Thread: Dovo staining in less than an hour

To make long story short, I've been shaving month now 6 razors shaved 9 times and no way an expert. My ritual has always been the same after getting out shower:

Admire the beautiful edge
Prep lather
Apply lather
Strop while lather sits on face
Shave
Rinse blade with hot water
Careful to make sure no water, lather gets in scales
Kiss scale g'night
Place back in coffin

Typically my shave can take anywhere from 20-40 minutes I take my time as usual. Now as I was routinely placing my Dovo Best Quality back with its respective coffin, I noticed a pitting. I'm one of those OCD guys ( not to extreme like Monk but others seem to disagree-but that's another story ) that super anal bout getting things done particular way.

I apologize for quality in advance this was taken with mobile.

*Please note that the pitting is 1 cm from toe on golden wash side and opposite side 1.5cm. Hopefully ya'll can see





I contact my friend mbwhoosh and he mentioned that Dovo or carbon steels in particular love to rust. He suggested I look into it and in process he linked me some threads. One of them:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/newbi...azor-rust.html

Then I discover these two:

This one suggested use of aluminum foil to combat rust. For kicks I figured why the hell not? ; Well that didn't work because mine was mere pitting.

So I figure I put my MAAS to good use and presto:








After reading Lynn's post then it hit me!

Originally Posted by Lynn

Hi Guys, I got a bunch of razors to hone last week from multiple people and it made me think it might be time again to talk about really drying your razors out after shaving and keeping them dry afterward. The razors this week were stained really badly and some even had rusting in the edges going on. We are talking nice singing Dovo's and SS even along with some other Solingens and a couple of Swedish razors. When Shaving I usually keep a faucet running and rinse off the whisker only touching the blade in the water and trying to keep any water from going up near the handle or hinge pin. I then wipe the blade dry and am ready to shave another area repeating this process until the shave is complete. I then set the dry blade down on the sink open while I'm dressing. After dressed, I come back and wipe the blade one more time, strop it and put it back in the blade mug. This seems to work pretty well. When I transfer one from the mugs to the permanent display, I add protection with a Tuf-Cloth. So far so good. I know some of you guys use other protectants which are just as good. The main thing is to make sure the blades go to bed dry!!! Like any other tool, the straight razor needs to be cared for to continue to work properly. All thoughts welcome. Lynn

I employ this method in my routine as well except I don't use towel to wipe the blade. I use a tissue every single time the lathe starts forming thicker on blade. From now on I won't deviate from my normal routine. Well there you have it.

Hopefully someone can learn from my little misfortune. Thanks for reading

Ivan

how about blow drying it with a blow dryer,,,hot air,,,i mean any water would evaporate no????
unless scales are plastic be careful :P

I use tissues to wipe my razor then set it open for an hour or so, then apply baby oil with a q-tip and store it.
My razor is a Dovo and I have never had a problem with it.

Originally Posted by Proraso Man

Since there are no kids in my house, I simply wipe the blade off, strop it a few times on the canvas, and set it on a towel on the counter to dry. It will sit there until I use it again. In fact- the razor hardly EVER goes into it's "coffin" unless I'm traveling or having guests over.

And I've never had any issues with rust- good luck and good idea of catching the rust early with some MAAS.

I would like to add, why rinse under water when you can wipe it off on a towel, no water, no corrosion.

I thought I had a system that worked. I have a vase on the counter that I place the handle of the open razor and the blade will be held out with the edge side up. It can dry like that for a few hours or overnight.

However, my daughter came home and just brushed the open razor and opened her finger. Stitches were required.

Now, I have a place where I can set the razor partially folded with the blade out.

no mishaps yet.

I live in a very humid area close to a river; or right next to a large lake at other times. All my razors are oiled, right after shaving. I use an oil that emulsifies with water, which prevents problems with water or moisture working it's way under the oil-film.

Without a good oil, they would rust fairly fast.

Originally Posted by Sticky

I live in a very humid area close to a river; or right next to a large lake at other times. All my razors are oiled, right after shaving. I use an oil that emulsifies with water, which prevents problems with water or moisture working it's way under the oil-film.

Without a good oil, they would rust fairly fast.

:beer:

I use camellia and WD-40 on my razors

so what's a good oil. the person that said they use baby oil on a clean dry razor, does that really work? and what does MAAS mean?

Originally Posted by sptcigars

so what's a good oil. the person that said they use baby oil on a clean dry razor, does that really work? and what does MAAS mean?

A lot of people use Camellia. tsukuba is another oil you can use

MAAS is polishing compound an anti-tarnish corrosion inhibitor.
You can pick one up at your local ACE hardware store or online. They come in tube or can. :Beer:

I rinse and then, very gently, dry off the blade with a very soft towel. Since there are also no kids yet in our household, I leave the blade drying in a well-ventilated and dry spot for a couple of hours before placing her back into the box. So far, if I knew that I will not use the blade for 2 days or longer, I will oil it. Now, I start oiling it daily after the humidity has dried off. Just in case..