Quote Originally Posted by ChrisL View Post
IMO there is a distinction between what I consider to be RUST (that orange flaky powdery stuff we know as.............RUST) and the black staining that is apparent to anyone who owns vintage razors or new razors like TIs that seem to be prone to black staining.

Personally, I'm not all that interested in breakthrough methods of removing RUST because I think rust is easy to remove as it is, even by manual methods. It's kind of like talking about different ways to remove fresh peanut butter off of a butter knife. Wipe it off, rub it off, wash it off. It comes of easily and when it's gone it's gone.

Now, the the black staining we can call it something other than that, and I wish we would since I don't like that term because I think there should be something more succinct and descriptive, but if oxidation is too broad for others, let's call is something easy and recognizable.

The black staining........is far and away more difficult to remove and therefore is for me personally much more of a concern. It won't come off unless you physically take it off. It's nasty evil stuff. Let's see if these experiments completely and effortlessly remove black stains.

Chris L
Chris I am with you here...

I like the term Devil's Tar myself maybe it really is caused from the combination of the saop, skin gunk etc:

But yes +1 with ya, rust is easy, pitting is obvious, but that black tar crap is a pain.... Gooooooooooo Sham !!!!!!!!!!!!!!