Thread: Oil for rust prevention

Renaissance Wax: not oily and lasts forever. Great barrier between the blade and humidity.

Tuff-Glide for me!

TigerRD,

From my own experience, Sentry Solutions TufGlide is a most excellent product to use for preserving your blades. It is a dry film preservative, and is very clean to use.

MIneral oil (e.g. Baby Oil) is a most cost effective product to use, and is readily available.

For day-to-day use, the razor gets wiped with TufGlide after the blade has been rinsed, dried and stropped.

For medium term storage, I wipe my razors first with TufGlide, and when that has dried, with Ballistol (mosty mineral oil).

For long-term storage, I coat my blades with RIG grease.

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ

The best product I know is AG Russell no rust. It's not an oil but silicon based and is designed for knives and guns. It's what I use for long term storage and I've had no issues with it.

Thanks to all for the info.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Tuff-Glide for me!

tom where can i get some tuff glide i need some!!!

Maxi reminded me of this from the Toronto area meet. Holli keeps those little silica packs in with his razors to pull out any of the moisture.

I read somewhere (I think JimmyHAD posted it, not sure though) that oil does not work that well for long-term storage, as it can (apparently) leave nasty spots. To be on the safe side, I leave mine to dry and wipe them with a silicone sponge.