"Stainless" blades rust?!

[oliverloran 0]

I've been using an Easton 1200C since january and i took the blade out becuz it started to wiggle, so i wanted to take a look how it is suspended there, and i figured, that my blades had marks of rust on them. Swedish stainless stell huh? Has anyone else had experienced such with Easton or with other brands?

[joshy207 15]

All blades will rust if you don't care for them properly.

[fatwabbit 93]

stainless steel means that it 'stains-less'. No matter what, there will be some form of corrosion if not taken care of - courtesy of 4 years of mech engineering crap I got in college.

Even metal like aluminum would have some corrosion...

[oliverloran 0]

Yea, i know aluminium use to corrode, as much as know it makes such a surface cover so its not so shiny. Whatever, i thought that stainless steel as it is a mix of nickel, crome and steel is done so that it doesnt catch marks of traditional rust, anyway i didnt wiped them until became dry just so that the most of the ice comes off. Should i do anything else than just wiping with a dry cloth?

[LkptTiger 1]

Well, first of all, Easton steel blows.

Make sure you get your skates out of your bag every night. I would also recommend periodically (two, maybe three times a week) spraying WD-40 onto a cloth and using that to wipe your blades down.

[Jarick 5]

Get the cotton blade covers, they soak up the moisture off the blade, then take your skates out and remove the covers when you get home. I had carbon steel holders that would rust after every skate because I'd leave them in the rubber skate guards, but the cotton covers fixed it. Now I have better skates and take better care of them.

What does the WD-40 do for the blades? Never heard of that one before...

[JR Boucicaut 3760]

Well WD does stand for Water Displacement...

[rwclifto 0]

Well WD does stand for Water Displacement...

Is that really a good method? I have never heard of it before.

[LkptTiger 1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40

Yes, it works.

[Zamboni 6]

I wouldn't put the old WD40 on blades(flammable type)....kerosene based, might damage some plastic holders. Old type is still in some stores-many garages.

There are many 'grades' of stainless steel-higher nickel content is more expensive and more rust resistant. I used cheaper SS fastners on my boat, looked like crap in 6 months(freshwater) and 2 broke taking them off.