When replating is out of the budget and you just have to have a firm grip when wet.
Plasti Dip
This stuff should be used in a well ventilated area.
It will peal off if you have second thoughts after it dries. Eventually it shrinks enough and cures tight enough that you can see and feel the knurling through it. After a week though it doesn't feel like it would peel off very easy.
Each of these razors needed a little something. The Slim was a little brassy on the handle, the Senator was well worn, and the ball end needed to be glued back together to keep its head and bottom on.
One of these, the Senator, I used spray on Plasti-Dip. The others were dipped. I think the dip looks better as it dries with a little bit of gloss. I used teflon tape to mask off the knob and finial and removed it while the spray was still wet.
This stuff is cool. It comes in other colors too. It is not perfect though. It bubbles a bit when drying. It also has a bit of sand sized bits of rubbery stuff in it that turns white with wear. All in all I like it very much though.
I had to slice the dip when dry around the knob of the Slim so it would work properly. I overdipped the Slim a little onto the adjuster knob and sliced off the excess when dry. It peeled off like a rubber band no problem.
The ball end Old Type had a cracked handle and was filled with solder strips prior to being dipped. It has three or four coats of dip on it. A day of drying between each coat. (a tip: I used a golf tee poked through a paint stirrer to dip the handle)
The giant handle I made out of a wood dowel. I drilled it hollow and used a piece of threaded rod with bolts to weigh and balance the handle. The knob is a drawer pull from the hardware store. The finial is from a spare split ball end handle. It's pretty long, but being made of mostly wood, its not too clumsy.
The other odd looking razor with the short comb 'new' head was a stainless steel bolt that has been tapped, trimmed, and had its threads cut off on a lathe. It was not knurled, and really slippery before I dipped it.
Plasti Dip
This stuff should be used in a well ventilated area.
It will peal off if you have second thoughts after it dries. Eventually it shrinks enough and cures tight enough that you can see and feel the knurling through it. After a week though it doesn't feel like it would peel off very easy.
Each of these razors needed a little something. The Slim was a little brassy on the handle, the Senator was well worn, and the ball end needed to be glued back together to keep its head and bottom on.
One of these, the Senator, I used spray on Plasti-Dip. The others were dipped. I think the dip looks better as it dries with a little bit of gloss. I used teflon tape to mask off the knob and finial and removed it while the spray was still wet.
This stuff is cool. It comes in other colors too. It is not perfect though. It bubbles a bit when drying. It also has a bit of sand sized bits of rubbery stuff in it that turns white with wear. All in all I like it very much though.
I had to slice the dip when dry around the knob of the Slim so it would work properly. I overdipped the Slim a little onto the adjuster knob and sliced off the excess when dry. It peeled off like a rubber band no problem.
The ball end Old Type had a cracked handle and was filled with solder strips prior to being dipped. It has three or four coats of dip on it. A day of drying between each coat. (a tip: I used a golf tee poked through a paint stirrer to dip the handle)
The giant handle I made out of a wood dowel. I drilled it hollow and used a piece of threaded rod with bolts to weigh and balance the handle. The knob is a drawer pull from the hardware store. The finial is from a spare split ball end handle. It's pretty long, but being made of mostly wood, its not too clumsy.
The other odd looking razor with the short comb 'new' head was a stainless steel bolt that has been tapped, trimmed, and had its threads cut off on a lathe. It was not knurled, and really slippery before I dipped it.
