Fogot to wipe down my clippers after a hot towel shave and got rust spots

I did a full straight razor shave on a client last Tuesday and used my clippers for the outline. Forgot to dry them off good after cleaning up and woke up to little rust spots on the blade next morning. Had to sand them down with some fine grit paper and oil them up again. Learned that even a few minutes of moisture can mess up carbon steel blades real quick. Anybody else run into this issue with their gear?

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casey3933d ago

Is there any chance the rust could have come from the clipper's pivot point or a tiny screw and not the blade itself? @luna_clark38 that's exactly how I felt when I saw those first few spots spreading on mine. It's wild how even the smallest piece of moisture trapped in a joint can cause problems nobody expects.

luna_clark383d ago

Man I learned that lesson the hard way too, woke up to what looked like a tiny crime scene on my favorite blade. Now I dry everything like it's headed for surgery before walking away.