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Post by RicWilly on Mar 1, 2015 23:06:53 GMT
I remember you telling me you worked at a Toyota dealer, Voltan, and I think I told you I worked at the Toyota plant in Princeton, Indiana. I don't use their silicone spray tho, I use CRC Heavy Duty Silicone I get from Walmart for a couple dollars a can. As I already said I been using it for years without a problem. I did leave my Teutonic out in the rain after doing some cutting a while back. It was out there for a couple days and the blade got covered pretty good with surface rust. It cleaned up okay tho without any ill effects.
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Post by aussie-rabbit on Mar 1, 2015 23:50:12 GMT
I did leave my Teutonic out in the rain after doing some cutting a while back. It was out there for a couple days and the blade got covered pretty good with surface rust. It cleaned up okay tho without any ill effects. I can imagine you seeing your sword out in the rain -
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Post by ineffableone on Mar 2, 2015 0:00:39 GMT
I don't know what sort of oils you folks who are having trouble with it evaporating are using.
I use light mineral oil. Out in the Pac NW where there is plenty of moisture in the air almost constantly. I don't have any trouble with blades rusting. If I am not doing a lot of cutting it can be months between cleaning and reapplying oil for some of my swords. But have never had trouble with rust.
Light mineral oil is super cheap. You can buy it in large quantities or small. A little goes a very long ways. Since all you want is a very thin coating on your blade.
BTW light mineral oil should not be confused with the heavy mineral oil that is often sold in pharmacies. That stuff is too thick and will end up attracting lots of dust and grime. You want things like sewing machine oil.
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Post by Mark T on Mar 2, 2015 22:02:06 GMT
Aussie-rabbit - Have you used the Rust Prevention Magic? How'd it go? What's it made from?
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Post by Bryan Heff on Mar 2, 2015 23:34:12 GMT
I use 3 in 1 oil which is a light machine oil. I every once and awhile put a few drops on the blade then wipe it with the same oily rag that I have been using for years now. Most time just wipe the blades with the oily rag, and don't even bother adding oil. Never a problem. And unless I am shipping a sword, its never in the least bit heavily applied, can not even see it and would never know its there. When I ship I hit the blade and fittings with a bit more just to make sure. Never know what kind of temperature, humidity changes....plus time can pass so its better safe than sorry.
I like that oil can be instantly removed with some windex or rubbing alcohol, if you want, a couple of wipes and its gone. Wax for me seems like a bit of a pain. To each his own. I like an oily rag.
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Post by MaximRecoil on Mar 3, 2015 1:32:41 GMT
My favorite thing about 3-IN-ONE oil is the smell. I'm not sure which smells better: 3-IN-ONE or Hoppe's No. 9.
3-IN-ONE is another product I use for one of my arcade machines (Missile Command). The factory manual for it actually specifies it by name for use in the bearings for the steel rollers in the trackball assembly.
If I were to use oil on a sword rather than wax, it would definitely be 3-IN-ONE, because I already have some onhand, and it smells so good.
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Post by Shirayuki on Jun 21, 2015 19:32:47 GMT
I use WD40. I clean with windex, swipe it off, then apply WD40 generously and wipe it off/around to a nice even film. For long term storage I wax the blade. Wax does have better longevity than oil by its nature of not evaporating or being affected by gravity as much. However, if you cut with it then the wax will grab onto the surface of whatever you cut more easily. Even if this does not affect cutting performance noticeably, a waxed blade will be more difficult to clean after tameshigiri whereas oil swipes right off.
These are not guns. When pulled apart, guns are safe to clean. Swords are never safe. They don't have a 'safety' and even if you take off the different parts, cleaning it puts your hands and fingers in harms way every time. This is why easy to clean off oil is preferable to wax which takes more effort to remove.
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