Does anybody else clean the INSIDE of the tube?

[Mark1966]

I've never thought previously to get a 'Q-Tip' as I thinkthey are called in the US and clean the inside of the tube on an Old Type before.

Of course I do the normal soak, scrub, aluminium foil and baking soda, ultra-sonic, Barbicide, 'polish' thing as appropriate but have never thought to get up inside the bottom tube on a Single Ring or the barrel of the handle inside before.

DUH, I know but having done so I can only WOW. The crud up there is just amazing, even after my normal cleaning routine. I'm going to have to go back and re-clean my earlier purchases - it was just disgusting

So I'm sure that you have all figured this out before but just in case anybody has overlooked it - give it a go, you will be amazed.....

 

[jansob]

I just felt a disturbance in the Force.... as if hundreds of razors were suddenly pulled out and rushed towards the sink accompanied by cleaning products and Qtips...

 

[PhatMan]

Mark1966,

I used to before I starting using an ultra-sonic bath to clean my safety razors.

You are quite right about the amount of gunge you find there in vintage razors !!

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ

 

[TonyGold]

Which only goes to prove that you don't really need to over clean pre loved razors before you use them. I do though seem to remember that one of the first patients to receive penecillin was a policeman who had septicemia through cutting himself while shaving. They ran out of antibiotic to treat him. He died.

 

[Slivovitz]

That was one unintended advantage of those older Gillette handles that developed cracks. The first Old type, and the first New that I bought had the cracks, allowing the ball, and the part that the head screws into to be pulled out of the handle, so that I could clean the inside really well. Only then did I epoxy it together. Other handles, without those cracks, I always do the best I can by sticking a Q-tip down in there.

 

[Sledgehammer39]

I also use a Q-Tip to clean the inside tube/handle. Infact, I do it to all of my DE razors. I am just a clean freak.

 

[mark_mw]

Before a handle repair, I sealed the inside of the handle with an aluminum disk just below the threaded section.

 

[Mark1966]

I just felt a disturbance in the Force.... as if hundreds of razors were suddenly pulled out and rushed towards the sink accompanied by cleaning products and Qtips...

Sorry Force if I've caused a disturbance!

 

[Mark1966]

Mark1966,

I used to before I starting using an ultra-sonic bath to clean my safety razors.

You are quite right about the amount of gunge you find there in vintage razors !!

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ

Just FYI I'd already used my ultra-sonic on these.....

Maybe not for long enough though? I tend to be a bit gentler on the older razors with more plate wear after blasting off the silver plating on a single ring early on.

 

[RGraphics]

Ive always cleaned them and on 2 that I have Ive filled it with epoxy. It helped with weight and maybe keeping a crack from getting bigger. I used a .22cal nylon brush attached to a cordless drill.