Making micarta more grippy

[RugerNurse]

Anybody able to do this?

[TomAiello]

You can rough it up with a file, making alternating grooves. But that changes the profile. Do you want to do it without altering the profile?

[Enactive]

Without changing the profile or introducing jigging or checkering, I think a media blast of some type ( sand, bead, etc) might be the best method.

Edit:typo

[RugerNurse]

You can rough it up with a file, making alternating grooves. But that changes the profile. Do you want to do it without altering the profile?

I don’t want to alter it. I love my White River knives but the burlap micarta feels a bit slick. I took a scouring pad and lightly sanded it and it’s better. Didn’t know if there were other methods

[TomAiello]

You can always re-sand at a lower grit than factory, but I'm uncertain how much grippier that will make it. Scouring pad seems like a good idea.

[Skywalker]

You can always re-sand at a lower grit than factory, but I'm uncertain how much grippier that will make it. Scouring pad seems like a good idea.

I've done this to a BRK with polished canvas micarta scales before. Used something pretty low grit; I want to say 120.

It basically exposed the ends of the fibers in the micarta and gave it that soft slightly grippy feeling when wet or dry that polished micarta lacks. Big improvement.

[SpyderJunky]

I'm gonna tag on to this thread since it hasn't been bumped in a while and my question is on nearly the same topic...

If micarta is oiled, does the oil seep into the fabric or is the fabric already permanently saturated by the resin that it's in?
I'm wondering if a natural long term patina put on micarta will wash up and look new again...

[Giygas]

I'm gonna tag on to this thread since it hasn't been bumped in a while and my question is on nearly the same topic...

If micarta is oiled, does the oil seep into the fabric or is the fabric already permanently saturated by the resin that it's in?
I'm wondering if a natural long term patina put on micarta will wash up and look new again...

I've never had micarta that can't be cleaned to like new condition with just some Dawn dish soap.

I've even had the micarta scales on my Emerson get covered when I was doing an oil change on a diesel engine, and they looked like new after 1 minute of scrubbing.

[vivi]

sandpaper is all it takes.

[SpyderJunky]

I'm gonna tag on to this thread since it hasn't been bumped in a while and my question is on nearly the same topic...

If micarta is oiled, does the oil seep into the fabric or is the fabric already permanently saturated by the resin that it's in?
I'm wondering if a natural long term patina put on micarta will wash up and look new again...

I've never had micarta that can't be cleaned to like new condition with just some Dawn dish soap.

I've even had the micarta scales on my Emerson get covered when I was doing an oil change on a diesel engine, and they looked like new after 1 minute of scrubbing.

Thank you, sir!

[vivi]

yes, clean your micarta. some gross looking scales get posted here