Thread: 3 days old, no use, already rusting.

You should be able to find mineral oil at any pharmacy/drug store. I don't know about seeing moisture but I have been to QLD and can say that you do have high humidity at least the times I have been there.

Bob

Ok kool thanks, Ill look into it, its not ridiculous amount of rust, so I hope its save able. Ill look into the mineral oil more, I put all purpose machine oil on it, looks like it is the same stuff.

Originally Posted by Exile182

Ok kool thanks, Ill look into it, its not ridiculous amount of rust, so I hope its save able. Ill look into the mineral oil more, I put all purpose machine oil on it, looks like it is the same stuff.

You should be OK with a wipe down and if that does not get rid of the rust try a little metal polish used lightly. When it is gone re coat the blade with oil. Check it daily after that.

Bob

It can be a little damp here at times, but I think I know what may have caused it, we are in our winter here now, and the day it arrived it was raining, and the delivery guy left it in the open....Ill try these ideas out, any other ideas to remove it will be great too, not too impressed and quite freaked out about it. We do have our dry times here where I live too, super droughts and no rain for months upon months.

Here are some pictures of it for thoughts. Thanks sunbird thats sounds like a great idea, got heaps left over from when we had our little one.

Actually can anyone tell me what major stores have metal polish here in australia? Coles, Kmart, Big W, Woolies, Super Cheap, Bunnings?

Originally Posted by Exile182

Actually can anyone tell me what major stores have metal polish here in australia? Coles, Kmart, Big W, Woolies, Super Cheap, Bunnings?

I have bought good metal polish at the right price from Supercheap. Better stuff than at Bunnings in my opinion, YMMV or whatever the acronym is! I personally like MAAS, but not available locally.

If you can't find any thin mineral oil (it needs to be thin in order to 'creep' into the tiny microscopic nooks and crannies in the steel) then a light sewing machine oil will be fine. Better still would be Ballistol, but it looks like you are having a hard enough time finding things over there, so that might not be possible. You don't need any special applicator - just some folded toilet tissue will do to wipe the oil on and off with.

As a point of interest, have you noticed that the blade looks to have a frown? Try gently putting a straight edge up against the cutting edge and look for the bevel (cutting edge) curving away from your rule towards the spine in the middle. It looks that way on my monitor, but it might just be the lens or something. If it is a frown and it has been honed at the place you bought it from, then you might have grounds to return it - the moisture could have been on the blade from honing and sealed in under the oil.

Regards,
Neil

I've had a similar problem when I've had a razor on my desk in my bedroom near an open window, but in winter; we don't get your sort of humidity down here. It's odd that it's occurred while it's been in its case; unless the case itself 'soaked up' some moisture.

A simple rub down with some metal polish should restore is OK. I myself only ever use an old rag I used to polish brass with when in the army; it's still impregnated with 'Brasso'; I don't actually apply any new polish. However, there's a lot of discussions here about what sort of metal polish to use.

In regards to protecting the blade, I use eucalyptus oil. It's very light, natural, and has antiseptic properties.

You may want to get a stainless blade next. Sounds like it's pretty damp there.