is it readily available at Walgreens or Target? Or do I have to get it at a specialty store?
where can I purchase Barbicide?
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Sally's Beauty Supply sells either Barbicide or Marvicide, depending on the franchise.
Sally's Beauty Supply. There are several locations all over town. I see 10 in the Mpls phone book. Probably more in St. Paul.
Bought mine at sally beauty as well. Can be had at Amazon and many other Beauty Supply Stores...
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thanks everyone. found one that's pretty close to my house.
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Is there any advantage to using it (as opposed to alcohol)?
Yeah, like the others, I just got mine at Sally Beauty Supply last week. I have it easy, since there is one literally 2 blocks from where I live.
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I'm currentl soaking my Fatboy in some Barbicide stew per the directions (2oz of Barbicide per 32 oz of water). it almost seems wasteful for 1 razor. is there any reason I can't cut it down to 1oz per 16oz of water?
SBS also sells the neat barber shop razor/comb holders...but I can't seem to find the small ones easily otherwise I would jump on it!
bleach is cheaper and basically will do same thing with a 9/1.......if its recommended by a dialysis nurse good enough for my razors
You certainly can do 1 oz for 16oz of water. You can mix it with any amount of water that you like. Just keep the proportions the same.
If you want to be really frugal, you could store the pre-mixed batch for later use. Since nothing will grow in Barbicide, it should be perfectly fine to simply store it in an airtight container.
There's a beauty supply place by my house that sells them, but you can find them on line too. Here's the smallest that I found:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0EVYX6V68NC1S7YSCQCT
I think scrubbing bubbles will work and cleans the razor also.
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I was wondering about storage. I wound up dumping what I had down the drain once I was done. do you guys store and re-use the batches you've made or does it get dumped?
Since I foolishly bought a half gallon because it was on sale..... I picked up a used barber dunk jar. I keep it on my bathroom counter and dump out each batch once a week. I do a 5-10 minute soak on all my metal stuff (razors, scissors, tweezers and clippers) after use. Things seem fine, and I think it would be a waste creating a new batch every day.
I got it at a local beauty supply shop.
Nice. Is that little one large enough to hold a razor head down?
I was wondering the same thing. I didnt want to leap on a barber shop "dunk jar" unless you kept the stuff in at least weekly.
Seems like a waste otherwise and I can't imagine it goes bad so quickly!
But such a quick dip...is that all thats required? So you keep it empty the majority of the day?
