When I am shaving I have always rinsed my razor under running water, I have tried filling the sink with water and rinsing but that just leaves a mess. On the shaving videos that I have seen on youtube almost everyone a sink filled with water to rinse the razor. So how do you rinse your razor when you are shaving?
How do you rinse you razor during shaving?
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If I use a DE I will rinse the razor in a cup of hot water. Running a hot blade across your face is nice.
I rinse my straight in running tap water, probably an excessive waste of water but it helps ensure the edge is clean with running water.
I rinse my straight in running tap water, probably an excessive waste of water but it helps ensure the edge is clean with running water.
Dip in a full sink for the DE. Sink dip then wipe on a towel for the straight. No sense running/wasting the water.
With a cartridge I let the water run during the shave. Now I fill the sink half-way and rinse in that. Cream and hard water do leave a mess, but I don't want to leave the water run that long. When I'm finished I give the razor and sink a shot of Scrubbing Bubbles. Razor is clean and no complaints from SWMBO about a dirty sink.
I swirl the head of a double edge razor in warm water in the sink when I'm shaving.
After I finish shaving in the morning I take the razor apart, wipe it clean, and let the pieces dry during the day. When I get home from work I reassemble it.
After I finish shaving in the morning I take the razor apart, wipe it clean, and let the pieces dry during the day. When I get home from work I reassemble it.
Swish in sink partially filled with hot water, at the end of the shave rinse under running hot water.
When I used a cartridge, I would leave the water running. Now that I use a DE and live in Southern California, I fill the sink about half-way with hot water and rinse that way. Once I'm done, I'll give the razor a quick rinse under running water and then make sure I swish some water around the sink to get rid of the whiskers. I'm pretty tidy so there isn't much mess when I'm done.
This is one thing I dislike about DE shaving. With a straight, I wipe the blade on a damp cloth draped over the edge of the sink. Water in the sink stays nice and clean for splashing on my face or adding to the lather if needed.
When I rinse a DE in the sink I end up with soap scum forming. It's no fun splashing that on the face. My hot water doesn't run hot unless I leave it running a while, so the tap rinse method is no good.
I could have a separate container for rinsing the DE, but you have to draw the line somewhere about how much gear you use.
When I rinse a DE in the sink I end up with soap scum forming. It's no fun splashing that on the face. My hot water doesn't run hot unless I leave it running a while, so the tap rinse method is no good.
I could have a separate container for rinsing the DE, but you have to draw the line somewhere about how much gear you use.
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I don’t let the water run the entire time I shave, when it’s time to rinse the razor I turn the water on with the razor already under the tap. What method is more effective for saving water I have no clue but it can’t be that big of a difference?
I fill my sink and rinse it there. Usually I try to rinse it after a series of longer strokes with the razor so there is quite a good amount of stubble that visibly comes off. I greatly enjoy seeing this for some reason.
i wipe my straight on a wet towel draped across my tap
when I used a DE i swished it in a sink of water
when I used a DE i swished it in a sink of water
Well, on an identical thread a few years ago, I came down on the side for filling the sink with water. Some other poster questioned that, saying it was a waste of water and why not just rinse under the spigot. I made a case for why I do that (probably something about the experience was better, I wasn't concerned about wasting water, etc). Then at some point I tried rising under the spigot and never looked back.
It was like face lathering. Bowel lather for 2 years, then try face lathering and never bowl lather again. Didn't have to think about it. Didn't have to become a habit. Just so clearly superior that I made the change.
As for dudes that leave the spigot running, I'm no eco-ranger, but that's way too much racket for me. Either I'm listening to NPR, music or silence. The faucet running is not a soothing sound to me.
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It was like face lathering. Bowel lather for 2 years, then try face lathering and never bowl lather again. Didn't have to think about it. Didn't have to become a habit. Just so clearly superior that I made the change.
As for dudes that leave the spigot running, I'm no eco-ranger, but that's way too much racket for me. Either I'm listening to NPR, music or silence. The faucet running is not a soothing sound to me.
Steve
Sink swisher here, but I've been eyeballing the WaterPic.
Fill a large 32oz. plastic mug with hot water and use it to rinse the razor.
DE -> rinse in water
Straight -> I use a wet sponge
Straight -> I use a wet sponge
very similar for me. I fill up the sink with warm water for the hair/lathered DE wash and also use it as a face rinse between passes, with a cold water splash at the end.
for the straight, i use a sponge that sits on the side of the sink and only quickly wash off the sponge when sponge surface seems too full of lather/hair.
I fill the sink a third of the way with water and put the drain stopper in as to not waste water. I am a sinkbowl swisher with my de to clean it from soap and whiskers.
I rinse my DE/SE razor under warm water.
Same with me. The shot of water lasts at most one second so I don't think I am using any more water than I would if I filled the basin. Plus, with a DE I don't rinse until both sides are full with lather.
I'm a sink swisher too.
mostly because of the Mantic vids.
partly because i'm afraid of bumping it on the tap if it's being shaken under running water.
mostly because of the Mantic vids.
partly because i'm afraid of bumping it on the tap if it's being shaken under running water.
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