Thread: Rusting

Hey guys,

What do you suggest for preventing your razor from rusting?

Camiloa oil (Spelling)

There are many things. Dovo makes Sterol and there's tuffglide and A.J Russell makes no rust.

What about plain vanilla mineral oil, or Johnson's baby oil? Just as good? Bad for the razor??

No WD40? Have I found something it can't fix?

I use mineral oil or Camellia oil. Sometimes health food stores or supermarkets carry Camellia as "Tea Seed Cooking Oil", usually close to the olive oil. Some Chinese food stores also have it.

Cool Care Plus - not only does it do rust prevention, it lubricates, and it acts as virucide, fungicide, bactericide and tuberculocide. Spray it on and ten minutes later wipe it off with a dry towel.

FWIW, when I was in the military it was considered incorrect to use WD-40 on weapons. The reason being is that after the propellent evaporated a loose film was left to dry on the metal that allowed moisture/humidity between the film and the metal, trapping the moisture next to the metal. So the proper lubricant was the order of the day. May be wrong, I cant prove it one way or the other, its just whats been beaten into my head over the years.

Im pretty sure that WD40 can also damage most scales. At any rate, WD40 was never designed as the cure all its considered to be today. It was orrigionally a water repellant. You'd spray it on and when it dried up the film would repel water.

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

FWIW, when I was in the military it was considered incorrect to use WD-40 on weapons. The reason being is that after the propellent evaporated a loose film was left to dry on the metal that allowed moisture/humidity between the film and the metal, trapping the moisture next to the metal. So the proper lubricant was the order of the day. May be wrong, I cant prove it one way or the other, its just whats been beaten into my head over the years.

I definately agree. When I was in the AirForce I maintained all sorts of weapons both aircraft and ground, rifles, pistols, automatic weapons, etc. Anyone that brought WD40 into the shop was beat about the head and shoulders. It works great for removing stuck bolts but doesnt help with rust protection. I have had to clean rust off things "protected" by WD40. What we used was CLP or Break Free.

Bob