Preventing rust and pitting: Vaseline vs. baby oil vs. camellia oil

[JMP]

Hi,

I live in the midwest where it is super humid (94% humidity last week...yuck!) Anyways, I want to prevent rust and pitting. I know camellia oil will do the trick, but does anyone use vaseline petroleum jelly or baby oil with similar success? I want to avoid buying camellia oil if I have to, as I move around frequently and it is just one more thing to pack.

Thanks!

[Slash McCoy]

My vote... for long term storage, petroleum jelly. For daily use, baby oil. Though I know some folks don't like the idea of using baby oil. But hey, it's not like they are an endangered species or anything...

[Woodash]

My vote... for long term storage, petroleum jelly. For daily use, baby oil. Though I know some folks don't like the idea of using baby oil. But hey, it's not like they are an endangered species or anything...

No, but it's the cold press extraction that some folks find undesirable....:letterk1:

[honed]

No, but it's the cold press extraction that some folks find undesirable....:letterk1:

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

Any mineral oil will do.

I do not know any good reason to use camellia before mineral, except for its "eastern old school vibe"

[mdunn]

Ive only ever heard good things about camellia oil

[Legion]

It depends on whether these razors are being used or just in your collection. If you are using the razors then mineral oil will do. Baby oil is just mineral oil with a scent, the same as choji Japanese sword oil, which is scented with cloves. If you are putting it away for a long time, though, it will have to be periodically taken out, the old oil should be completely removed, and new oil applied. A PITA unless it is a valuable antique sword. For this type of thing I just use renaissance wax. Apply once and forget about it. Great stuff.

[honed]

Ive only ever heard good things about camellia oil
Yes, it's definitely works well.
But I just haven't seen any arguments as on why its preferable over mineral oil.
And the OP didn't want to buy Camellia if he didn't have to.

[dmcconnell]

I prefer mineral oil (to scented baby oil) as it is completely colourless and odourless. As mentioned, I have not heard of a compelling reason to switch to camelia oil.

[California Cajun]

Hi,

I live in the midwest where it is super humid (94% humidity last week...yuck!) Anyways, I want to prevent rust and pitting. I know camellia oil will do the trick, but does anyone use vaseline petroleum jelly or baby oil with similar success? I want to avoid buying camellia oil if I have to, as I move around frequently and it is just one more thing to pack.

Thanks!

I hope this isn't wrong, but for an active razor I don't coat it with oil. I dry it out and do 50 strokes on my strop before putting it away, then store it in a shave cabinet just outside the bathroom.

[CraigJ]

If I have a blade I know I am not going to use for a while I put neosporin on it. Not for the antibiotic qualities, but because it is essentialy petroleum jelly and it is sitting in my medicine cabinet. I haven't had a problem with it yet.

[maj_planb]

I use a light coating of petroleum jelly on a daily basis. It was suggested in some guidance I received from the very kind Larry Andro. So far, it's working very well.

[PhatMan]

jmp,

I live very close to the English Channel in a leaky old Victorian House.

I use Sentry Solutions TufGlide for short term protection, and Ballistol for longer term protection. For 'archiving' I use RIG grease. All thes ehave done a super job at protecting my straights, bith carbon and stainless.

I have also used bay oil in the past with good results; 'modern' oils contain corrosion inhibitors and are great for firearms etc, but many do not like the thought of such things on their skin :sad:

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ

[brothers]

I have used two products so far, in the year and a half I've been finding and rejuvenating old and ugly SRs for my own use.

The first one I got was Hoppe's Lubricating Oil I bought at a gun shop. It's almost empty now, and I recently picked up a small 3 ounce can of WD-40. They both work just fine and dandy. I've always been around tools and machinery, guns, knives, and car parts, so I just gravitate to what seems normal to me.

Somebody mentioned something about getting something on your skin, and I have no idea what that means in any kind of negative context, since it's pretty normal for me to be coming in contact with that kind of stuff. Anyway. I'm sure "all of the above" is good enough.

The only option mentioned that would give me any doubts would be to use nothing at all. YMMV, of course, and to each his own!

[wazazzle]

Whenever i restore blades i find that baby oil beads right off and kinda ruins the mirror finish with a foggy hazy coat. However on un-restored blades it seems to work just fine, no noticeable difference