Thread: Steamy bathroom - will it damage blades?

Originally Posted by Tarkus

Thats a very good point as well "The guest Factor" Where your so called friends want to see how sharp your razor is by trying to cut a toilet paper roll in half.

Some of us do not entertain, however.

Originally Posted by Tarkus

Thats a very good point as well "The guest Factor" Where your so called friends want to see how sharp your razor is by trying to cut a toilet paper roll in half.

I stay away from stupid people. Just my general rule of thumb.

So far I have kept mine in the bathroom in the cardboard DOVO box it came in. Thus far I have had no issues, I use it every two days and make sure it is super clean and dry before putting it back. If I think I might not get to shaving in the 2 days I oil it then back in the box. I have no vent/fan in my bathroom and so far so good. I use camelle or how ever you spell it when I do oil it. Good luck shave on

I hadn't thought it out much. The SRs that I wasn't using reside in a dopp kit. I guess I'll move it into the desk that houses all of my other SR supplies in an adjacent room. I figured that the amount of water vapor getting to the blades would be minimal because the turnover into the dopp kit would minimal at most, but any is some, I guess. I guess that they would just corrode more slowly. How does having the blades in another room play into your "rotation"?

It dang sure will. I found out the hard way. I always dab my razors dry after cleaning them, but found it only takes 2 days of steamy showers to give the blade a surface coat of rust. The day I tried to shave with it was also the day I came to a new and full understanding of the meaning behind the line 'Shave his belly with a rusty razor' in 'What Would You do With a Drunken Sailor.'

Originally Posted by deepweeds

I keep razors & strops in the bedroom, partly because of steam, and partly because of guests.

This has become my new system. Razors and strops are stored away from steam and moisture.

While I am just using a shavette, I still keep my razor and blades out of the bathroom. If anything, it will get me in the habit of keeping a true SR out of the moisture, especially since my first SR will most likely be carbon steel.

But that's good info regarding the strops. I never considered that.

I sure do love this forum! I think there is not a question that I could have, that has not already been asked AND answered!

My Mrs. takes SCALDING hot showers, and absolutely refuses to turn on the vent fan. All those girly things they do when they get out, she likes it warm in there. I KINDA get it, but man, I get TIRED of having to mop the ceiling with BLEACH every 6 months! But that, and take out the garbage is pretty much all I have to do around here.. except plow the snow, and fix the cars, and fix whatever gets broken... but I digress..

I think, as a new SR user, I am going to strop half my strokes right AFTER shaving, to make sure the razor is fully dry in prep for a coat of oil. SRD's razor oil, whatever the heck that is, but if Lynn and Dan are selling it, I trust it. I only shave every 3 days. I'll clean off the oil, and do the OTHER half of my strokes right before shaving, to finish the strop and remove any slight surface ox that might be starting. I guess from there, all I can do is watch em (one is stainless, should be OK) and if I have to move them out into the master bedroom, so be it. I spend more time there anyway, and can look at them oftener..

Originally Posted by Moueix

I sure do love this forum! I think there is not a question that I could have, that has not already been asked AND answered!

My Mrs. takes SCALDING hot showers, and absolutely refuses to turn on the vent fan. All those girly things they do when they get out, she likes it warm in there. I KINDA get it, but man, I get TIRED of having to mop the ceiling with BLEACH every 6 months! But that, and take out the garbage is pretty much all I have to do around here.. except plow the snow, and fix the cars, and fix whatever gets broken... but I digress..

I think, as a new SR user, I am going to strop half my strokes right AFTER shaving, to make sure the razor is fully dry in prep for a coat of oil. SRD's razor oil, whatever the heck that is, but if Lynn and Dan are selling it, I trust it. I only shave every 3 days. I'll clean off the oil, and do the OTHER half of my strokes right before shaving, to finish the strop and remove any slight surface ox that might be starting. I guess from there, all I can do is watch em (one is stainless, should be OK) and if I have to move them out into the master bedroom, so be it. I spend more time there anyway, and can look at them oftener..

That is where my razors are stored.

You should let the blade air dry a bit (not in the bath) before applying oil.

Same thing, I store my razors locked in wooden box with silicate gel in my bedroom. Always want but never risked to left them in bathroom, I even have stand there.

Also I shave every 2 days, but I have 4 razors which I changed constantly, so I use every razor not often than once in a week and I don't coat in oil every time, only when I leave them for long time (for example when I had few years break and moved to DE razor).

Just wipe your razor dry, you can strop it, then left it for 5-15 minutes outside the bathroom and can store safely.

FE + H2O-> FE2O3 without fail. Sealing the H2O underneath oil does nothing to prevent the chemical reaction from occurring. There are however a number of water displacing oils. These oils actually remove the water from the metal. One example is WD40, where the WD stands for water displacing. There are a number of such products on the market. I'm not promoting their use, I'm just suggesting one possible approach to the problem.