15 minute soak in CLR or lime-away.then polish if needed
Grungy Aristocrat
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Don't use anything harsh on it.
Boil it gently for 2 minutes with a mild solution of dishwasher detergent, then polish it with jeweler's rouge ONLY. Any other polish will damage the plating. I've restored two dozen razors with that technique. Works like a charm. Except on gold techs, which have a melty enamel coating
Boil it gently for 2 minutes with a mild solution of dishwasher detergent, then polish it with jeweler's rouge ONLY. Any other polish will damage the plating. I've restored two dozen razors with that technique. Works like a charm. Except on gold techs, which have a melty enamel coating
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In reality, this has been done for a week or so... just didn't have time to post pics... so here are a couple...
Mid Cleaning:
And Final Cleaning:
I still need to take some detail pics, but it really turned out great!! The Ultrasonic is amazing!
Mid Cleaning:
And Final Cleaning:
I still need to take some detail pics, but it really turned out great!! The Ultrasonic is amazing!
Very nice! I figured it would clean up well.
Wow, great job!
The Swan emerges afterall!
Congrats.
I love posts like this where something that the average schmuck on the street would think is garbage, with a little care and attention to detail, is restored from the grave and gets to continue the job it was built for.
The Swan emerges afterall!
Congrats.
I love posts like this where something that the average schmuck on the street would think is garbage, with a little care and attention to detail, is restored from the grave and gets to continue the job it was built for.
Holy mackerel. I wish I had picked up one of those ultrasonic cleaners when I started getting vintage razors. I would have saved a hell of a lot of time and not scratched the hell out of some of them. Look at that gold shine.
That only confirms I really should get me an ultrasonic cleaner. Now to find a decent one at a reasonable price.
Just out of curiosity what ultra-sonic cleaner are you using? Your razor looks amazing...
If you're looking to buy some razors that you're going to need to clean up, an ultrasonic cleaner is a great investment. They literally save hours of work.
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First of all, here is the cleaner I bought:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000MVVZ8I/ref=oss_product
Secondly, I don't want to mislead you guys. I did have to break out the scrubbing bubbles to get some of the caked on grime off. But what I did was use a toothpick to gently remove the big chunks in sheets.
Then I did a few 3 minute cycles in the ultrasonic, then a couple minutes with the scrubbing bubbles with very LIGHT scrubbing with a toothbrush.
Then back in the cleaner. Once I got through the really thick stuff, the ultrasonic did its work.
Bear in mind, that is with ZERO polishing.
And, its still not perfect, there are some redish brown areas that might be old lacquer. I'll take some more detailed pics this weekend.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000MVVZ8I/ref=oss_product
Secondly, I don't want to mislead you guys. I did have to break out the scrubbing bubbles to get some of the caked on grime off. But what I did was use a toothpick to gently remove the big chunks in sheets.
Then I did a few 3 minute cycles in the ultrasonic, then a couple minutes with the scrubbing bubbles with very LIGHT scrubbing with a toothbrush.
Then back in the cleaner. Once I got through the really thick stuff, the ultrasonic did its work.
Bear in mind, that is with ZERO polishing.
And, its still not perfect, there are some redish brown areas that might be old lacquer. I'll take some more detailed pics this weekend.
Looking Great! Cleaning up cheap purchases is one part of buying old razors I have really come to enjoy.
Very, very nice. Great job, sir!! 
So . . . how do you like the shave??
So . . . how do you like the shave??
Absolutely beautiful, too bad you can't do the same for the case.
Mike
Mike
Holy crap.
The heck with the case. It's too bad he can't use it on me.
Sweet! And he ain't even done yet!
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