Leisureguy said:I've used vinegar water to descale stuff. Works quite well...
Could you please specify the exact proportion of water to vinegar and how long you were soaking the razor.
All those things make a difference.
Leisureguy said:I've used vinegar water to descale stuff. Works quite well...
rtaylor61 said:Also,
Don't soak them in bleach. A 10% bleach solution is okay, straight bleach will eat the finish.
Randy
gzb10 said:Here in Canada we've got a household cleaner called "CLR" it's used for descaling kettles, humidifiers etc. Have any of you folks used this as the first stage in cleaning an old DE razor? Thanks.
gzb10
mrob said:Jeez, I've tried to clean up 2 old Gillettes via the bay and didn't get em very shiny at all. I used everything you did--except for the autoclave! We don't have one of them over at the School of Music!
Mike02 said:Well I just cleaned my first vintage razor a 1960 Fatboy from here at B&B (beautiful razor - looks brand new and never used). I used the autoclave at work because, well, I just can you never know whose parts it was on previously. This was followed by a nice scrubby brush and liquid lab soap and then some Maas and a soft cloth polish. The only thing I have not done is a mineral oil soak, and I may get around to that. It cleaned up excellently - bright and shiny and all of this did nothing the the paint in the numbers or the red marker indicator. I will shave with it maybe over the weekend or next week.
Dennis
Holyhabanero said:Hey Gents,
Just a little heads-up for you. I had some old Gillette's I got on eBay and at Goodwill. I boiled them with water and some vinegar the other day to clean them up. Unfortunately, one of the old razors was a 1930ish gold Gillette (not Aristocrat), and when I was finished, some of the gold color came off and reattached to the silver gillettes, giving them a nice rosey color.
If you are cleaning up older gold Gillettes, make sure you clean them separately.
Where's the fun in that?finegelernt said:Better yet, clean it in such a way as not to remove the nice gold color in the first place.