I got this Gillette NEW LC couple of months ago, and while it came in a shipper and was presented as unused, the looks of it were a bit grungy. I did a perfunctory clean and decided to live with it.
This is how it looked after I gave it a cursory clean...hot water soak, scrubbing bubbles and brushing.
Gillette NEW
Fast forward to a week or so ago when I got my charcoal goods level 2 in bright brass.
Since then I've been researching ways on how to preserve the finish on it. Read about applying acrylic lacquer, renaissance wax etc. But before I did anything to it I wanted to experiment on a guinea pig....the Gillette NEW would be perfect, in case anything went wrong.
So far everything has gone right.
Here are the steps I took to get the NEW to pop.
1. Mixed 4 cups of water with one tablespoon of baking soda and brought to a rolling boil.
Dropped the disassembled NEW in it and boiled for 15 minutes. End result: nothing.
2. Put the razor parts in a plastic container and covered it with acetone (small bottle of nail polish remover). Left it overnight. Next day, spotted loads of detritus floating in the liquid. The flakes of whatever it was looked pretty clear. Emptied the container, rinsed the razor thoroughly. This left a pretty large medium brown stain on the head
3. Hit the razor with scrubbing bubbs and brushed it down.
4. Soaked in hot water till the solution cooled.
5. Used Brasso and cotton pads to polish gently. Lots of elbow grease, slow patient, gentle applications. A lot of black stuff coated the cotton pads....wasn't sure where that came from. Went through at least 25-30 cotton pads.
Next I used microfibre cloth to buff the surfaces. This revealed a whole new razor that I never expected to see.
6. Coated the parts with thin layers of renaissance wax...waited 10 minutes and then buffed vigorously with microfibre.
Very happy with the results: the razor is much more shiny than the pictures represent, I think its because my camera is set on taking low res pics (640X480)
Every bit of it is now gleaming.
This is how it looked after I gave it a cursory clean...hot water soak, scrubbing bubbles and brushing.
Gillette NEW
Fast forward to a week or so ago when I got my charcoal goods level 2 in bright brass.
Since then I've been researching ways on how to preserve the finish on it. Read about applying acrylic lacquer, renaissance wax etc. But before I did anything to it I wanted to experiment on a guinea pig....the Gillette NEW would be perfect, in case anything went wrong.
So far everything has gone right.
Here are the steps I took to get the NEW to pop.
1. Mixed 4 cups of water with one tablespoon of baking soda and brought to a rolling boil.
Dropped the disassembled NEW in it and boiled for 15 minutes. End result: nothing.
2. Put the razor parts in a plastic container and covered it with acetone (small bottle of nail polish remover). Left it overnight. Next day, spotted loads of detritus floating in the liquid. The flakes of whatever it was looked pretty clear. Emptied the container, rinsed the razor thoroughly. This left a pretty large medium brown stain on the head
3. Hit the razor with scrubbing bubbs and brushed it down.
4. Soaked in hot water till the solution cooled.
5. Used Brasso and cotton pads to polish gently. Lots of elbow grease, slow patient, gentle applications. A lot of black stuff coated the cotton pads....wasn't sure where that came from. Went through at least 25-30 cotton pads.
Next I used microfibre cloth to buff the surfaces. This revealed a whole new razor that I never expected to see.
6. Coated the parts with thin layers of renaissance wax...waited 10 minutes and then buffed vigorously with microfibre.
Very happy with the results: the razor is much more shiny than the pictures represent, I think its because my camera is set on taking low res pics (640X480)
Every bit of it is now gleaming.
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