Originally Posted by
khaos
Yeah someone had said that so I said olive oil cus if you're really concerned Olive Oil is 100% natural and safe and organic and not processed and stuff. I personally use the Johnson Baby Oil stuff.
While we're arguing the stupid technicalities, as far as I know WD-40 is a synth oil. Sure its came from crude oil, but the crude oil is basically just a convenient source of carbon chains. I don't think you will find WD-40 anywhere in nature. Just as gold can be found naturally, gold rings are not natural. Alder, Rosewood, Spruce and cat gut are all natural but a guitar is not natural. Iron is natural but engine blocks aren't. Silica sand (SiO2) is natural but champagne glasses aren't.
Come on guys lets let it rest. The real question is, is it practical to use? That is personal preference. If you want to deal with getting it off of your razor go ahead. If you're okay using a synth motor oil on your face, go ahead. If you're not, no one is forcing you. Any oil will work. Anything that doesn't have an OH bond really. (Water, organic acids (vinegar), alcohols, aldehydes are all out, ketones and oils are fine though) Actually anything that is not an oxidizing agent. If you really wanna get antsy-pantsy, the Gutenburg Bible I saw (second book ever printed, housed at Yale) is enclosed in a sealed glass case that is filled with argon and lighted by bulbs that produce only low wavelength light, and is housed in a library where the walls and windows are made out of a thin limestone that lets in only soft light and balances the pH of air moisture- limestone neutralises acidic air pollutants like SO2 and NOx (combines with H2O vapor to form H2SO3 and HNO3 and HNO2).
So if you really really really care that much.... I suggested getting an airlock, a cannister of argon gas- though helium will work too, CO2 will work in a pinch, its a little cheaper but the razor has to be dry or else carbonic acid will form (H2CO3)- but argon is better as it is denser than O2, CO2, H2O, N2 and other air particulates so it will force them all out, and some high tech lightbulbs and creating a nice protective case for your razors. Its the only way to truly take care of them.