I just acquired another Gillette Slim from my uncle's dad. It's in pretty good shape but it can use some work. Is there any stores or companies that restore these little machines back to new?
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Restoring DE Razors???
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What exactly is wrong with it? If it functions fine, you can clean it up yourself with some cleaner and then polishing it. Let me know.
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There is bronzing on the top besides that its fine. I polished it with a spinning toothbrush and scrubbing bubbles.
As far as the bronzing, your best bet (and it is probably expensive, I don't know for sure) is to get it plated. However, the scrubbing bubbles is good for cleaning it out. I would polish it with some MAAS.
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What is MAAS?
Works wonders.
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Where can I get MAAS from?
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Also, does it take away the bronzing?
You should be able to get MAAS at a Wal Mart, Target, or a grocery store in the cleaning aisles.
I have found MAAS at Home Depot.
Nope - the brassing you see is the loss of the nickel electroplating. The only way to recover that is to replate.
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where can you get a razor nickel electroplated?
Replating is about 15 to 20 bucks I believe. About 2 or 3 times the cost of Maas, so it really isn't all that bad
Contact buddydog or onotoman via PM for replating
I wouldn't use a spinning toothbrush on a razor, especially on the shiny door surfaces. You'll end up adding fine scratches to the surface. The Scrubbing Bubbles are a good cleaner to remove soap scum and other dirt but it's not a polish like Maas. You must also be careful when using Maas so you don't remove the plating. I personally wouldn't replate any of my razors unless it could be used on one of Bob's handles. Even with bronzing I would shave with the razor as is. I have three or four razors in my rotation that have plating loss and it doesn't affect my shaves one bit. My permanent collection is another story.
Len
I get my Maas at Walgreen's.
If you're not in the US ( they all assume we are and have access to MAAS or Flitz
) then you can use Silvo or Goddards Foaming Silver cleaning if that's available to you where you are 
Well it's a bit hard to determine their location when they don't fill in the profile page or tell us otherwise.
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Has anyone replated a razor with buddydog? How did it come out?
