Thread: protect your razor with WD 40? also, stropping strategy

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Apply a light -water displacing oil to the blade after each shaving session or apply a product such as Tuff-Glide once every 2-3 weeks to a clean dry razor.

WD = water displacer, so...?

also, i just got ordered this strop: RupRazor - The Filly

i plan on stropping before every shave with the smooth side, but am thinking about applying paste to the coarse side for monthly (weekly?) touch ups (in hopes of this method will allow me to go longer between honings)

Water displacer yes, good lubricant, not really. Besides, are you will to smear that stuff on your face? If you use it on your razors, its residue will be on your face.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Water displacer yes, good lubricant, not really. Besides, are you will to smear that stuff on your face? If you use it on your razors, its residue will be on your face.

ew, good point. i think i'll stick with my original plan of a hot water rinse, followed by a smearing of baby oil (scented mineral oil)...

Firstly whether you even need oil is a variable of climate, location and rotation....

Just for info...
I have well over 50 razors in rotation, I let them sit for extended periods, I rinse and wipe and leave them open for 24 hours before I oil them and store them again....
I have never had a rust issue
I spray WD_40 on a piece of TP and gently wipe down the blade and tang right before I close the razor and store it again..
I actually rinse the blade under hot water and wipe it off before each time I use the razor then I strop the razor then rinse the razor again under hot hot water to warm the blade before I shave...
I would assume you would rinse and wipe the blade before each use regardless of the oil you would use, I don't want Camilla oil or Mineral oil on my strops either...
There are some actual rust tests that have been done and posted on here and the best is not a common use product on the forum it is a gun oil... and rather expensive...

there ya go my 2 cents

After a few years of trying to get WD40 off old firearms and their mechanizms... I will never touch the stuff again, unless I want to ruin something.

I would also be worried about WD40 reacting with scale material, let alone your face, wipeing will not get it all off, it's stubern stuff...

When I was in the army we were told not to use wd40, because it would dry and leave airspace between the film of wd and the metal leaving room for moisture, which as everyone knows will lead to rust.

Originally Posted by jehan60188

also, i just got ordered this strop: RupRazor - The Filly

i plan on stropping before every shave with the smooth side, but am thinking about applying paste to the coarse side for monthly (weekly?) touch ups (in hopes of this method will allow me to go longer between honings)

Just so you know if you read the description very carefully that strop already comes pasted on the back



...............now back to the lubricant debate

personally I just rinse mine w/ very hot water to promote drying, dry w/ a towel then dip in alcahol and keep it open (no little ones in my home) in a spot nobody will acidently reach for... also have a fan.

why not olive oil? It's in a lot of our soaps anyway...

Originally Posted by khaos

why not olive oil? It's in a lot of our soaps anyway...

Partly because mineral oil (especially in the form of Johnson's Baby Oil) is so much less expensive than good olive oil? It's also easier to clean off, and won't go rancid like some cooking oils. Even olive oil will start to get pretty strong-smelling after a few days exposed to the air.

I mean mineral oil is the best but someone was concerned about putting unnatural things on their face....