How to clean and polish a dirty gold plated razor without damaging it's plating

[steveclarkus]

That photo was taken on a bad background for the color of the razor. Anyway, I wouldn’t take a chance of polishing the razor past soap and water.

 

[steveclarkus]

Looks to be in pretty good mechanical condition. Personally, I'd be tempted to strip down to bare brass and getting a mirror polish.

Absolutely not. The plating is excellent condition.

 

[Medivh]

When the case arrives it would look like this. Probably not as shiny, but close enough .

 

[lasta]

Absolutely not. The plating is excellent condition.

Oh, I was referring to post #16, looks like that one already has some brassing.

 

[Medivh]

Oh, I was referring to post #16, looks like that one already has some brassing.

The pictures from post 6 and 16 are from the same razor, but taken my different people during different light and both look very different.

 

[VincentHix]

What I’ve found to make an used razor look nearly new is a quick scrub with Dawn, Blue Magic Mag Polish, and a toothbrush…

I hold the razor in my left hand and put about a quarter size squirt of Dawn in my palm… put a tad bit of polish on the brush, very little needed, then dip the brush in the Dawn and scrub away… rinse with water… done in about 1 minute

Never had any finish issues, no need to go crazy with the Polish, just a tad will do to remove the tarnish, along with the Dawn and water as needed.

 

[Gaetano]

I recommend a lacquer polish or polishing cloth that's made specifically for lacquered musical instruments. You can buy these online or at any musical instrument dealer.

 

[Old School TSD]

This.

 

[Ice-Man]

What i see is a good looking razor but in the last photos somebody has used a flash on the camera and that is why the gold is looking washed out try turning the flash off first