Utility Knife Restoration (Repainting, 6 layers, automotive style) ~5 min deep-dive long version!
Channel: Aaron Schwarz
Date: 2022-06-19

Took the old banana knife (utility knife) & sanded the yellow chipped paint until a rough surface was achieved. Painted with 2 coats of neon yellow green paint & used an 1875w electric dryer to help it dry, then overnight dry. Sanded the first paint job lightly. Then 2 more coats of paint & 2 layers of crystal flat polyurethane protective coating & 4+ hours of drying + hot air dryer to speed it along. Took many hours & was a lot of work & kinda messy but great fun to do & now it looks & feels much better in the hands - the automotive grade multi-layer paint jobs smoothed out the surface while leaving a unique texture due to the microcrystalline texture of the flat clear coating protective layer :) 6 total light coats, 2 primary neon yellow green, sanded, 2 more yellow green, then 2 light coats of flat clear coat :)