Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
I've had water spots appear on blades from my city water. If you've not had that with other blades it may have been the blood. I'm a pro tattooer and when we used to re-use our needles, and carbon steel at that, it was amazing how quickly blood will eat into steel if it isn't removed immediately. The metal polish will remove the gold wash whether it removes the stains or not. Read my sig below and you'll have less nicks if you take the old barber's advice.

I have read your sig before and tried to adhere to the advice. For some reason this morning, I , while using my left hand, used a sything motion and opened my cheek a little. Not a bad cut, but bled a fair amount. I applied styptic, and now that I think about it, wonder if the styptic added to the stain issue.

I do not have stains in the gold wash area, so I may try a very gentle hand polishing to just the stain area and then wax.