Can not believe it cleaned up this well!

[prsman23]

Well picked up a fatboy in a lot off the bay, with intentions of giving it to my brother who has been curious about adjustables. Thought at the price with a few other razors why not. It certainly looked like a user grade that might clean up a bit. Wasn't expecting much, but again for the price why not...




Much to my surprise this came out very well! Just found out he bought a futur, so probably keeping this one for me haha!

 

[Triad]

Ill be your brother!! Great looking razor! How did you clean it just scrubbing? Did you polish it?

 

[Adam M]

Wow, looks great. Did you do anything special or just give a gentle scrub?

 

[cxg231]

Good on you! Looks great!

 

[prsman23]

Did a 15 minute soak in scrubbing bubbles and then finished up with a little bit of maas. All in all, about 20 minutes worth of work well spent!

 

[dfollett_98]

Jay:

Very nice job of bringing one of Gillette's great old razors back to life again. Thanks for sharing and enjoy your shaves.

Don

 

[trdjohn]

No!!! I still would use it...and by the looks of that box with all those other razors you're not lacking on razors!!! your brother - trdjohn

 

[prsman23]

Yard sailing has been good lately lol

 

[retturn2blades]

Did a 15 minute soak in scrubbing bubbles and then finished up with a little bit of maas. All in all, about 20 minutes worth of work well spent!

Can you buy Maas at the grocery stores?

 

[prsman23]

I got mine at the local ace hardware for a few bucks

 

[Threeme2189]

That looks absolutely pristine!
Good work.

 

[72plymsatellite]

Can you buy Maas at the grocery stores?

i went to 4 places in town and couldnt find it. i just went online and bought some. it was the best decision i i have ever made for the care of my razors. my precioussss

 

[Daiku]

Nice work! You did that razor a huge favor. Now, it's back to life and back to work for the Fatboy.

 

[ironfist]

Is there an alternative to scrubbing bubbles?

 

[mblakele]

Look for any bathroom cleaner than is safe on metal fixtures and cleans up soap scum. Scrubbing bubbles also disinfects, which is nice but not strictly necessary.

 

[Sledgehammer39]

Awesome clean-up, sweet razor!

 

[rxonmymind]

Wow another nice restore. Great job there.

 

[CGW409]

I'd come across one of those scuzzed up Fat Boys a few weeks back and got it looking real smooth and oddly enough ended up passing it on to my brother along with the proviso that if traditional shaving did not work out for him I'd be more than happy to take it back.

Several people have asked regarding MAAS but just remember that is not for gold razors, I've found that Weimans Metal Polish works just as well (if not better) and is safe for gold and silver.

 

[retrolike]

Can you buy Maas at the grocery stores?

Ace Hardware

 

[oldspiceboy]

My first Fatboy looked worse than that! It was totally yellow from soap scum. Cleaned up just like yours.

Here's a tip you might be able to make use of. If you want to clean under the adjustment bed get some bristle pipe cleaners. Perfect for the job!