Rusty razor resto!!! very valiable info

i dont know how many guys know about it. or have every heard of it being done but any rusty piece of steel can be easy cleaned with a completely safe and organic liquid. and takes NO effort at all just time! what is it your thinking ? well its molasses. thats right that sticky stuff can be used to do amazing things. what you do is mix 1 part raw molasses(not what food stores sell, more like whats put on horse feed) to 3 parts water. insert the rusty metal. let soak for 1 month. remove from the liquid and pressure wash. it will come out just as shiny as when came from the factory. i came across this method online for restoring hot rod body panels. or any kind of steel. but the best part is that its safe to handle and poor down the drain or in the yard when your done. it is really a great thing but because its so easy to make it can not be sold and profit made easily so no body bothers and i also think thats why its a fairly small group of people that use this method. but it is amazing stuff , give it a try.

Yep:) http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...t-removal.html

This sounds cool. I've got a couple rust buckets at home that could use this treatment. I'm going to give it a shot.

i dont know where a person can find raw molasses but it deff cant be the stuff that you would cook with. and easiest way to clean when done is the car wash but if you have anything thats fragile might be better to do by hand in the sink.

Lots of conflicting about this method on the internet, Some say to use it full strength, others say a 1:5 mixture with water, and I also saw a ratio of 1:10 with water. There are three grades of food grade molasses and there is feed grade for animals. The feed grade is available from Tractor Supply and there is a commercial product made from sugar beets called Rustbeeter.

Regards - Walt

I wonder what it does to scales used long term like that? I have several razors being kept by family members that have some red and black rust on them. I won't be seeing them for about 2 months, and if they could soak them in molasses for that two months without ill affects, that would be marvelous....

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Originally Posted by geauxtig3rs

I wonder what it does to scales used long term like that?

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I intend to find out what happens to the scales, blades, etc., in the coming weeks. I bought a gallon of feed grade molasses and I am going to make three test examples. I will soak three rusty razors, with scales, for three months. One will be in full strength molasses, another in a 1:5 mixture, and the third in a solution of 1:10. I plan to examine them at the one month and two month marks and not worry them to death by pulling them out every few days or weeks. If I have enough material I will try celluloid, horn and wood scales in each of the solutions. It probably won't be on a par with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, but it will satisfy my curiosity.

Regards - Walt

Potato's have also been used to take off rust. along with about every comercial product made...

All of them work to one extent or another and work easily

Many leave a Grayish patina behind that needs to be sanded off
None leave shiny steel
All leave the pits behind

After messing with about every known way of removing rust on razors I have come to the conclusion that nothing does better then Elbow Grease & Sandpaper or Skill & Spinning wheels... Light patina, and discolorations can be removed easily with simple polishing, I am talking rust here

Walt, I will be following your experiment closely as no one on here has used that long a time frame before that I have read about at least, so that will be interesting to see what happens... Please keep us all posted

+1 In for the experimental results :)

If anyone has a feed mill near them stop in. They usually have a couple thousand gallon tank full and will likely sell you a gallon for pennies. We buy it from a mill to mix with corn for deer feed and it's cheap. Last time I bought some it was around $15 for a 5 gallon bucket.

This is really interesting. A few years ago I purchased a bunch of Hess razors that are very, very rusted (celluloid rot I think). You just motivated me to go to my local horse supply store to buy some of that stuff. I will be putting in a bunch of those razors to soak. I hope it works because sanding off all that rust is a PITA. I have about 150 of those razors.

Just a quick hint about rust removal..

Before you start with any system regardless of Soaking, Sanding, or Wheels, if you take a SE razor like this

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and scrape off all the rust that you can first, your next step with work all that much better.. :)

Went to the Horse Feed Tack store. 50 lbs of molasses...$12.76