Help!!! Rust!!!

[peanutskates]

*panic attack over*

OK, so I had a little rust on the joints of my blades to the boot... but I googled it and this method worked fine:

a)get a metallic sponge/brush
b)put some baking soda on it
c)rub the area until rust is gone

although I did not manage to get into every tiny little gap... but I hope that the rust from there doesn't spread.

anyway - from now on, I'm drying my blades SO thoroughly...

p.s. In rinks, they never seem to dry blades on hire skates - don't they then have to be replaced like every week?

[Rusty Blades]

Cheap blades are often chrome plated which inhibits rust.

I apply a generous coating of Turtle Wax (automotive wax) to my blades before I mount them. It fills in any tiny pours and inhibits rust. It also means that finger marks wipe right off and the stay nice and shiny.

[Mrs Redboots]

Apparently Halfords sell WD40 in stick form, rather than spray form. Wipe your blades with that after you've dried them.

Some skaters I know wipe their blades off with a tissue or some loo paper first, and then dry them with a towel. And you do keep them in towelling soakers, don't you, not in the hard guards?!

[peanutskates]

And you do keep them in towelling soakers, don't you, not in the hard guards?!

yup, got nice white guards for the skanky dirty floor and lovely pink soakers :D