I have bottle of Scrubbing Bubbles daily shower cleaner, a clear watery liquid with the following ingredients: Caprylyl/Myristyl, Glucoside, Sodium Citrate, Citric Acid, Benzisothiazolinone. The directions say not to use on gold plated, brass and a few other surfaces that don't pertain to any razor and would like to know if I can use this on my vintage gillettes. Is this different then the foaming product? Can I use it on all (but) my gold plated razors? Or is this just the wrong product altogether? thanks everyone.
Cleaning my vintage Gillette question
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That's not the right stuff, you want the foaming scrubbing bubbles in the can without bleach. That and an old soft toothbrush after a dawn soak is all it takes. Good luck, you can also polish lightly by hand with Maas or Flitz polish.
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That was my thinking too. Thanks
You could also start with some Dawn dish soap which is even milder IME. Often that is enough.
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Warm soapy water w/Dawn & soft toothbrush worked wonders on my vintage gillettes.
Warm soapy water w/Dawn & soft toothbrush worked wonders on my vintage gillettes.
Yes and a soft toothbrush.
Warm soapy water works for pretty much any razor to clean them and a terry or microfiber cloth or soft tooth brush to scrub. For gold plated you can use a very dilute water ammonia mix or find window cleaner that is ammonia based and spray or dip, leave for no more than a minute then quick scrub and rinse before throwing it into a warm soap bath.
Polish according to the metal plate finish. For nickel plated you can use stainless steel sink cleaner if you can't find a nickel polish at the super market.
Polish according to the metal plate finish. For nickel plated you can use stainless steel sink cleaner if you can't find a nickel polish at the super market.
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All good advice. Thanks everyone
