Thread: Vaseline/Baby Oil/WD40

Originally Posted by henryconchile

You get moisture on your electrical equipment connections at work? That sounds like a serious problem.

Last I checked, alcohol was used to clean electrical equipment because it cleans well and evaporates quickly. With a quick evaporation, you don't have to worry about leftover moisture. Getting moisture off electrical equipment requires more than just wiping with alcohol.

Ohh... Yes! I am an aircraft mechanic for CV22 and C130s... CV22 are always dirty, nasty and wet! When we rebuild harnesses and connectors, etc we use like u said alcohol for cleaning! And it helps getting all moisture out... Aircraft wiring systems especially Military rescue aircrafts are extremely susceptible to moisture! Not cool! It keeps us very busy!

Originally Posted by robert2286

Ohh... Yes! I am an aircraft mechanic for CV22 and C130s... CV22 are always dirty, nasty and wet!

Sounds like a fun job.

I was heading to be an aircraft mechanic after high school, but that market was bad in the 1990's. However, I had fun working on planes and parts during my days in Aviation High in NYC.

Do you guys use that waterproofing stuff made by Boeing for aircraft parts? I think its called Boeshield.

Yes indeed! Especially in Boing aircrafts... Lockheed uses something similar! All of our harnesses and connectors are environmentally sealed ! Well! They are supposed to be!

I live in humid Miami and have always used mineral oil. I get it at the drug store in the laxative section and it's inexpensive. Baby oil is just mineral oil with fragrance added to it.

WD40 is garbage. I don't know how it ever became so popular as it is NOT a metal protector.

Originally Posted by shooter74743

Facial oil & salts do not compute with me either on a carbon steel blade Hirlau…nor would I recommend it

That didn’t occur to me, but yeah, it makes lots of sense. Salt is very corrosive. If you live in Wisconsin, where after a snow storm, the roads get salted, you can attest to the fact that salt will eat through metal and cause your car to rust out pretty quickly unless you take it to a car wash and get the salt off your car, including the underbelly.
And thanks for the heads up you gave me a week or so ago about camelia oil not being good for razors. You’re right, I remember putting away wood working tools, like chisels, coated in camelia oil, and then finding them at some later date all gummed up from the camelia oil.
One tip maybe not everyone knows? Buy some camphor blocks from your pharmacy. Slice an ‘X’ into the wrapper they are contained within and store them in a closed container with your razors. The camphor emits a gas (or something) that surrounds the razors and protects them from rust. It used to work great, once again, with my wood working tools.
Hope this may help someone.

Originally Posted by ProudMarineDad

WD40 is garbage. I don't know how it ever became so popular as it is NOT a metal protector.

I’ve read, and found through personal experience, that WD-40 degrades plastics. So it might be harmful if it gets on some razor’s scales.

And no, WD-40 is •not• a metal protector. The WD part of the name stands for ‘Water Displacement.’ So that’s basically all it does - it displaces water.

Originally Posted by ProudMarineDad

WD40 is garbage. I don't know how it ever became so popular as it is NOT a metal protector.

Originally Posted by bruseth

I’ve read, and found through personal experience, that WD-40 degrades plastics. So it might be harmful if it gets on some razor’s scales.

And no, WD-40 is •not• a metal protector. The WD part of the name stands for ‘Water Displacement.’ So that’s basically all it does - it displaces water.

Are you sure ????

GIYF you might read about many of the tests that have been done over the years for every new "Gun Protector",,, without a doubt two things occur in most every one of those tests

1. Whichever product is doing the test wins

2. WD-40 is present in almost every test (it is the 30-06 of these types of tests) it places within the top 5 on every test I have read, and usually higher than that...


ps: I have typed this stuff till my fingers bleed, I no longer search it out or bother to post the links, you can take the time to either search for it yourself or search out the old threads on here for them..
Balistol is also high on my list of good stuff for razors

Glen, I think WD-40 is paying them to say that.
There's only one metal protector I will use and that's Corrosion-X.
I have found nothing better and many people echo that including my brother who is a master heavy equipment mechanic.

I just found these, got one with a new razor, they seem designed for exactly for razor storage, hope this helps:



THE SUPERIOR SHAVE SILICONE-TREATED COTTON STRAIGHT RAZOR SLEEVE

This is an effective anti-rust solution for a lifetime; it is not merely a barrier prohibiting entry of moisture, but rather a tool which continually draws moisture from the inside to the outside; think of it as creating a reduced-humidity 'fog' within and beyond the razor, and the more arid the environment in which the razor's stored the bigger the foggy area. Simply store the straight razor inside and leave in the open so that the moisture wicked away from the interior to the exterior can evaporate.

Made for decades by hand in the USA by various American firms for the firearms industry (known as "gun sleeves", "silicone cloths", etc. etc.), these particular oil-and-silicone-treated-cotton sleeves are from 100% USA materials/labor and make oiling steel within potentially irrelevant. The makers say to not oil the steel for any razor stored inside the sleeve, for this can seal moisture under a film of oil (they've also decreed that if one insists on using both sleeve and oil, use a product which allows evaporation-by name they recommended Ballistol).