Thread: How do I get water spots off my blade

Water spots can be tough because depending on the mineral involved you actually have a deposit of the mineral that adheres to the blade. I've found typical metal polish does not take off many mineral stains. I've used Cape Cod Polishing Cloths to remove them but the more you rub the more you will change the appearance of the metal. I have an assortment of watchmakers tools and they have a brush which is made of fiberglass fibers and it's small and precision enough to take stains off without harming gold wash only because you can go around the wash assuming of course the stains aren't over the wash.

To tell you the truth these days I live with the stains. They do no harm unless they are a corrosive mineral and only are cosmetic. Eventually when it's time to hone up the blade I'll remove them.

An ounce of water spot prevention is worth a pound of polishing compound.

I used a little bit of Maas on my Dovo this past week and it took the water stains off and it didn't do any harm, as far as I could tell, to the blade.

Last night I used some Mothers metal polish on a Q-tip to carefully buff away a couple of water spots on my DOVO, being careful not to get near the sharp edge or gold on the blade. Worked great.

Originally Posted by ccase39

I have a brand new Hart I just bought a couple of weeks ago and last night I must have put it away with a little moisture on it and there are two water spots on it. I tried gently buffing it out with cloth and some of the oil that came with the razor to no avail. Whats a safe way to remove these?

I have had the same problems with some of my Hart Steels I used Mothers metal polish and a q-tip and it removed the water spots no problem It's a Hart Steel so there is no gold wash to worry about because mothers will remove gold wash.

Well warning... I have a Hart with the matte finish. I had a water spot and used MAAS which cleaned it up but it definitely polished up the matte in the spot I polished. So while there is no gold etch, if you have a matte finish, I don't know what to do...