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08-05-2014, 06:44 AM #1
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08-07-2014, 12:29 AM #2
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Thanked: 18I don't use anything on 20+ razors. I clean them , and store them with some humidity bags. Work great.
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08-07-2014, 03:46 AM #3
I have a large squeeze bottle like a catsup one from the drive in. Not used as a sprayer, but It is filled to the top with 190 Proof Vodka and two teaspoons of mineral oil. The oil disperses through the alcohol and the alcohol absorbs water. I keep it capped except when dipping a razor into it.
Only grain alcohol will hold almost its own mol weight in water and starting with, effectively, no moisture at all in the mix means that the razor dipped into will be dry and have a rally thin coat of oil applied.
A friend did this for years. He then experienced a problem with another type of alcohol. I only use the mix during really humid conditions and when a razor is going to be out of the rotation for a while.
YMMV
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08-07-2014, 06:25 AM #4
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I seem to remember a trend or craze several years ago of filling a 3 inch deep container with alchohol and dripping some mineral oil on top of the alchohol, then dipping the length of the blade vertically through the oil and into the alchohol. Then withdrawing the blade vertically through the oil thereby coating the entire length of the blade with oil.
I tried this method and didn't see any problems with it. Today I prefer coating my baldes with TufGlide, Mineral Oil or Rem Oil.
I don't see any rust or tarnish as a result of the aforementioned methods. Again, YMMV...............
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OOOPS! Pass the styptic please.
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08-07-2014, 06:56 AM #5
I had wondered about this myself. I use camellia oil. If lightly applied, I haven't seen any rust or tarnish. Some razors haven't been touched for almost a year and still look great. I was told it's the same remedy the Japanese used on their samurai blades.
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08-08-2014, 12:30 AM #6
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08-08-2014, 12:47 AM #7
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08-12-2014, 11:53 PM #8