How to clean the wax that Russian blades leave on TTOs?

[GarageBoy]

These glue dots are ANNOYING
I almost bent a door when the blade adhered itself to the top of my favorite Slim and prevented the doors from opening.

Now the residue is everywhere. I used a Q Tip soaked in naptha, and wiped it off, but I don't wanna do that EVERY time I swap a blade. (and risk dulling the blade when it cuts the Q tip)

Thanks

 

[Radar O\'Reilly]

These glue dots are ANNOYING
I almost bent a door when the blade adhered itself to the top of my favorite Slim and prevented the doors from opening.

Now the residue is everywhere. I used a Q Tip soaked in naptha, and wiped it off, but I don't wanna do that EVERY time I swap a blade. (and risk dulling the blade when it cuts the Q tip)

Thanks

Run the blade under hot water? Put the dots on the bottom?

 

[DanInFla]

Run the blade under hot water? Put the dots on the bottom?

+1 i use the Astra blades which have horrible amounts of that stuff (it is actually wax). usually what i do that works pretty well is throw the new blade in the hot sink water along with my brush. after about a 20 second soak i take out the blade, give it a quick swipe with the brush and the wax is gone

easy enough i think.

 

[Radar O\'Reilly]

+1 i use the Astra blades which have horrible amounts of that stuff (it is actually wax). usually what i do that works pretty well is throw the new blade in the hot sink water along with my brush. after about a 20 second soak i take out the blade, give it a quick swipe with the brush and the wax is gone

easy enough i think.

And if you have one of Bob's razor handles with the magnets on the bottom, it's even easier. You can hold it under the running water from a safe distance and not get burned!

 

[Chester]

I've been dealing with this on iridiums for awhile, and I just take the old blade, holding it very -=carefully=- in the center, and use the edge of the old blade to gently scrape the stuff off the new one. Done and Done.
-- Chet

 

[tomviolence]

I use the old blade to remove the new wax drops myself. Sometimes it comes off clean, and other times it is more gooey and leaves a spot. I wonder if using cold water will make it harder, thus easier to peel off in one go ? I'll have to try that next time ...

 

[DE Shaver]

As other have said, hot water is your best recourse. As the blade adhesive is made from wax, it should wash out. Unfortunately, the wax dots are a problem with Astras.

 

[thunderball]

Those wax dots drive me crazy too....