Thread: Rust Remover for restoring razors?

Most of us use MAAS which is a slightly abrasive polish. It won't hurt anything to use a polish but they vary in abrasive qualities. So results will vary somewhat. As far as the etching is concerned the etching on some razors is pretty deep so you can actually work the entire blade and have the engraving intact just not as pronounced or deep.
Sometimes the depth of the pitting is so deep you would have to remove it to get rid of the pitting. As for me I get as much stain, pitting etc off as I can and still retain some degree of readable etching.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

+1
I have heard of all kinds of people trying all kinds of things, but I have never seen anyone post positive results...

Another thing to keep in mind is that if there was an easy way to "NO RUST" Myself, Dan d Man, Max, Alex, Lynn, Ken, Buddel, Oz, one of us would be using it... and all of us sand, buff, or grind, our way to clean shiny steel... Please if I am wrong here one of you guys correct me...

Not wrong Glenn. The gentlest "cleaner" I've found for rust is CocaCola & it still blackens the steel requiring sanding & buffing. The stronger acids will pit the steel to varying degrees... & require even more sanding & buffing.

Originally Posted by ENUF2

Being new at this I've paid attention to the WIKI and have begun to learn to sand and polish. One of the first real lessons was to pay attention around engraving. Do not be so aggressive instead work lighter and you may still have to make a choice between losing the engraving or keeping some pitting. In either case the razor can be brought back to a great shine, you may just have to make a thogh choice.

Yeah, I bought the razor for the Masonic etchings primarily. If I can get most of the black stuff off that I couldn't with the paste then I;ll be content.

Originally Posted by BKratchmer

Okay Glen, I have to ask: Would it be bad to put metal polish on red/orange rust?

Because you are going to create even more work for yourself by smearing the rust, same as using polish and a Dremel will smear the red or black stains/rust even worse... You can actually "burn" the stain into the metal using a felt wheel and polish trying to get it off to soon....

Red rust simply scrapes right off with a DE on SE razor blade....

Guys don't ever just take our word on this stuff try different things yourselves, no telling what you might stumble upon that works....