Thread: What is happening here?

Both scales original and same synthetic material; razor was stored with the spine facing upward. I never oil blades. I store many razors in the bathroom in a terry cloth wash mitt. No rust issues for years. This one was stored in its original plastic envelope in a dry cupboard in our living room. If humidity locked up in the plastic envelope would be the cause you would expect equal amounts of rust on either side of the blade.

Hi Kees,
spine facing uprward you say, so no chance for condensation issues and no oil - so no possibility for interaction of oil compounds to the surface. So that must be some kind of cell root indeed. Sometimes the sides of the razor with an etching are passivated against corrosion somehow. Maybe because of the process or the surface treatment afterwards. But have no deeper physical explanation here so far.

Regards Peter

Yea that's cell rot. Plastic is a bad way to store metal unless you have moisture absorbing pacs in with them and the blade is well oiled. Usually the metal pits and it's not something to fix.

You don't always get the vinegar smell unless it's a really advanced case.

That razor looks like fairly recent production. Bar codes and such. I would think it modern plastic. Surely not Celluloid.
Bet some moisture got in the plastic and rose to the top and could not get out.
Curious...What else was stored in the drawer with it?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

That razor looks like fairly recent production. Bar codes and such. I would think it modern plastic. Surely not Celluloid.
Bet some moisture got in the plastic and rose to the top and could not get out.
Curious...What else was stored in the drawer with it?

Drawer with cardboard boxes and paperwork. Nothing that emits moisture.

Gases can cause this too. No telling. Acid in some paper products. Whatever it was the plastic trapped it in.
I hope it cleans-up. Might start with Evapo-rust. A glass of Coca-Cola?