Gillette Double Razor Restoration

[shamus]

I just picked up a nice used Gillette Safety Razor that's adjustable.

Is there a site that shows how to restore or maintain it? And whats the best way to sanitize it?

 

[scotrace]

Dishwasher? Everything comes out sanitized.

Restoration? What's it got? Bent? Rusty?

 

[Katt in Hat]

Easy as pie.

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And whats the best way to sanitize it?

Immerse in closed container of rubbing alcohol or vodka. You don't want the alcohol to evaporate...

Shake dry after use. Do not wipe blade edge. eBay has a seller of blades from Israel @ $20/100 or so for them with shipping. Good value...They work fine.
http://cgi.ebay.com/AWESOME-SUPER-1...670236794QQcategoryZ31764QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I still have an adjustable Gillette that's 25+ years old. Just DON'T DROP IT!!! :drum:

 

[shamus]

Thanks for the advice....

Since it's the adjustable one, I wanted to lube it to make sure everything works fine, especially after I wash/alcohol it.

It's not rusty or bent.

I like to tinker and thought maybe I should take it apart to make sure it's all in good working order.

On a side note, I just picked up an old Oster hand operated clipper. Works great!

 

[Nathan Flowers]

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I boil mine in water for around 5 minutes. Rolling boil.

Then, I take something like Zud cleaner, and scrub it into the razor with a toothbrush. After it's squeaky clean, boil it again. When that's done, give it a good polishing, and give it a quick dip in pure mineral oil to keep it lubricated.

 

[John in Covina]

I boil mine in water for around 5 minutes. Rolling boil.

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Don't boil if it has any plastic parts!!!!!!!!!!

Warm water, dawn dishwashing liquid, soak, rinse, Simple Green soak and rinse, then soak in rubbing alcohol!

On www.classicshaving.com they have Merkur blades and Feather blades. Some people think the Feather blades are too sharp for comfort.

If you look around you can find top notch deals on the blades.

MOST IMPORTANT! Dump the aeresol shave cream, get a mug, real shave soap and a badger brush the DOES NOT have a wooden handle. If you want you can get shave cream in TUBES or tubs, but you want to "wet shave" to do it right.

Also do a two way pass for most of your beard: either up and down or With and against the grain and on the tough neck sections add a third pass across the grain. Relather between passes.

 

[Katt in Hat]

Working Link

http://www.classicshaving.com/Home.html

 

[scotrace]

Don't forget the Paladin Method.

The Paladin Method

 

[Nathan Flowers]

Yeah, I was assuming that it was one of the old all steel gillettes. Don't boil a plastic razor.

 

[John in Covina]

http://www.methodshaving.com/