Originally Posted by
Neil Miller
If you looked at those tiny, almost insignificant spots under a high-powered microscope, you would see something that resembeld a pock-marked lunar landscape. Any place where rust has formed will present a mico-environment where it will form again. Drying the area is a bit problematical - water gets trapped in these tiny pockets, the pH alters, and the area contributes to its own destruction. The pH level becomes more acidic.
Covering over these pits with something that stops the water evaporating - any type of oil - is a bad idea if all the vapour has not been driven off.
I haven't had that problem thank goodness, but I make sure that my razors are really dry before I even close the blade. When I finish shaving, the blade is held in the sink of hot water to get warm, then dried and left open in a dry area - not the bathroom. Later - sometimes the next day - it is stropped, closed and put back in the rotation.
Perhaps stabilisation before drying is the answer - a strong base solution of sodium carbonate (baking soda) or sodium carbonate - 5% by volume - in a rinse of pure water (rainwater/deionised/distilled) water would work for you, you would only need 5g per 95ml of water.
Regards,
Neil