That is a great rescue! Will look for that Nexus plastic polish.
Quote from: Rapidray on January 04, 2019, 04:00:31 AMThat is a great rescue! Will look for that Nexus plastic polish. Sorry, Ray. I mis-typed there. The product is actually 'Novus'. (Image removed from quote.)This product was recommended to me for removing scratches from motorcycle helmet visors and windscreens. For the Spartan above, I used all three, starting with #3 and working my way down to #1. #1 leaves celidor shiny and slick!
This will be nothing new to you guys, but I'm still delighted at how nicely SAK's clean up. I ordered some stuff from the MTo a little while ago, and thought I'd splurge and get one of the random, used Spartans on offer there. Well, it arrived today.
Very nice! Now I want to clean my SAK… Need to find something in The Netherlands to make the scales on my Wenger shiny again.
Quote from: Serena on January 04, 2019, 12:47:12 PMVery nice! Now I want to clean my SAK… Need to find something in The Netherlands to make the scales on my Wenger shiny again.I use a German product called Quixx and can report that it works very well. I would expect you could find it in Holland. Nix, great work on restoring this Spartan! I also use Simple Green for my soak and cleaning phase. I've left a SAK in 1:1 diluted Simple Green for up to a week and forgotten about it. The first time it happened I was a little worried that the scales might be damaged, but I needn't have been concerned as they are totally unharmed by this and emerge sparkling clean.
Great job Jack and I agree about the Spartan... there is just something about them that I love. It's always great to bring something back to life!!
A week...wow...life must have really gotten busy for you!
Quote from: Rapidray on January 04, 2019, 04:33:58 PMA week...wow...life must have really gotten busy for you! great job, Nix!It is indeed a pleasure to bring them back to life in a few steps Ray, I once left a few metallic cable ties that had been rusting in the rain outside in a glass with vinegar, but then saw a huge spider on a corner of the room. Glass still in hand, I escalated my way to the top corner of the room to kill it, and left the glass in between two old boxes for a minute.After smashing the spider I went to wash my hands and forgot what I was originally doing. Phone rang, life happened...Eight months later the vinegar glass fell on me when pulling out one of the boxes
p.s. I don't advocate SAK abuse or mistreatment, but I bet Grant has another couple of grungy SAK's at the MTo store that would love new homes with caring Swiss Army Knights!