Thread: Dry razor storage

Originally Posted by RollinCoal69

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You got all this at wally world?

The jar and toothbrush holder came from Wally World; the DriBox came direct from the manufacturer.

If you can find packs of military desiccant, they can dried in the oven for reuse. Most of mine are about 4x6 in size. I use them in my safe and in ammo cans with my primers.

As far as I know, any blue desiccant that turns pink when used can be dried in the oven, at which point it will return to blue and be re-used.

Originally Posted by Utopian

As far as I know, any blue desiccant that turns pink when used can be dried in the oven, at which point it will return to blue and be re-used.

Blue/pink indicating silica gel is the type I'm most familiar with, and it can typically be regenerated.

Originally Posted by Dzanda

This was inspired by a similar, Ball jar gizmo I saw here on SRP.

I spotted this nice, shatterproof, bail-top jar and metal toothbrush holder at the local Wal-Mart; $8.47 & $8.68, respectively. The blue thing at the bottom is called a DriBox, and is a rechargeable desiccant that is overkill in this application (it's capable of drying MUCH larger containers, but I couldn't find anything else that is so convenient). The DriBox is $7.95 from the manufacturer, but they'll charge that much again for P&H.

Looks like the rig should work well in my humid bathroom as is, but a few tweaks may be in order. What do you think?

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That's interesting. I have one of those containers that I used for artificial sweetner. I got it at Wal-Mart.

The question I'd have is, will the razor truly dry in that air tight environment? I towel dry and strop after shaving, but I leave it in the open air to finish drying if I missed a spot.

Originally Posted by CaliforniaCajun

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The question I'd have is, will the razor truly dry in that air tight environment? I towel dry and strop after shaving, but I leave it in the open air to finish drying if I missed a spot.

I'm not using the container to dry my razors!! I use the jar to KEEP them dry in my damp bathroom. I still dry them after I shave, including a wipe between the scales and a good stropping.

Although I'm pretty certain that the desiccant is capable of sucking up the moisture on a wet razor, I don't think that I'd trust it to do it quickly enough to prevent spots, etc..