Thread: Protect my Steel

I've been sorting this same dilemma out over the past few weeks..

I have treated all of my blades with Renesance Wax. Makes rinsing them really easy, though I have adopted the practice of 'wipe on a face cloth instead of rinse'. (I still rinse the Feather AC razors)

I've settled on rinsing the blade with very hot water and drying with a few squares of toilet tissue.. also drying between the scales and around the pivot and giving a good puff at the pivot to blow out any water. I strop it on linen to be sure the edge is dry, then leave it out to dry completely. When I come home later in the day, I strop on leather and put a dab of oil from Hart Steel on the blade. I store them outside of the bathroom. Initially, I hadn't been doing the oil but now that I have a few more razors, the down time for each is getting longer. If you're using one or two razors in constant rotation, the oil might be more of a headache to apply any wipe off.

Mineral oil is a good choice too.. At the suggestion of another member, I have mine cut 4:1 with alcohol. Helps it evaporate, thins it a bit and supposedly helps to displace water. I do find it a bit a pain to deal with. I have it in a smaller vial with an eye dropper and one drop is enough oil to treat a dozen blades, so was just touching the glass dropper tip to the blade and working with that quantity of oil.