White FRN

quattrokid73 · #1

I love my white FRN Delica, but it was getting dirty! I must say it was on the verge of cream colored before I detailed it yesterday.

It was nice taking the entire knife apart, scrubbing the FRN white again, cleaning, lubing, assembling again. It's now white as new and far smoother to open and close.

How have you guys dealt with the white FRN? All it took was some dish soap and a coarse sponge to get mine looking great.

A side note...I stripped one of the torx screws when assembling the knife. Is there any way to safely get this out without making it worse? Also, how can I get just one torx screw to replace it?

i.v · #2

I'm not sure about the torx screw but dish soap and a sponge have always worked great for me (I have the white FRN D'fly).

I also really like the white FRN, gives the knife a classy look, and there's an upside for the dirt being visible, makes you clean it more often, especially if the knife handles food

Seanski · #3

Funny thing about those torx screws that hold knives together. I've had to return a couple of Kershaw's because of stripped screws right out of the box namely on the clips.
I think when I get around to cleaning my Endura and Delica in white frn I think I will leave them assembled and clean them that way then dry and relube.
I've even taken pocket clips off and flipped them from tip down to tip up lets say and stripped screws! I kinda get the jitters doing any of that stuff now. :)

Sean

STi · #4

My white dragonfly gets dirty fast...But i plan to buy that G-10 version to replace it.

THG · #5

I was too afraid to mess mine up, so I traded it.

CanisMajor · #6

I haven't dealt with it yet, but I did just receive a White Endura and I can't wait to use it.

Fred Sanford · #7

Well if you stripped a T6 Torx, put a T7 Torx into the same T6 hole and lightly pound it in there and then back it out. I've done this about 5 times to different stripped screws. If it's a clip screw then I vote for taking a little metal saw or dremel and cutting a flat head screwdriver slot into the head. Unfortunately this is difficult if the screw head is counter sunk.

As far as getting the screw.....good luck with that. The last time that happened to me I had to purchase an entire Delica parts kit. Not a big deal since it's only $15 and now I have all these extra parts. Anytime I've stripped a clip screw I've had to purchase the entire clip kit too. I think that's just because a lot of people were taking advantage of the freebies.

moeman · #8

I dyed mine :)

STi · #9

moeman wrote:I dyed mine :)

I thought about that..Did you use food coloring? I think thats what they used for those white kel-tec p32 frames alittle ways back.

araneae · #10

I used a little Comet and a nailbrush. Looked almost new.

cosmo7809 · #11

David Lowry wrote:Well if you stripped a T6 Torx, put a T7 Torx into the same T6 hole and lightly pound it in there and then back it out. I've done this about 5 times to different stripped screws.

Ya SOB(in a good way)

Had a stripped screw in my delica now its out! Thank you

moeman · #12

STi wrote:I thought about that..Did you use food coloring? I think thats what they used for those white kel-tec p32 frames alittle ways back.

I used RIT dye.

You have to bring the solution to a boil and then drop it in for about 30 seconds to a minute.
Same thing people have done with their SF G2's.