Hey guys,
Something came over me and I went nuts and bought 4 razors off ebay. They all came in today and 2 of them were completely rusty and had green stuff all over them. Then there was one that had calcium deposits and a little bit green and then the 4th one was pretty clean.
I know one of them is a Gillette F3 from 1960 but I am not sure about the other 3. If anyone knows how I can identify them that would be great. 2 of them are 1-9 adjustables and then 1 of them has red at the end of the handle. I would love to learn how to identify them.
Anyways I started with one of the 1-9 adjustable ones that was really rusty/green and not shiny at all.
- I took an old pan that no one uses anymore and boiled water and put the razor in boiling water so it was submerged. Some nasty brown and oily stuff started swirling on the top so I dumped that water and with the razor in the pan I filled it with water and boiled it for about 5-10 minutes. then added some vinegar and boiled it some more (I just wanted to try that, it stank really bad).
- Then I emptied out that water and then filled the pan up with water again and this time added some CLR to it and let it boil for a few minutes and then scrubbed the razor in that water. That cleaned it up a lot but the parts that were green are now slightly metallic pinkish.
- Then I repeated the procedure on the not that nasty razor but this time without the vinegar (the smell was horrible) and it cleaned it up really nice.
- Next on to the worst ones (with a red tip on the handle and no adjustable stuff) and repeated the same procedure on it but after a lot of cleaning there was still some rust and green so it is soaking in that CLR water solution overnight.
The other two are soaking in Lysol overnight.
I hope I did not ruin anything. I am keeping the F3 one seperate because it is not that dirty and if my experimentation screws up I would still have one left. Anyways what are your suggestions??? Did I screw up or am I on the right track? Should I also soak them alcohol? What about lubricating it so all the moving parts are still moving?
Thanks.
Something came over me and I went nuts and bought 4 razors off ebay. They all came in today and 2 of them were completely rusty and had green stuff all over them. Then there was one that had calcium deposits and a little bit green and then the 4th one was pretty clean.
I know one of them is a Gillette F3 from 1960 but I am not sure about the other 3. If anyone knows how I can identify them that would be great. 2 of them are 1-9 adjustables and then 1 of them has red at the end of the handle. I would love to learn how to identify them.
Anyways I started with one of the 1-9 adjustable ones that was really rusty/green and not shiny at all.
- I took an old pan that no one uses anymore and boiled water and put the razor in boiling water so it was submerged. Some nasty brown and oily stuff started swirling on the top so I dumped that water and with the razor in the pan I filled it with water and boiled it for about 5-10 minutes. then added some vinegar and boiled it some more (I just wanted to try that, it stank really bad).
- Then I emptied out that water and then filled the pan up with water again and this time added some CLR to it and let it boil for a few minutes and then scrubbed the razor in that water. That cleaned it up a lot but the parts that were green are now slightly metallic pinkish.
- Then I repeated the procedure on the not that nasty razor but this time without the vinegar (the smell was horrible) and it cleaned it up really nice.
- Next on to the worst ones (with a red tip on the handle and no adjustable stuff) and repeated the same procedure on it but after a lot of cleaning there was still some rust and green so it is soaking in that CLR water solution overnight.
The other two are soaking in Lysol overnight.
I hope I did not ruin anything. I am keeping the F3 one seperate because it is not that dirty and if my experimentation screws up I would still have one left. Anyways what are your suggestions??? Did I screw up or am I on the right track? Should I also soak them alcohol? What about lubricating it so all the moving parts are still moving?
Thanks.