I humbly request some advice on Gillette Adjustable Razors. I picked up the legendary Fat-Boy, Slim, and Black Handle adjustable (V1) not sure if its a black beauty or super adjustable today and was wondering if I use Scrubbing Bubbles on these razors would this cause the black numbers to fade away on any of them? I have normally used boiling of razors (3 piece) which were all metal to disinfect and clean them. I just fear that the spring mechanism or numbers would get damaged using this process. I would not boil the black-handled one. Will the boiling process be damaging to the slim and fat-boy? As always any advice is greatly appreciated.
Advice on Gillette Adjustables.. plz..
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I am no pro but you can try Barbicide as I dont think that will ruin them.
Boiling isn't a great idea in general. The structure of the razors is brass, which could warp. Stick with hot (not boiling) water, barbicide, etc. Scrubbing bubbles should be fine as long as there's no acrylic involved.
Scrubbing bubbles WILL take the paint off the #'s if you leave it on for any length of time. I would never boil any razor myself....but that is just my opinion...barbacide will kill any and all bugs.
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Hey Guys.. Thanks for the great information it is greatly appreciated.. How would one go about painting a number on the adjuster? How to do it and what is used? One of them is faded out. Thanks..
I would assume that an enamel based model paint (Gloss) would work, but haven't tried this yet.
Scrubbing Bubbles does break down the structural integrity of acrylics. If the paint in the numbers is acrylic (likely) then it won't be good. I'm not sure how it would affect the handle of the Super Adjustable, but I wouldn't chance it.
Boiling water won't hurt your Slim or Fat Boy. Water would vaporise before it got hot enough to warp brass. The numbers are probably acrylic based paint and boiling water is not hot enough to remove it. I'm not sure what the coating on the handle of the Super Adjustable is, so I wouldn't boil it.
Any paint you use on the numbers will be temporary unless you remove all the old paint and roughen the metal surface to get a proper bond. Your best bet for longevity is probably automotive touch up paint applied with an artist's paint brush.
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Boiling water won't hurt your Slim or Fat Boy. Water would vaporise before it got hot enough to warp brass. The numbers are probably acrylic based paint and boiling water is not hot enough to remove it. I'm not sure what the coating on the handle of the Super Adjustable is, so I wouldn't boil it.
Any paint you use on the numbers will be temporary unless you remove all the old paint and roughen the metal surface to get a proper bond. Your best bet for longevity is probably automotive touch up paint applied with an artist's paint brush.
- Peter
I've had great success painting the numbers back on with a black porcelain paint I found in a hobby store. It comes in a tube with a very fine nozzle and is used for outlining patterns on china, crockery, glass and so forth. You have to bake it on in a low temp oven but once its on its not going anywhere.
Here's the makers website:
http://www.pebeo.com/us/index.htm
The product is called porcelaine 150 and the anthracite colour is a perfect match for gillette factory black colour.
Here's the makers website:
http://www.pebeo.com/us/index.htm
The product is called porcelaine 150 and the anthracite colour is a perfect match for gillette factory black colour.
I boiled both my Fatboy and Slim when I got them--well, just poured boiling water over them in a measuring cup--and absolutely nothing happened to them. They work perfectly.
I also use scrubbing bubbles to cleal them and have seen no evidence of pain coming off the numbers.
If you don't want to boil or run hot water over them, don't waste $20 on Barbicide. Just dunk them in rubbing alcohol for a little while, or a solution of one part bleach to eight parts water. The rinse off with hot water. They don't need to soak for hours. If this dunking doesn't kill whatever might be on them in 20 minutes, it sure as heck ain't gonna kill them in six hours.
Just my .02.
Jeff in Boston
I also use scrubbing bubbles to cleal them and have seen no evidence of pain coming off the numbers.
If you don't want to boil or run hot water over them, don't waste $20 on Barbicide. Just dunk them in rubbing alcohol for a little while, or a solution of one part bleach to eight parts water. The rinse off with hot water. They don't need to soak for hours. If this dunking doesn't kill whatever might be on them in 20 minutes, it sure as heck ain't gonna kill them in six hours.
Just my .02.
Jeff in Boston
+1 I use the trinity of Barbicide, alcohol and Scrubbing Bubbles for any used inbound or out bound razors.
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