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    What is the best oil to use for preventing the razor blade to rust.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Papabear11 View Post
    What is the best oil to use for preventing the razor blade to rust.
    Food grade inox is all I have ever used based on the recommendation of os who used to hone my razors, i just sprayed a load onto a piece of cloth over a year ago and I just keep the cloth in a ziploc bag. To be honest I don't use it much, and if a razor is used daily I would question the value in doing it. That being said it's not a great deal of effort to do.
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    I've used mineral oil, when I store mine.

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    +1 on the mineral oil, that's all I use, works just fine.
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    PapaBear11,

    As I live in an old, cold, leaky Victorian house, a few hundred yards from the English Channel, I use Sentry Solutions TuffGlide for my every-day razors : this works superbly

    As the other posters have said, mineral oil will be fine for every-day razors - either plain mineral oil (BP grade) or Baby Oil (I used Johnsons).

    Ballistol is also good (being principally mineral oil).

    For intermediate term preservation, I use TuffGlide or EEZOX.

    For long term storage, I use RIG grease on top of TuffGlide or EEZOX.

    Have fun

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    Agree on Ballistol for everyday purposes. Look out for a Japanese applicator bottle - they have a wick which applies the oil and keeps your fingers well away from the sharp bits.
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