Best fast drying rust protection?

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NeedItCheaper

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For a while now I have been using Mineral oil on my blades, but it has done very little. All of my non-stainless steel blades have spots on them. Right now I am using my old stuff "Rem Oil with Teflon". It works well enough, I get less spots with it, but I still get spots.


I'm looking for something that is fast drying(Within 2 hours), dries non sticky, or oily, basically you can run your finger over it and it will not rub onto your finger. Also hoping for something that doesn't smell too bad.



I have Used Ballisto and hate it with a passion. I looked at reviews of Tuff Glid and sounds like it is smells and not fast drying, and doesn't actually get dry dry, more for guns I believe.



Any recommendations?
 
Eezox should work well for you. It has always done well on unbiased tests. It sprays on and becomes a dry film coating.
 
Clear spray lacquer. :D

Seriously, though, I use that on large fixed blade items like machetes and scythe blades.

A good option for smaller knives, though, is Renaissance Wax. The stuff dries almost instantly, and though it'll wear off with use like any other coating it makes an invisible hard coat that won't even fingerprint and just a tiny dab will cover a surprisingly large area. It's expensive, but how little you really need makes it dirt cheap in the long run. I have one of the "large" cans of it that's nearly a decade old and it's not even half empty yet in spite of having been used pretty dang heavily over the years coating things like swords and antiques and the like.
 
Frog Lube works great. Just heat up the metal parts with a hair dryer or whatever and use a small paint brush to apply it. After it cools, wipe it down really well.

Its food grade, biodegradable, and also super slick. Plus it has the best scent of any 3-1 or what have you oil/lube.
 
The only time a knife will rust is when it is in contact with moisture.

If the knife is in constant use then the need to oil it should be minimal.

So how are you getting blades coated in oil to rust/tarnish?
 
knifenut1013 said:
The only time a knife will rust is when it is in contact with moisture.

If the knife is in constant use then the need to oil it should be minimal.

So how are you getting blades coated in oil to rust/tarnish?
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Could be the moisture in the air. Could be some wood stuck in the sheath. Could be you don't actually know what your talking about. There is lots of possibilities.
 
NeedItCheaper said:
Could be the moisture in the air. Could be some wood stuck in the sheath. Could be you don't actually know what your talking about. There is lots of possibilities.
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Lol, sounds like your the one with the issue here. I don't have rust problems with any knife because I know how to care for them.
 
NeedItCheaper said:
For a while now I have been using Mineral oil on my blades, but it has done very little. All of my non-stainless steel blades have spots on them. Right now I am using my old stuff "Rem Oil with Teflon". It works well enough, I get less spots with it, but I still get spots.


I'm looking for something that is fast drying(Within 2 hours), dries non sticky, or oily, basically you can run your finger over it and it will not rub onto your finger. Also hoping for something that doesn't smell too bad.



I have Used Ballisto and hate it with a passion. I looked at reviews of Tuff Glid and sounds like it is smells and not fast drying, and doesn't actually get dry dry, more for guns I believe.



Any recommendations?
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Ive used lots of different corrosion inhibitors/lubricants on my guns and knives and I always come back to the TufCoth/TufGlide. Not sure where you heard that Tuf Glide doesn't dry? I wipe my blades with the TufCloth and its usually dry to the touch in under 10 minutes, much faster then anything else I've tried. It does smell when you apply it but not nearly as bad as Ballistol and once dry the smell isn't noticeable. Another nice thing about the TufCoth/TufGlide is that its non toxic so no worries if you use your knife to cut food. Eezox and BreakFree CLP are also very good corrosion inhibitors but I prefer to use something non toxic on my blades.
 
The old standby for axes and cross-cut saws is a few drops of oil then rub it in with a block of bee's wax.
 
I was wondering about using Break Free CLP as fsatsil has suggested. Works great on guns and other applications...Cheers.
 
Breakfree CLP is good for rust protection but I think he's looking for something that is dry to the touch. Another one I haven't seen mentioned is Hornady One Shot, I'm not sure how well it protects but it does dry pretty fast and doesn't leave a sticky residue
 
Best coating I have used in terms of quick drying is Smooth Kote, but I'm sure the Teflon layer left by it is not food safe. To my knowledge, A Tuff Cloth is food safe, but the coating left by the marine one is terrible and comes right off like it wasn't there. Good for storage but that's about it.
 
There are various spray products that are supposed to leave lasting protection. A couple of them that I've read about for firearms protection are Outers Metal Seal and another brand's product called Sheath. You can buy a product like this in auto parts stores, made by Royal Purple.

Hornady One Shot is a waxy spray product that might be good for protection but I've never heard of it used for that. Renaissance wax is another product I've read recommendations for. I've known of people that used paste wax for protection but I don't know what kind of product this would be.

I've read of a product called "Ed's Red" made from automatic transmission fluid and a few other oils, plus Lanolin or Lee Liquid Alox for moisture protection.
 
I have found that Marine Tuf-Cloth dries well and that knifenut1013 does know what he is talking about. I also use Ren wax on lighter duty knives and it also dries well. I use Froglube on blades that touch food as the others mentioned I use are not food safe.
 
Magnaminous_G said:
Why is there wood in your sheath? :confused:
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From chopping wood. And batoning. Wood gets stuck to your blade, or while carrying wood/hiking and camping some dew possibly puts moisture into the sheath, allows tiny particals of wood the rubbed from knife to sheath to go to town.


I'm just theorizing here. I don't show courtesy to trolls(not referring to you). One way are the other, blade is recieving rust, and the fools who say it must be my fault, are just trolling. I got my blade, I take care of that blade as much as I feel like. Now that I have determined how far I will go for my blade, if it's still receiving rust, then it's time for a different rust protection product. I was using mineral oil, it basically did nothing, and now I am using Rem Oil Teflon, and already in the mail is my Eezox, if thaat don't work, then something else.



Trolls aside, thanks all who made useful comments. ThankYou:cool:
 
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