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You are making me feel like I should autoclave a BusBoy somewhere!
With some of the Busboys I've seen, autoclaving would be the only true fix.
This is one reason I always wear clean underwear. The other reason is my mommy told me too.
Funny thing is, I'd already soaked the razor in some Barbicide. That didn't remove the gunk (though, again, that wasn't the intended purpose of the Barbicide soak). I admit I may have gone overboard with my sterilization methods, but that led to the happy accident of removing the gunk that had accumulated in the razor and was preventing the knob from twisting freely.
(Though, I do wonder if an ultrasonic cleaner may have removed any of the gunk without boiling water.) Of course, this would be premised on the idea of the gunk removal being the reason behind the boiling water soak, and not sterilization per se. That said, shouldn't sterilization also encompass gunk removal?It's like I always say, when asked, a little pee in the pool never hurt anyone.
Removing bioburden is indeed one of the key processes in sterilization, and one of the most frequent points of failure in the process - the reason you can't effectively sterilize something with a small lumen (hole), like a needle. An ultrasonic works well usually, but not possible on some instruments that can't be "shook, rattled and rolled" because parts might fall off or loosen. An adjustable razor might fall into that category if you intended to sterilize it. Pouring boiling water over a solid metal razor might accomplish that as someone suggested, without actually having the razor touch the (much higher heat) base, but the sharp temperature change can also warp metal, even fairly thick metal. Soaking in an organic solvent like acetone or alcohol (maybe with an ultrasonic cleaner), then cold sanitization with something like Barbicide might be preferred if you really had a contaminated (or suspected) razor.Funny thing is, I'd already soaked the razor in some Barbicide. That didn't remove the gunk (though, again, that wasn't the intended purpose of the Barbicide soak). I admit I may have gone overboard with my sterilization methods, but that led to the happy accident of removing the gunk that had accumulated in the razor and was preventing the knob from twisting freely.
I'd be willing to bet that the razor had been cleaned with soap and water during its lifetime of use before I got it. Yet, those cleanings didn't remove the gunk in the razor. Neither did a Barbicide bath (for the prescribed period of time per Barbicide's instructions). I'd also bet that an alcohol bath wouldn't have done it, either.
In this case, based on your least invasive method philosophy, it would seem that a boiling water soak was actually the least invasive method.
And really, you can't spell "pool" without a little "pee".... I mean, a lower case p.
But what if I found out I was a girl, as my siblings always said? Nope. I'ma gonna have to pass.
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You have DEFINITELY one of the best profile pics of all time my friend.I Love B&B. Where is that popcorn-eating emoji....?.......
I'm an info junkie, it has its good and bad points.
Je parle un peu de Francais, mais je suis tres horrible. Something like that. I suck at it. I could maybe get a few key phrases out, and if I brushed up, maybe a bit of intelligible paragraphs. Basically, I can't write it well at all, slaughter it completely when I speak, but, I can actually understand more for reading. I liked reading the dictionary as a kid. I know enough about word roots, Latin, English, etc that I can mostly parse out meaning if its general language, not a specialized topic.
I'm from Michigan, so English is a second language.
I forgot to mention in my previous post, that being Canadian, reading French, I have a bit of an advantage, as almost everything has bilingual messaging. I'll read whatever is handy if I'm bored. Sitting at the table eating cereal as a kid, I turn the box to the French side and try to understand it.
I think the point was to start with least invasive, and if that doesn't work, try more methods... which is more or less what you did anyway. I don't know anything about Barbicide, or even an alcohol bath. Yes, gunk removal first, and then if someone really felt it necessary, sterilization. I guess my step before boiling water, would just be soaking in hot tap water with detergent, along with some swishing and toothbrush cleaning along the way. Also, as someone pointed out, the base of pot will be hotter than the water, so if boiling, some kind of strainer situation might be better... but, I'm still on the 'hot tap water' side of the fence. I'm no expert, most of what I know, the vast majority in fact, is what I've learned here. The ultrasonic cleaner sounds like an interesting idea, I have one and it works well on a lot of things. I'd want to have someone with a lot of experience cleaning razors let me know what they think, before I'd use it on a razor though. Now that I know a place that does professional cleaning, polishing, and adjustment, if it was a razor I liked and intended to keep, I'd probably just do that.Funny thing is, I'd already soaked the razor in some Barbicide. That didn't remove the gunk (though, again, that wasn't the intended purpose of the Barbicide soak). I admit I may have gone overboard with my sterilization methods, but that led to the happy accident of removing the gunk that had accumulated in the razor and was preventing the knob from twisting freely.
I'd be willing to bet that the razor had been cleaned with soap and water during its lifetime of use before I got it. Yet, those cleanings didn't remove the gunk in the razor. Neither did a Barbicide bath (for the prescribed period of time per Barbicide's instructions). I'd also bet that an alcohol bath wouldn't have done it, either.
In this case, based on your least invasive method philosophy, it would seem that a boiling water soak was actually the least invasive method.
In my case, it was just pure dumb luck that I managed to remove the gunk in the razor by a boiling water soak. It just proves the adage that even a blind squirrel can find a nut!
For wel he wiste a womman hath no berd.....In my case, it was just pure dumb luck that I managed to remove the gunk in the razor by a boiling water soak. It just proves the adage that even a blind squirrel can find a nut!
