Thread: What's a good, celluloid friendly, rust preventative?

Almost all of my razors have celluloid handles and I'm leery of putting petroleum-based oils in their pivot joints after they get wet while shaving.

I tried spray silicone, but the solvent-carrier frosted the surface of the ol' Robeson I tested it on.

I'm back to using RemOil, but as I've always found the admonition against using oils on plastic a good one, I'm not happy with it.

Anybody know of a good rust preventative designed for use with plastics.

Try some Dovo Sterol, from Classic Shaving. Its a light oil that doesn't gum up, and disinfects too. I use it, and haven't had any problems on celluloid scales.

+1 on dovo sterol. I use it for all my straights. Have never had a problem.

Yep, that's what I use. Sterol's great and doesn't affect the celluloid.

I use Camelia oil and have never had any interaction with the celluloid.

<<<< The barbarian of the bunch...

I spray a little WD-40 on a piece of TP and wipe off the blade with that...
I haven't had any rust since I started doing it over a year ago nor have I had a reaction to the various scale materials....
You of course need to wipe and rinse the blade before using it so that you don't get any skin irratation but I haven't had a problem there either....