beats bringing it to a professional metal polisher !
A.E.T.
A while back I posted a helpful
suggestion regarding your dilemma ; a gunsmith friend of mine showed me this trick
and I even used it on my "Cricket". You'll
need to go to your local hardware store and
purchase two types of emory cloth : one course grain, and the other fine grain ( I
used 3M 220 for the course, Norton 400 for
the fine ). You start by polishing the blade
using a circular motion polishing with the
course grain from the blades spine to it's edge. Then, using the fine grain repeat the
polishing from the spine to the edge until the scratchmarks are gone ; this takes a lot
of patience but works. Finish by polishing with Metal Glo or similar metal polish. It
sure beats bringing it to a professional metal polisher !
A.E.T.
John,
My 2 cents- STOP using the green Scotchbrite pads for _anything_ you don't want scratched. Get the blue ones, as was already suggested. I can scratch glass, ceramics, hardened steel, chrome, epoxy, etc. with the green pads. I think it's "criminal" that they sell the green ones in the grocery stores right next to the kitchen sponges , implying that they are for normal uses, when they are this abrasive.
The blue pads are much safer, they are "kitchen" pads.
- Thomas
My 2 cents- STOP using the green Scotchbrite pads for _anything_ you don't want scratched. Get the blue ones, as was already suggested. I can scratch glass, ceramics, hardened steel, chrome, epoxy, etc. with the green pads. I think it's "criminal" that they sell the green ones in the grocery stores right next to the kitchen sponges , implying that they are for normal uses, when they are this abrasive.
The blue pads are much safer, they are "kitchen" pads.
- Thomas