Rusty Razor Blades

The Garage Vehicle Setups
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How does everyone keep their razor blades form rusting out and having to replace them every day?

I myself have drilled holes in the bottom of the pocket for the razor on my unger bucket on a belt and I also use a triumph 6" scraper on a scraper mate holster but my blades still have to be replaced everyday if I don’t put them in my bucket with mineral oil in it which means I have to remember to take them out of the van and put them in the shop and also to grab them the next day which I have forgotten more than once now (LOL).

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The only real solution is to use stainless steel blades.

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I have used Triumph Stainless Steel & *** Stainless Steel blades and both of them rust.

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change your blade every day. Flip it every two hours. Sometimes i use two or more blades a day. Using a dull blade is worthless. Stock up on scraper blades, it is the best tool there is, just make sure you have a scratch waiver/policy in place.

bill harkins
mr b all pro window cleaning
ann arbor, mi

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That’s odd.:confused: I’ve never had a stainless blade rust. Even after not using it for a few days.

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I use the Triumph stainless steel blades too and they usually get dull before they will rust. They can last several days before I ever see any small specs of rust. Then I change them.

I have the bottem of the scraper slot sawed off of my Unger BOAB so absolutely no water is trapped in the slot at all. So my small scraper blades last longer too.

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Oh yeah, while we’re on the blade subject I want to nudge Chris & Alex to see if they can stock the Triumph stainless steel blades. They have the Carbon steel blades but I don’t use them because they rust much quicker than stainless blades.

I need new ones and I’ll have to order from another supplier and meet their minimum purchase order requirements just to get the stainless steel blades.

I’d much rather just order all of my stuff from WCR.

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Stainless blades seem to chip more easily.
I use the regular ones and change them whenever they get dull- usually new blade every day.

Life is too short to save $1 by using a dull blade.

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We will pick them up… I didnt really think many people used them.

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All I use is stainless. The carbon are nice and sharp but they seem to crack and chip easy for me. I too would love to see some stainless in stock. Honestly I would order what ever you have but would prefer stainless. Thanks man.

No problems with rust here! We are to dry!

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Thanks Chris. They are my blades of choice.

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Maybe I’ll give them another try.

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Ya.

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Thanks Chris! I’m getting low but I’ll wait and order them from WCR when they’re available.

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I insist on everyone flipping or changing the blade at every jobsite, after I noticed I had chipped a blade and not noticed til the end of a job, I decided it was much better to lose a dollar per job than to risk a dull or broken blade being re-used. I teach the newbies to place it with the writing facing them, and then to flip it with the writing upside down on the next jobsite, that way if they are in doubt the next day whether they had flipped the day before, if its un-readable (upside down) then it’s un-usable!