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- Jan 20, 2017
I skated on Matrix Legacy blades for 4 years and never had any problem with rust, no matter how bad I was at wiping them. But I've been skating on Gold Seal Rev blades for over a year and no matter how much I wipe the blades bone-dry, I still have rust. BECAUSE the rust is forming WHILE I'm on the ice! Not while the skates are in my soakers.
I just got my skates sharpened last night. My skate tech removes all rust every time I go. I skated this morning for just an hour and there was already rust on the sides of both blades as I got off the ice. Just from an hour of skating (pictures), some of the rust on the sides is already back.....
I don't have any rust on the bottom of the blade yet, but I eventually will, since every time I go skating during the week, THAT is when the rust is being created, while I'm on the ice, not while the skates are in my bag.
I've seen suggestions online to use oil on blades, but that's for when the skates are in the bag, not while they're on the ice. How in the world do I keep them from rusting while they're on the ice?
Does anyone else have Gold Seal blades or other JW blades? Are your blades this freaken sensitive that you have rust after just an hour of skating?
Is there anything I can do about this? Or is this just going to be an eternal "skate tech removes the rust whenever I go for a sharpening" kind of thing?
My skate tech keeps asking me if I'm wiping well enough because I have rust every time I go back to him. I sent him those pics this morning as proof that the blades are rusting WHILE I'm skating, so it doesn't matter that I wipe the blades bone-dry afterwards, they've already got rust on them as I step off the ice.
I just got my skates sharpened last night. My skate tech removes all rust every time I go. I skated this morning for just an hour and there was already rust on the sides of both blades as I got off the ice. Just from an hour of skating (pictures), some of the rust on the sides is already back.....
I don't have any rust on the bottom of the blade yet, but I eventually will, since every time I go skating during the week, THAT is when the rust is being created, while I'm on the ice, not while the skates are in my bag.
I've seen suggestions online to use oil on blades, but that's for when the skates are in the bag, not while they're on the ice. How in the world do I keep them from rusting while they're on the ice?
Does anyone else have Gold Seal blades or other JW blades? Are your blades this freaken sensitive that you have rust after just an hour of skating?
Is there anything I can do about this? Or is this just going to be an eternal "skate tech removes the rust whenever I go for a sharpening" kind of thing?
My skate tech keeps asking me if I'm wiping well enough because I have rust every time I go back to him. I sent him those pics this morning as proof that the blades are rusting WHILE I'm skating, so it doesn't matter that I wipe the blades bone-dry afterwards, they've already got rust on them as I step off the ice.