When I first saw images of Silver Tech scales it seemed to be "clear plastic", but after looking a little more closely it seems to be more of a "clear plastic with a silver paint backing", hence they aren't really see-through to the inner workings of the knife as I had originally thought.
I've seen some mods where people scrape away parts of the silver paint (or is it actually plastic?) and then apply other colors to the grooves, for a cool looking knife, however what I'm interested in is a truly see through clear design, sort of like the red, green, and blue translucent scales they make. Can this silver paint be removed cleanly and without scratching the plastic's surface, say with some sort of painter remover?