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Restoring Vintage Safety Razors

• Thread starter Nico_Suave
• Kickoff engagement Feb vii, 2012

• #ane

Hello All,

I have read many posts from various websites and am asking for some help on restoration of vintage rubber razors. I know of the standard vinegar soak, metal smooth and buffing, just exercise any of y'all have some inside secrets for getting my 1969 Gillette dorsum to production line quality.

Thanks in accelerate

Nico

• #ii

The kickoff bit of advice I would offer to you is to discontinue the vinegar soak effective immediately.

Instead, endeavour heating up water in a stovetop teapot until the kettle whistles. Then, pour this water over your razor(due south) until submerged. Add a healthy dose of liquid dish soap, and let everything soak until the water is absurd to the bear upon. Repeat this as many times as necessary.

Once that's washed, you should be ready to motility to sanitizing with Scrubbing Bubbles and polishing with a mild metal polish. I similar Flitz, Maas, and Blueish Magic. I practice non recommend using polish on aureate plate, though. Use it only on your nickel and Rhodium plated razors.

Some handy tools to have nearby are:

an quondam toothbrush (for general scrubbing)
toothpicks (for digging out gunk)
cotton fiber swabs (for polishing tight, hard to reach areas)
a brass brush (for scrubbing nickel plated razors ONLY - and make sure it's a existent brass brush)
lots of rags you don't heed ruining

• #3

David speaks truth! Vinegar is acrid, and is nearly always needlessly harsh. It might make you weep.

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• #4

I just cleaned up a 64 brawl stop tech that was in fair shape , all I did was soak it in scrubbing bubbles for about 5 mins, scrubbed it with a soft toothbrush rinsed with some warm h2o , then polished it with maas metal polish and a t shirt fleck and information technology turned out very nice, I did apply the maas a few times. Good luck I had a lot of fun and I'm kind of proud of how it turned out, alot of fun for $10.00..

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• #5

Thanks for the quick responses. I WILL NOT utilise vinegar, whew!!! I will follow your direction and give this a become. Its a 1969 Black Handle Super Adjustable and I am very excited to requite vintage a go. I accept a merkur and muhle right at present and can't wait to meet how sometime school stands upward.

Nico

• #vi

Thanks for the quick responses. I Will Non use vinegar, whew!!! I will follow your direction and give this a go. Its a 1969 Black Handle Super Adaptable and I am very excited to requite vintage a get. I take a merkur and muhle right at present and can't await to see how old school stands up.

Nico

Very wise of you to have the suggest, adept luck and by all means dont forget the after pics.

• #7

Trust me, hot h2o and scrubbing bubbling does wonders. i just cleaned upwards an sometime Gillette New, and generally i soaked it in hot h2o, refilling with new hot water every so often for a few hours, then scrubbing bubbling then polished it. I used Brasso, just i wouldn't recommend that if you have any plating left. Brasso is very abrasive. polishes similar Maas and Flitz are much gentler and recommended for cleaning razors. i didn't intendance considering the plating was already gone from mine.

you tin can check out my thread hither
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showth...-with-pictures?highlight=gillette+new+cleanup

be sure to read the wiki section on razor maintenance, has proficient info on cleaning techniques.

http://wiki.badgerandblade.com/Safety_razor_maintenance

be certain to share some before and after pictures with the states!

• #8

Oh yes, an important stardom to brand, boiling water is fine to POUR over a razor, that will non hurt information technology, simply do Non eddy the razor. sitting on the lesser of a bot of boiling water Volition get the razor hot enough to damage it.

accept fun cleaning upwards that razor!

• #9

Oh yeah, an important distinction to make, boiling h2o is fine to Cascade over a razor, that will non hurt information technology, but do NOT boil the razor. sitting on the bottom of a bot of humid water Will become the razor hot enough to damage information technology.

have fun cleaning up that razor!

+1 could melt/ warp the plastic handle

• #x

Niko - welcome to B&B, and I hope you bask and take adept luck with your restoration projects.

David's postal service at the peak of the thread is correct on the money!! At that place is no improve way!

duokun also speaks the truth - humid water is ok, boiling IN water is not ok!!

• #eleven

+1 for the hot water method. It takes the gunk correct off. Follow up with scrubbing bubbles and you lot will have a proficient looking razor. As far as getting it back to production quality, I'm not even sure that metal polish will take those fine scratches off. But and so again, I haven't tried. Expert luck!

PS Adept looking razor duokun.

• #12

Here'southward what I practise to clean up my Vintage razors

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• #13

Where can you get Flitz, Maas, and Blue Magic. I deceit find it anywhere in stores. Id rather not guild it online.

• #14

I picked upward Flitz at a local small hardware store. It'southward non mostly carried by the big box stores. Wright's Silver Polish is a low annoying compound, although thinner than Flitz, just works quite well. It makes the razors dewdrop the water, which makes knocking water off after shaving a breeze. That can be institute at a number of grocery stores, and sometimes wal mart.

You CAN boil a metal razor. You simply have to have some sort of a stand that keeps the razor off of the lesser of the pot. The trouble isn't with the humid - humid water never rises above the boiling temperature - it's that if you just drop it on the bottom of the pot, information technology tin can continue to rut up (especially on a gas stove) to the melting point of lead. Suspend it on a cord in the heart, no problem. MAYBE one of those aluminium inserts used for boiling potatoes.

• #xv

The commencement chip of communication I would offer to you is to discontinue the vinegar soak effective immediately.

Instead, try heating upward water in a stovetop teapot until the kettle whistles. Then, pour this water over your razor(s) until submerged. Add a healthy dose of liquid dish soap, and let everything soak until the water is cool to the impact. Repeat this as many times as necessary.

One time that's washed, you should exist set to motility to sanitizing with Scrubbing Bubbles and polishing with a balmy metal polish. I like Flitz, Maas, and Blue Magic. I do non recommend using smooth on gold plate, though. Apply it but on your nickel and Rhodium plated razors.

Some handy tools to have nearby are:

an old toothbrush (for general scrubbing)
toothpicks (for earthworks out gunk)
cotton swabs (for polishing tight, hard to achieve areas)
a brass brush (for scrubbing nickel plated razors ONLY - and make sure it'southward a real brass brush)
lots of rags you lot don't listen ruining

This should exist the first post that anyone coming here for the first time sees. All-time advice, perfectly said.

• #16

Here's my resto routine:

Baking soda/hot h2o soak

Soft Scrub With Bleach/molar brush

(Things start to shine at this indicate)

Barbicide

Blue magic metal shine

Utilise an erstwhile thick athletic sock inside out to polish the knurling

• #17

Let's stick to the topic at hand. Those of yous who wish to discuss conspiracy theories should experience gratis to practice and so elsewhere.

• #18

Uhhh...

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I managed to get the aligning plate on 2 slims to move somewhat, later on soaking the sections in mineral oil for a while. Now that they move a bit, I've just put them back in to soak for a day or two more in Dawn and SC1000. I'll bleep them with the ultrasonic once or twice each water change. (it helps brand the surfactant and detergent mix quickly, equally well as knock loose crud). I'k thinking I'll definitely have to disassemble both for full cleaning, and use a tube brush.

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