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    thats what i thought... i wonder why wd40 is staining my razors. I can get it off easily enough with maas but i dont understand why this is happening. any clues? anyone use olive oil?

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    I hear baby oil works also. Anyone heard of this being used?

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    I believe baby oil is simply mineral oil with some fragrant additives.

    My continued concern with WD40 is that it has additives that may not be good for you. The WD40 MSDS lists the following.

    Skin Contact: Prolonged and/or repeated contact may produce mild irritation and defatting with possible dermatitis.
    Eye Contact: Contact may be irritating to eyes. May cause redness and tearing.

    Medical Conditions Aggravated by Exposure: Preexisting eye, skin and respiratory conditions may be aggravated by exposure.

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    WD40 leaves a shallac like coating on stuff, I used to get ALOT of older guns in that where coated in the junk for years. Was a pain to remove, not something I would put on a razor.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ganboyi View Post
    I have put WD 40 on the blade of my razors as I leave them out open. This is how I store them. I have found that when I wipe the WD40 off, a slight smudge may appear. This comes off easily with maas but I wondered if I should be using another oil to coat the steel and whether this is normal. Has anyone else experienced this?
    Camellia oil is the answer

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    Wow. From WD-40 to sex lube to tea tree oil to baby oil to mineral oil to tuf-glide...

    I don't think tuf-glide alone will prevent corrosion. I've put a few layers on a blade, but that's to get inside the scales at the pivot pin and stuff. Sure, I put the coat all over the tail, shank, jimps, etc. but I don't depend on it for total protection. It's just the icing on the anti-corrosion cake. Mineral oil, plain and simple.

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    What do we think of clove oil (or at least I think that is what it is), I got some yesterday and was told this is the stuff the Japanese have been putting on their swords for centuries... Any other experiences with this?

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    I use Ballistol, this is gun oil, it also has light cleaning effect.
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    I don't like WD-40! I don't use WD-40!

    Years back, I dropped the locks on a Perazzi shotgun I still own and had used WD-40 on on an emergency basis. I did not like what I saw! Every part of the trigger group had to be dismantled and cleaned due to a reddish brown coating. Now, on a Perazzi, that's not a major job, but it still shocked me, but I learned from it..
    WD-40 was not designed as a lubricant, preservative or rust preventer.. I believe it was designed to displace water, and i do not believe it does a good job of that!

    I avoid WD-40 like the plague!

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    Quote Originally Posted by BlacknTan View Post
    WD-40 was not designed as a lubricant, preservative or rust preventer.. I believe it was designed to displace water, and i do not believe it does a good job of that!
    WD-40 stands for "Water Displacement - 40th Attempt".
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