Thread: VCI: Volatile Corrosion Inhibitor

They have a fairly lengthy life span. The emitters I have here are five years from opening. I expect the papers are longer. When I bought a box of paper it was giant. I have given away a ton of it and still have a million sheets left.

When reading this It says not to store anything containing more than 9% lead among other alloys.

Has anyone had trouble with lead wedges?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volati...sion_inhibitor

It also says "Care should also be taken with assemblies containing plastics". What about scales? Is it safe?

I have not had any plastic scale issues.
I just have the emitters from Lee Valley. I have different sizes for different places. Three in the display case. One in the safe and one in each gun cabinet.

Originally Posted by 32t

When reading this It says not to store anything containing more than 9% lead among other alloys.

Has anyone had trouble with lead wedges?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volati...sion_inhibitor

That's a good question!

The wedges were called 'tins' in the early 1900's, so it's not out of the question some are simply pure tin. The downside of pure tin being 'tin-pest' if it gets cold, but once the razor was assembled, this probably wouldn't be as much an issue as it is in other applications of the metal.

I suspect pewter was used as well, but I've never tried freezing any old wedges to find out.

If they were made from pewter, the English then (and now) have three grades. The cheapest and most likely suspect would've been 15% lead.

My guess as to what would happen with the VCI paper and lead in wedges is that it would oxidize much faster than normal. IE, it would darken and possibly get a slight white fuzz on it.

I've been using VCI paper longer than I can remember LITERALLY! I was re introduced to VCI about 5 years ago and always use it when I ship razors. I had some old measuring tools in storage and thought that it would be a good idea to slip a sheet in with them. I dug out the tools only to discover that I had already put VCI in with them MANY years ago and had completely forgot that I already knew about VCI.

Been using it in gun protection by millions

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

Been using it in gun protection by millions

Good point and I don't disagree but how many of those guns had a Paua grips?

Originally Posted by bluesman7

I've been using VCI paper longer than I can remember LITERALLY! I was re introduced to VCI about 5 years ago and always use it when I ship razors. I had some old measuring tools in storage and thought that it would be a good idea to slip a sheet in with them. I dug out the tools only to discover that I had already put VCI in with them MANY years ago and had completely forgot that I already knew about VCI.

That kind of thing seems to happen to me more often as I get older.

I'm designing a modification of a dresser-top jewelry box to hold razors in drawers, with slots for the the tangs and wedge ends. It's kind of like one Gasman made from a cigar box, except drawers that pull out of a small cabinet. (Jerry posted a picture of his on a thread I started about what sizes to plan for. https://sharprazorpalace.com/razors/...on-razors.html.)

I planned to leave some room at the back of each drawer to tuck in some silica gel packets. Would a small stack of these VCI papers, or maybe a few crumpled up, in the back of these drawers be able to effectively disperse their chemicals throughout the cabinet? Or would you need to enclose the razors in the paper to get the benefit? (If the size matters, I was going to make each drawer 12" wide, to hold a dozen razors, about 2" high, and about 9" deep to leave an inch or so at the back for the silica gel packs. The drawers would slide into a small cabinet that can hold two drawers. Or three if I'm feeling really greedy.)