Walgreens carries Maas and Scrubbing bubbles (get the aerosol kind; I think it works better)
Sallys Beauty Supplies carries barbicide.
Sallys Beauty Supplies carries barbicide.
very nice paul...
I've cleaned hundreds this way so please explain to my way I would stay away from these two items????????????
Word to the wise;
Documented cases on B&B of fellows who boiled their Nickel Plated Razors in CLR or other chemicals and they came out pink.
Don't overkill.
There are people on this board who literally have successfully cleaned hundreds and hundreds of razors. Listen to them, there is no need to re-invent the wheel.
I aquired my razor last year & intended on posting a picture at that time after reading this link/post for help on maintaining it. When it arrived it was already pretty clean, but I wanted to disinfect it. I used some Barbacide my girlfriend had around. It seemed to me that it removed some of the paint from the numbering on the cut adjustment dial, but I admit I may have left in in the Barbacide a little too long. Being a vintage razor it may have just been ready to fleck off anyhow & at least now I felt it was safe to use.
So now, after a year of using it, I noticed it started to become difficult to open & a dirty from use & soap scum. I found myself here again looking for tips on maintaining it & thought I'd share my experiences with cleaning it up.
I looked for Scrubbing bubbles but we were fresh out, so I used Lysol kitchen & bath cleaner because it's what I had around and it worked great. I sprayed it throughly & cleaned it gently using an old toothbrush and about as much pressure as I'd use while brushing my teeth.(I don't know what bristle type, but I don't think it would have mattered). I rinsed it with warm water. Next I sprayed WD40 into the top in the center area where the pin comes up for opening the doors for blade replacement & worked the action back & forth until it was smooth. I also worked the action for the cut adjustment to smooth it up as well. After that I rinsed it again with warm water & did another light cleaning with the Lysol to knock off the residual WD40. I dried it with some old t-shirt material(skivvies actually) at which point it really looked pretty nice. For good measure I lightly polished it with Mothers mag & aluminum polish which added a nice touch to the shine since I was going to photograph it for this post.
I hope this is helpful to others looking to maintain they're vintage razors & happy shaving.