Help cleaning nickel / Toothbrush Abrasive Question

[GreekGuy]

Ok, few quick (dumb) questions. When cleaning nickel razors, it is suggested to use Scrubbing bubbles. Do you just spray it on and let it sit? Or do you dilute it somehow?

Also, when you scrub with a toothbrush, either having scrubbing bubbles or warm soapy water, will this 100% certainly not remove any metal? Because I've used an old toothbrush before and every time I swear it removes metal, although it could have just been severely pitting and corroded

 

[buddydog]

If plating comes off with a toothbrush it was loose and going to come off anyway.

 

[BBrad]

I have never harmed a razor with Scrubbing Bubbles, hot water, Dawn dish soap, toothbrush, elbow grease, and time.

Brasso, chrome polish, car wax, rubbing compound, Noxon, boiling water, and 1400gr wet/dry have all been proven by me to destroy razors.

 

[dpmtherrien]

Scrubbing bubbles is fine, just spray it on and let it sit for a couple of min., then just rinse off.

I've found this to work good also, and not do any damage, take a small dab of toothpaste, rub it on the metal and then give it a light brushing with an old toothbrush. That'll bring the gleam back to the metal, and won't do any harm. At least I've never experienced any negative results from using it.

 

[bakerbarber]

no guarantees.

If anything comes off with a toothbrush or scrubbing bubbles, then the damage was already there.

I've only had plating come off with really gunky nasty razors that were caked with grime and damp old funky stuff.

If the razor has been sitting in a dry environment and not already worn and damaged, MOST of the ugliness cleans right off.

If someone loved a razor and used it every day, the plating will be thin. If you get silly and take a vintage razor to a grinder or buffing wheel for 15 minutes, then, well who knows.

Most imperfections I've encountered don't affect performance. I have seen lots of razor that have bent teeth, dented safety bars, crooked blade tables, missing end caps..etc. If someone tapped it on the sink every time the rinsed it, or dropped it on a tile or marble floor, then things like that happen.

The vast majority that have plate loss are just visually annoying. They shave well, not as well as pristine razors. I don't know if it's in my head or actually a physical issue, but open comb razors with worn plating 'drag' a bit.

Clean your razor up -- don't go crazy. No sandpaper or boiling.