Thread: black speck rust?

That kind of rust is like a cancer. It has permeated the pores of the metal and is so deep that even if polished out it will come back. The only way to stop it is treat it with a rust converter to stop the process and then polish it out. You have to be careful with the rust converter. You need to treat the whole blade prior to polishing the razor. If you leave the rust converter on too long it will turn your razor totally black and it will be harder to polish. This is showing that the metal of the entire blade has this process working and it needs to be stopped on the entire blade. Once the rust converter has covered the blade for about five minutes you wash it off with soap and water to neutralize the converter and then dry and polish. When I say polish I don't mean with Flitz or Brasso I mean it will need to be sanded with 600 grit sandpaper at a minimum. Having this done with fine abrasives on a wheel would be much better. It will be a pain but when you are finished you will once again have a great razor.

I point out how it turns the metal black to emphasize how the rust converter works because it will not do much at all on new steel - it actually needs the rust to work. It burns the rust into a polymer. The rust converter can be picked up in the automotive section of Wal Mart. I paint it on with QTips.