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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2023 20:04:49 GMT
I have a dagger that has the transparent coating over a very nicely polished blade on a nice Windlass quillon dagger and it was slightly scuffed in one area of the blade and after rubbing it with a strong model paint remover, the actual blade surface appeared and it's very good. I want to remove this coating and polish the blade. What are the best suggestions to cut and soften and remove this coating? It is very tough to remove-- John
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Post by eastman on Jul 12, 2023 1:09:57 GMT
have you tried lacquer thinner &/or acetone?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2023 1:28:22 GMT
I haven't tried lacquer thinner yet, but I have Acetone and that doesn't do much. I do have a small bottle of what is apparently some sort of plastic glue that is some very strong chemicals and I have been using it as super brush cleaner and a degreaser. Strong stuff. I used to work at ACE so I'll go get something stronger--thanks for the information -
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Post by mrstabby on Jul 12, 2023 7:51:53 GMT
The acetone needs time to work and evaporates quickly, it can be a problem that it evaporates before it can dissolve anything. You might need to soak the glue a bit. Depending on how hot it is where you are this might be difficult without submerging the blade in acetone. You could try putting a acetone soaked rag on it for a minute or something.
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Post by AJGBlack on Jul 12, 2023 12:30:00 GMT
The whole thing is likely dismountable. Most of their daggers have screw-on pommels. You could take it apart and just soak the blade. It would make it easier to clean post soak as well.
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Post by pgandy on Jul 12, 2023 12:59:45 GMT
I would suggest, as eastman did, lacquer thinner. Another approach would be to wrap the blade and then apply the solvent. This might slow the evaporation process. If disassembly is possible, do so and immerse the blade in solvent.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2023 15:24:21 GMT
I'm going to run to ACE and see what Mike suggests in the paint dept. I agree, the Acetone should cut it but it didn't work as well as the chemical Testers solvent. I tried to unscrew the round decorative piece on top of the pommel using pliers with a few sections of cloth, didn't budge it. I'll try to reach the seller through the original ad and ask if he ever took it apart and if it is just really tight. I finished one entire side yesterday with the Testers solution, it's just labor intensive, but works.
Underneath the coating, the blade is beautifully polished, so it's well worth the effort- Now I'm deciding on possibly removing the black paint on guard and pommel and take the chance of hidden grind marks or leave it alone - Windlass did a pretty good job on this one --
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Post by mrstabby on Jul 12, 2023 15:37:23 GMT
You could to try something apolar like toluene, but I still think acetone just might need more time, it can take 10 minutes to soften some epoxy variants. You could also try heating it, might get soft enough to scrape it off and wipe the rest with acetone.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2023 17:12:40 GMT
I just picked up some two-minute gel paint remover that should work well. The container warnings are pretty severe for flame and fumes, so I'll try it later when it cools off a little outside. My work bench in the garage is a little too close to the gas water heater and the warnings say the fumes drop and spread out over the floor--I only have a little more than half the blade to do, the other side is finished. It's really a nice well-done blade with a top-notch polishing job, so it'll look good when finished -
As I said, I'll try and contact the guy I bought it from and find out if he ever had it apart --
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