How do i stop my ice skates from rusting?

Question

when i am done ice skating i dry them and put the plastic covers on and they are rusting.

Answer 1

First you have to dry your skate until all of the ice is gone. then you need to but soakers on. they help absorb the moisture so your skates don't get rusted. Then when you get home, take the out of your bag so the air can venalate

Answer 2

I agree with everyone on this, that you should deff. get terry cloth covers. Although, your problem might be that your blade is not made of stainless steel, which is really hard to rust. It depends what brand of skates you have.

Answer 3

you have answered your own question by leaving the plastic skate guards on make sure they are completely dry and buy some blade scrunchie i call them that! they are soft material blade covers which absord the water stopping the skates from rusting your blades are getting cold and damp in the plastic you can buy them anywhere my mum made mine!

Answer 4

Well, guess what... I had that problem too!!!!! My teacher said that I shouldn't put my plastic covers (blade guards) after I'm done skating... You should wipe your blades with a towl when you get to the bench and start taking off your guards. Or... You could use the soft blade guards... But I rather wipe my blades with a towl than wasting money on blade guards...

   Here is a picture of 'soft blade guards'. Go to the site

Answer 5

put on cloth covers instead of plastic ones. they sell them at all the skating stores. its good that ur drying them, tho. keep doing that and put on cloth covers and u should b good!!:)

Answer 6

Don't use plastic covers when you're not using them. Those guards are for when you get off the ice and go to take them off. Just to protect them from the concrete/floor and etc. Get soft guards aka soakers.

Answer 7

The plastic guards are only for walking in! You need to dry them and put terry-cloth soakers on your blades to catch all the moisture you didn't quite get when you cleaned them.  

You're going to have to clean the rust off or you can end up having to get all new blades.  Here's a good guide on rust:

If you are so unfortunate as to get some rust on your blades even after all these precautions - fear not. Let's assume you've noticed the rust in its' early stages:

-Get some bicarbonate of soda and a damp cloth (or a metal/wire sponge works really well)

-put the BoS around the rusty area and also a little on your sponge

-rub the area a little. If the rust is near a s***w, use the tip of your sponge or a cotton bud to get in the edges.

-then get another clean half damp/half dry cloth

-remove the BoS with the damp half

-dry the area VERY thoroughly with the dry half

-use a hairdryer to dry little gaps in screws if you have applied the BoS there

However, if you haven't looked at your blades in a while and the rust won't be removed with the above mentioned BoS method:

-try using some sandpaper to sand off the rust (not too much though, or you could ruin the blades)

-if the rust looks REALLY bad and is on the edge of the blade (which is the part sharpened) go to a sharpener's as soon as possible. It MAY still be possible for them to grind off the rust.

-if you can't go to the sharpener's until the next day, put BoS over the area, rub it in a little with a DRY sponge and leave until morning. Then wipe it off.

However, remember that unfortunately, rust can sometimes never be got rid of. For example, you may go and get the visible rust sharpened off, but it can still be in the blade and will just appear again and again. This is the case where:

-you need to get new blades

Remember, check your blades after every session. That way, you can catch rust as soon as it appears, if it does (hopefully not though!)

Being too obsessive about drying and checking your blades is better than not being careful enough and getting rust!

Answer 8

its good that ur drying them but DONT  put ur blade guards back on u need to get soakers

there like guards but not plastic there cloth and they wont rust ur blades!!!

Answer 9

put soft guards on afterwards (aka soakers). go to the pro shop, they have colors you can chose from :P