Cleaning a Stainless Mora blade ??

[Scots_Charles_River]

My Mora Stainless has some spots on it and tar residue. I used it to pick off pine resin etc and never cleaned it last use, I know I know.

Meths, paraffin, isopropyl alcohol ??

Ta

Today, using it.

https://youtu.be/buOpJY6bt14

 

[Janne]

Acetone, petrol, diesel oil, alcohol. Turpentine is originally made from pine resin, so that will remove it for sure. WD40 is supposed to be efficient too.

Gun oil should be fine too.

The spots, is it rust? Fosforic acid is excellent for that.

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

Excellent, thanks.

 

[MartiniDave]

You could even pop it in the dish washer, should come to no harm.

 

[crosslandkelly]

+1 for the dishwasher put the sheath in too, especially if you use the knife to prep food.

 

[Mork]

I've found that using Tormek honing paste is really good at getting all sorts of blemishes out of baldes - it's slightly abrasive so brings steel up very clean

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

I've found that using Tormek honing paste is really good at getting all sorts of blemishes out of baldes - it's slightly abrasive so brings steel up very clean

I have a tormek: wetstone, leather profile wheel and jigs (jigs are for chisels and plane blades though). Problem is getting the knife into school.

 

[Janne]

In that case, use your nail polish remover. Acetone.

Petrol should work as well as diesel Oil, btw. Take a rag and wet it next time you go and fill up the vehicle! Then clean the blade straight away.