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Make a thick paste by mixing baking soda with water. Today we are in the garage cleaning up a found old pocket knife.

How To Clean Restore A Vintage Pocketknife Vintage Pocket

Put about a quarter 1 4 cup of baking soda in a glass bowl and.

Cleaning old pocket knives. These knives may have spent years or decades sitting in a tackle box tool box garage car or who knows where. Here s what you ll need. Once each is cleaned individually open them all together and again scrub and clean them and the inside of the body.

Spray with penetrating oil. The heat will soften the deposits. When cleaning a multi tool or swiss army style knife begin the scrubbing process by opening a single tool at a time.

Apply the paste to the blade and allow it to soak for two to three hours. How to restore a vintage antique pocket knife 1. Scrub the tools one by one then close them.

Do not boil any knives with plastic parts as these will melt and be destroyed by the heat of boiling. Give the knife a good wipedown. Thick rubber gloves mild dish detergent soft sponge or a toothbrush soft cloths nylon pad household lubricant wd 40 household oil 3 in 1.

Next you ll spray the knife with penetrating oil particularly at the blade joints. At first glance. Allow the knife to cool and then wipe clean with a soft cloth.

To remove any other dirt or grime from a knife boil the knife in water for 60 seconds. The first thing you ll want to do is wipe the knife down with a wet paper towel. Scrub the paste off of the blade with a wire brush or fine steel wool to remove the rust spots.