i get barbicide from ny barber for free.dont use it often but it looks cool in my barbicide jar,and it doesnt hurt to sterilize things once in a while
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I agree. I soaked for a bit and then scrubbed some more. Took off all the older soap scum. And I'm good with that.
I was concerned over damaging the plating but to my surprise no issues. I have several Merkur razors and there truly are inconsistencies in the finish of these peices.
Yes it looks cool like everyone says but with a complete setup of jar and solution for $20.00 I can't complain!
Sorry about the mixed identity I thought I was responding to the comment in question.
Thank you again
I was concerned over damaging the plating but to my surprise no issues. I have several Merkur razors and there truly are inconsistencies in the finish of these peices.
Yes it looks cool like everyone says but with a complete setup of jar and solution for $20.00 I can't complain!
Sorry about the mixed identity I thought I was responding to the comment in question.
Thank you again
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ask for plastic that's what i do i hate using metal silverware even at home
I inadvertently left a Gillette T3 black beauty in my soaking vat of Barbicide for almost 3 solid days, and when I remembered, upon removing it, I found there was a jelly like substance attached to the handle, upon removing the stuff I found a hole had been eaten into the metal, leaving a couple small gouges in the knurling of the handle just below the adjuster. I wish I had taken photos of the crud before i removed it, it was rather interesting. The razor was going to be a BirthYear/Qtr razor gift to a friend but not any more. When I looked at the hole through a 30x loupe, I saw the material the handle was made of was not brass. I believe it was a cast metal of some sort. I am grateful I had won a second one on the bay, prior to remembering I had forgotten the first one in the vat!!
As an embalmer, my instruments see their fair share of nastiness. Yes, I have embalmed cases with HIV, Hep A+B+C, MRSA, VRE, CRE, C-Difficile and others in the alphabet soup of nasty things to catch. All are fairly easy to kill off in a disinfection bath. Generally I use a mix of bleach in water. Bleach is very rough on the instruments and eventually eats into and destroys the plating finish on most of them, leaving the brass undershowing. While not looking pretty, they still work.
For a “new to you” razor I would only do a bleach dunk for less than few minutes if it makes you feel better then rinse it all off very well anything more than that is just wasting time and finish. I wouldn’t do the bleach and water bath any more than that unless you want to get a full replate job.
Keep in mind that this is only disinfection, not sterilization and prions will still survive as they would using various barbicide type liquids and toilet bowl cleaner bubbles.
For a “new to you” razor I would only do a bleach dunk for less than few minutes if it makes you feel better then rinse it all off very well anything more than that is just wasting time and finish. I wouldn’t do the bleach and water bath any more than that unless you want to get a full replate job.
Keep in mind that this is only disinfection, not sterilization and prions will still survive as they would using various barbicide type liquids and toilet bowl cleaner bubbles.
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"First off, unless you're really germaphobic, Barbicide is overkill."
First of all, In todays world there is no such thing as being to careful ,or overkill, so barbicide is smart. Laying sick or dying due to a germ that no one's ever heard of is way, way bad news.
First of all, In todays world there is no such thing as being to careful ,or overkill, so barbicide is smart. Laying sick or dying due to a germ that no one's ever heard of is way, way bad news.
How do we know if Barbicide kills off the germs that no one has ever heard of?
"WE" don't but it's way better than nothing or plain alcohol.
Yeah, but razors are metal. The nasties are sitting on the surface, and can just be rinsed off with water. Soap is good for breaking up oils and other crud already sitting on the surface of the razor, allowing the water to rinse it off.
+1. Also what about the many public door handles we have touched that have never been sterilized, or even washed for many years!
This made me smile...we really are a bunch of crazies here...:-D
I really hope ya'll haven't been using dihydrogen monoxide to clean your razors!!
http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html
http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html
OMG what must we do to rid ourselves of this terrible pollutant?
Ask California... they seem to have done a good job eradicating it from their atmosphere.
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Yikes! I definitely have used this chemical substance to clean a shaving brush before. Is it a total loss or is it salvageable?
If you're going to include prions in the mix, NOTHING ON EARTH is sterilization. Even an autoclave doesn't alter a prion.
I wouldn't (and don't) soak new-to-me old razors in bleach, but if somebody wants to do it, I would caution them not to use more than about 15% bleach in water. That'll kill pretty much anything (prions excepted).
And by the way, nobody has ever contracted a prion disease from a razor.
I didn't sleep at a Holiday Inn last night, but I am an infectious diseases subspecialist in practice for 27 years.
Pleasure to meet you Kingfisher. I would like someday to sit down and chat over a beer or three.
Seems to me any sanitizing routine that kills or washes away common blood-borne pathogens like Hep C, on the off chance that some of it might still be living on the razor, would be enough to protect anyone with a working immune system. I don't think that requires an autoclave, bleach, pressure cookers, or flamethrowers. I could be wrong.
Doc, couldn't we just try pouring some of that dihydrogen monoxide stuff on it. I hear it's pretty strong.
Once we're done with that I have an odd shaped mole I want you to take a look at.
Doc, couldn't we just try pouring some of that dihydrogen monoxide stuff on it. I hear it's pretty strong.
Once we're done with that I have an odd shaped mole I want you to take a look at.
You'll probably die eventually. Every human who has ever lived died after contact.Yikes! I definitely have used this chemical substance to clean a shaving brush before. Is it a total loss or is it salvageable?
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