So I got a little bit of battery acid on my pocket knife. Its fucked it up a bit(Corrosion?). I don't know if there is anything to put on it to undo what was done. Or if Kershaw would take it in under warranty?

Would coke or baking soda help?

It might be time to get a new one. :sad:

 

better return the bike.

 

Dammit!

 

I don't think there's much you can do at this point to reverse the reaction.

Putting an alkaline substance on it might prevent or slow down further corrosion on it. Washing it with water won't completely do the trick, water is acidic itself and won't neutralize the battery acid, which if memory serves is in the neighborhood of ~2.8 pH?

 

when i worked at the help desk during school a professor tasted battery acid that leaked out of her wireless mouse :rofl:

 

Consult Corey.

He's an electrochemist

 

Some coke at least might make you forget about your problems

 

dont think you can reverse it, but im sure you can stop it from spreading

open up knife
put in mouth
jab

 

what kind of metal?

 

once corrosion is done you can't reverse it. call kershaw, explain what you did and ask if you can send it in for a sharpen and polish. many knife makers offer the service for free. if it's just on the surface(which I expect it is) it'll come back looking new, if it has pitting expect it to come back with shiny pitting.