Thread: Rust-no-more?

Perhaps this thread should have been posted in the razor restoration section but oh well. I picked up a quart/liter of Evapo-Rust today at Lee Valley. I was a bit confused when a search did not locate it in their system but I eventually found it in the gardening catalog.

I poured some in a small plastic container and it was water thin, water clear and had no particular smell that I could detect. I placed the entire razor, scales and all in the solution and I'll leave it there for 24 hrs. I could not help but notice a warning on the bottle: "Dull tools may become sharp after cleaning!" I don't think I'll shave test this puppy without going to the hones first, that's for sure!

Anyway, here are the before pictures... warning, it's not a pretty sight!

So now we wait.

Christian

If keeping rust off is your goal, I can't recommend Militec1 strongly enough. You bake it on with low heat (like a hairdryer) and then wipe off the excess, doesn't make your blade oily or nasty. I keep it on all my metal tools.

http://www.militec1.com/

note: I am not in any way affiliated with this company, not paid to plug their stuff, just used it and was really impressed. I put it on all my razors, knives, guns, etc.

Anyone else use this stuff?

Thanks a bunch, Christian! Really good of you to put this to the test! I'm really excited to see how this turns out!

Thanks again for taking one for the team.

Mark

Me too. I am always fighting the rust monster

There are a number of chemicals under various names that "reverse" the rusting process, or at least take off the existing rust. The problem is that you are left with pits and surface irregularity where the rust once was. so you'll probably want to sand it smooth anyway.

Electrolysis works the same way, and probably cheaper since your using household items. Basically electrolysis is a "method of separating chemically bonded elements and compounds by passing an electric current through them".

And in our case it would mean removing rust from steel by emersing the razor in a solution of water and baking soda then applying an electric current to the bath of solution. I've never used it on a razor, but have done car parts with a 20 gallon barrel set up. Really, very simple.

http://www.ighunters.net/metal/electrolysis/equip.htm

This website is a good simple electrolysis set up, but you can make as big a tank as you want if you have enough power, like a car battery charger, etc.

Originally Posted by Russel Baldridge

There are a number of chemicals under various names that "reverse" the rusting process, or at least take off the existing rust. The problem is that you are left with pits and surface irregularity where the rust once was. so you'll probably want to sand it smooth anyway.

That was my thought also, you would still need to polish that razor....

I'm using Tuf-Glide on my restorations. Especially the ones I sell. Its great stuff and there is no rust on any of my stable.

Originally Posted by Russel Baldridge

There are a number of chemicals under various names that "reverse" the rusting process, or at least take off the existing rust. The problem is that you are left with pits and surface irregularity where the rust once was. so you'll probably want to sand it smooth anyway.

Electrolysis works the same way, and probably cheaper since your using household items. Basically electrolysis is a "method of separating chemically bonded elements and compounds by passing an electric current through them".

And in our case it would mean removing rust from steel by emersing the razor in a solution of water and baking soda then applying an electric current to the bath of solution. I've never used it on a razor, but have done car parts with a 20 gallon barrel set up. Really, very simple.

http://www.ighunters.net/metal/electrolysis/equip.htm

This website is a good simple electrolysis set up, but you can make as big a tank as you want if you have enough power, like a car battery charger, etc.

Here you go!

Mark

Thanks for that .. I'm pretty impressed with the results of the little coins

I might try it If I have an old transformer lurking around ..

Originally Posted by Russel Baldridge

http://www.ighunters.net/metal/electrolysis/equip.htm

Just an FYI.

This link says to use a stainless steel fork/spoon as it will disintegrate slower, but a lot of the google'd links I've read say that using stainless makes the water solution toxic/illegal to dump.