NYLON WASHER

[Old Navy_1]

Okay, I "drank the Kool-Aid" and bought 20 nylon washers for my GC 84-P and Lupo .95, expecting I'd lose at least a few. So far, I haven't lost the first two I installed. I've come close to losing a washer, but I always seem to find it just as I'm getting ready to give up on it. LMAO!

Anybody else had this experience? Of course, now I've said it, I lose 5 in-a-row.

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[StewB]

I also use those on my 3-piece razors. I store them in one of those little round soap sampler containers and haven't lost any yet.

 

[DesertIguana]

I have Ace & True Value they sell washer, only need one, they just say take it

 

[Lockback]

I want these for my 3-piece razors.
Can anyone give me the size?

 

[DesertIguana]

I want these for my 3-piece razors.
Can anyone give me the size?

Don’t know size but Timeless sells.

Link revealed size.

WASHERS: 5 PACK DELRIN Washers

WASHERS: DELRIN Washers for the base platesFits between the handle and base plate to help prevent scratches. Also serves as a spacer for thin base plates incase you have a handle that is not tapped deep enough to fit snug.Yes: fits most other handles and capsNo: We won't make you a custom one...

timelessrazor.com

 

[StewB]

Here's what I bought, FWIW:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081MVCG9D

 

[deafficianado]

I want these for my 3-piece razors.
Can anyone give me the size?

M5

 

[Lockback]

M5

And I thank you.

 

[Jay21]

You can buy 100 for $7.00 on fleabay.

 

[Phoenixkh]

You can buy 100 for $7.00 on fleabay.

That's what I did.... I hope I never come close to using or losing 100 M5 nylon washers but the price was right.

 

[Eshebert]

IMO there are two considerations that I think influence this. 1) Hard water makes it more difficult to make good lather. 2) Poor technique leads to irritation. I have only been using DE razors for about 6 months, but I found that Shave Secret oil* can be helpful to improve the shave in case of subpar lather and/or poor technique.

*Granted, Shave Secret isn't necessarily marketed as pre-shave oil, but it's the only shave oil I have tried, and I found it helpful.

Here's what I bought, FWIW:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081MVCG9D

What size did you buy?

 

[Bobovata]

Definitely a fan of a soft washer twixt handle and head. Not only prevents wear on meta-metal mating surfaces, but also compensates for any imperfection/mismatch in the mating surfaces, and allows more adjustment in how tight you screw the whole assembly down without it becoming loose.

That last benefit is quite useful for some heads, like the Yaqi Tile, which has very little between loose and firmly locked down.

Got fifty 10 x 1mm M5 nylon washers off eBay for a few bucks. (There is also a 8 x 0.8 M5 option too, which might suit some head-handle combos better.)

Lost one down the drain early on. More careful about where I dismantle the razor now.

No doubt a soft washer will itself wear over time. But far rather replace them than handles and heads.

 

[StewB]

What size did you buy?

0.4"x 0.2"x 0.04"

 

[Old Hippie]

I buy a few #10 washers when I run low. I tend to lose them down the drain when I forget to be careful taking the razor apart.

The odd thing where I live (in a metric country) is that sometimes the M5 size doesn't fit but the #10 which is basically the same thing, will fit. If I buy ones that don't fit I simply ream them out with a drill bit.

O.H.

 

[Star_Wahl_Clipper_Treker]

Like Morpheus in the Matrix, who was a believer in The One. I am a believer in the Nylon washer. May one apply the magical Nylon washer apparatus to protect thy razor, in all your adventures. May it strengthen your resolve, as you battle it out, against the army of whisker insurgence, to bring fourth the weight reduction, and to apply that much anticipated BBS!

 

[Mr. Shavington]

A plastic washer is as important as a blade, to me. I have a bunch of white ones and black ones. Different colours suit different razors. Also the black ones are harder to lose sight of on a light countertop.

 

[dotKomo]

Mine seem to be attracted to the bathroom sink drain.

That said, I use them on all my three-piece razors. I just try to be careful when I disassemble the razor as they tend to get stuck to the handle.

 

[Dave himself]

I've used washers on all my three pieced razors for well over a year now. I originally saw Kevy Shaves on YouTube using them and thought it was a good idea.

 

[Wombat ESQ]

As mine dont get wet, i use the cardboard reinforcing eyelets off old cardboard tags. I'm fussy i like un-scratched base plates. or simply punch washers out of icecream lids, bread bag tags or any other recycled material of choice.

 

[Old Navy_1]

LMAO! I didn't drop the Delrin washer down the sink, but I did drop the Baseplate of my Lupo .95 SB down the drain yesterday. Had to disassemble the "P-Trap" to fish it out. I got an old razor blade out, too.

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