Thanks. Very interesting.That razor looks like it was found in a sunken shipwreck or something!
But yeah, I'm sure it'll clean up fine with that method described above.
EDIT: It doesn't seem like I'm far from the truth. When searching for "green rust" I found out that if something made out of metal is left to corrode somewhere where there isn't much oxygen, like in water, it might come out with green rust. Not 100% sure if it's green rust on yours but if so, it's probably been in water while rusting.
It's a Gillette Slim Adjustable by the way. They were made between 1961-68.
I’ll try this and see how it works. Thank you.Ewww, gross -- send it to me and I'll bury it for you. Just kidding, it will clean up shockingly well.
I start with Scrubbing Bubbles (SB) -- the one without bleach. I have a bunch of cleaned out yogurt containers that I use for razor cleaning bowls, but pretty much any container will do. I put in the container and cover it with SB and let it soak for about 5 minutes. Then I use an old toothbrush and give it a good scrubbing with the SB on it. Then after rinsing the SB and grime off, I'd probably let it soak in very hot (but not boiling) water for about 10 minutes. After that, if there is still some scum, I'd do the SB and toothbrush and hot water soak again. You may need to do this a few times given the gunk on the razor. Once you've scrubbed off the scum/gunk, I would hit it again with some Dawn dish washing liquid and give it a close look....also try moving the adjustment knob while looking at the rails on the side to see if they go up and down. Assuming they work, then you may want to hit it with some flitz to give it some shine.
By the way: the SB will remove the painted numbers on the dial, so if you don't want to lose those, you may want to just stick with Dawn dish washing detergent. Hope this helps -- and I'm sure others will have other techniques you may want to try. But that stuff will come off the razor....I've had a couple like that and with some elbow grease, I've managed to get them clean.
I don't think so. It doesn't make sense to me that there would be that much plating loss between the knurling. There wouldn't be that much plate loss in the recesses of the razor...We'll see what it looks like post cleaning, my hunch is that it will be a shining nickel plated masterpiece. Well, maybe not that dramatic but pretty nice looking despite the condition it is in precleaning.A fine candidate for a replate. The green stuff is Verdigris, its appearing where there is plating loss down to the bare brass of the razor.