Originally Posted by
Silver2
Preventing rust is not hard.
First if you have a small bathroom that steams up the mirrors when you take a shower or bath. Do not store your razor in there.
Wipe your razor off after use with a dry towel then with tissue papar, leave the blade open to dry completely. As Jimmy said use a silicon cloth to wipe the blade before storing. Keep the pivot point clean with dental floss unwaxed with a little oil on it.
If your razor DOES NOT have gold wash on it you can polish the metal with flitz metal polish that leaves a protective wax like coating on the blade and scales.
I store my razors in a cigar box that has been sealed on the outside with polyurathan. That seals moisture out. I keep several packets of desicant in there. Once a month I set my cigar box out in the sun opened up for 30 minutes to make sure the inside stays completly dry. I leave my desicant packets in there to dry out also.
When I get a razor out I close the box and never leave it open so it stays dry inside. I have never had a razor rust storing them this way.
Even razors that I am working on and sanding down and storing without oil or anything.
Hope this helps some of you.
Silver2