Dish soap as a razor cleaner
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Agree on this. Really all of my maintenance cleaning is done with dish soap or hand soap and an old toothbrush-it works great and it's easy. If I was cleaning an old nasty razor, I'd just soak it first in hot soapy water and then see what's needed beyond that.
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I know Scrubbing Bubbles and more is needed for infectious reasons, but I wish the guides or posts focused more on constant boiling hot water than the soap or Scrubbing Bubbles. It seems like the hot water and any kind of simple soap does it for most of the stuff. Maybe not all the rust and all, but definitely gets all the soap scum stuff.
Scrubbing Bubbles is good at breaking up hard soap scum. Any soap will work,but SB is more efficient at certain tasks.
+1, along with an antibacterial action that some guys feel good about.
My experiences have led me to become a real fan of very hot water, dish soap, toothbrush, and elbow grease. Lather, rinse, repeat!
If a new razor only has a light haze of old soap I use dish washing soap and a tooth brush. I find this works fine. then a dunk in Barbicide for 10 minutes to take care of those things you can't see.
I dunno...I scored a Fatboy this summer and whilst soap and boiling water went a long, long way towards cleaning it up it just wasn't up to the task af freeing up the adjustment. Scrubbing bubbles for that matter. I must have put in 7 or 8 hours over a week working on it. In the end I had to trudge out to the shop and break out the tools 
The soap scum was barely on this side of cement.
The soap scum was barely on this side of cement.
Absolutely right. Keep it simple. I like natural ingredients around the house that does a fine job. Dish soap, vinegar, baking soda, and the like. Finish with alcohol. In fact that's what I used tonight on a one dollar Schick razor find. Cleaned up well.
The boiling water alone will kill 99% of the bacteria/spores on anything. I know it would work on me...<G>. Thats how I cleaned all my razors, just used boiling water for couple of minutes, Antibacterial dishwashing soap, and after scrubbing & rinse, a quick dunk in denatured alcohol. The stubborn ones took a little more elbow grease but cleaned up nice.
When I first get a vintage razor, I clean it with Scrubbing Bubbles and Flitz.
After that, it's a gentle cleaning with dish soap and a toothbrush at every blade change. Seems to be a good system.
After that, it's a gentle cleaning with dish soap and a toothbrush at every blade change. Seems to be a good system.
