What's the best way to de-grease a SAK ?

[appletree_man]

I'm trying to remove all traces of the original oil from a new SAK. is there any easy way of doing this ?
Would dipping it in white spirit do the trick ?

[Neil]

Warm water and washing up liquid and get scrubbing.  You got me curious, why do you need to remove the original oil?

[appletree_man]

For gold plating 

[Neil]

Doh, silly question really

Yeah, scrub with warm water and soap, then rinse, repeat and rinse with cold water from a previously boiled kettle. Finally I'd wipe the area with propan-2-ol (or tape head cleaner if the local pharmacist looks funny at you when you ask for a small bottle ).  Be warned the alcohol will wreck scales so remove those first.

[jzmtl]

Since you'll have to remove scale anyway, use brake cleaner. There is no oil it won't dissolve.

[appletree_man]

Thanking yous 

[Buzzbait]

Electric motor cleaning spray should do the trick nicely, and it's is safe to use on all plastics and leaves no residue.

[american lockpicker]

For gold plating 

It will wear easy and look bad. 

[Benner]

For gold plating 

It will wear easy and look bad. 

Still worth a go though.

[Magic Bus]

For gold plating 

It will wear easy and look bad. 

+1

[Benner]

Come on guys, it's a test and I for one want to see.  Let's not pi$$ on the bonfire before it's even been lit.

[Magic Bus]

Sorry, just going on what I know about how gold plated guitar hardware looks like after a few years of sweat 

[P35]

To remove congealed oil and grit, I soak the knife in mineral spirits(scales removed). After a soak blast with compressed air to blast out grit and spirits. I re-oil with CLP , install scales and good as new.

[Bill.H]

Acetone is excellent for making gunk go away.

[Roadie]

Come on guys, it's a test and I for one want to see.  Let's not pi$$ on the bonfire before it's even been lit.

Yeah come on people! I for one want to see what this will look like, who cares how hard wearing it will be, people don't buy the gold 10th anniversary PST to EDC. So yeah go for it and give us pics, lots of pics!!