Blade oiling... ?

**MickR** · 10-22-2013, 01:54 AM

Originally Posted by Tack

+1 on the Ballistol. Unlike most oils, it will displace water. With an ordinary oil, unless the razor is perfectly dry you can trap a little moisture under the oil. This probably accounts for the stories we sometimes see here of "I oiled it and put it away carefully and now it has a film of rust all over it!"

rs,
Tack

Ballistol and INOX sound like they might be very similar products.

Mick

**Airportcopper** · 10-22-2013, 02:01 AM

I've used wd40 with no problems.. Just wash off before use

**riooso** · 10-22-2013, 02:05 AM

Nooooooooooo! There is something common that one learns in a chemistry class. "Likes dissolve likes" WD40 is a carbon based solvent (all petroleum products are carbon based). Plastic is made from petroleum, more or less.

Camilla oil is good and most of the products listed here are good ones also. I personally mix Camilla and Ballistol but that is just my twist on it.

for what what it is worth, later,
Richard

**Nightblade** · 10-22-2013, 02:49 AM

Camillia oil is good , but not for long term storage as it breaks down over time and gets gummy.

**Nightblade** · 10-22-2013, 03:03 AM

Wish we could get Eucalyptus oil readily over here. I hear from the Oz's that it's great stuff.....which does lead me to a thought. I wonder how Melaluca oil would fare ??????

**onimaru55** · 10-22-2013, 05:30 AM

Originally Posted by Nightblade

Wish we could get Eucalyptus oil readily over here. I hear from the Oz's that it's great stuff.....which does lead me to a thought. I wonder how Melaluca oil would fare ??????

Well this Oz doesn't like to experiment with his razors so I use Inox as Mick advised in post #61

**Nightblade** · 10-22-2013, 05:34 AM

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Well this Oz doesn't like to experiment with his razors so I use Inox as Mick advised in post #61

Yeah , he's probably right................but don't you dare tell him I said that. it''ll go right to his head LOL !

**MickR** · 10-22-2013, 06:07 AM

Now I was thinking, and I'll have to go downstairs to my workshop to confirm it for myself I suppose, that WD40, was in fact, fish oil based. So am I wrong, and it really is a petroleum based product?

I just went and checked out the blurb on the INOX bottle to see what it said about itself, but there is no ingredients list on the bottle. It does say 'Food Grade Safe' and 'May affect rubber with long term use' so for you blokes thinking of adding more lube to your...Well you shouldn't re-use those things no matter how well you rinse them afterwards anyway, so I'll not go there.

Mick

**onimaru55** · 10-22-2013, 07:10 AM

WD40 MSDS.
WD40 Company

Inox MSDS
http://www.bynorm.com.au/images/uplo...%20Aerosol.pdf

**ScottGoodman** · 10-22-2013, 01:20 PM

SublimeShave,
If you have a small rotation of 2-3 razors or oil your daily use razor, WD-40 will work just fine and will not harm the scales. If your razor is not to be used for a while (3+days), I would recommend another type "oil".

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