Hey all Drew here. So I'm not sure if anyone has asked this or brought it up but what are your thoughts of putting your plade in a rice bag for a few hours to dry before you put it away for the night.
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Hey all Drew here. So I'm not sure if anyone has asked this or brought it up but what are your thoughts of putting your plade in a rice bag for a few hours to dry before you put it away for the night.
A razor open in a bag of rice? No thanks.
Basmati or regular White rice??
So I suppose the theory is that the rice will draw the water from the blade. But why bother? Why would you need to put it in rice to dry it properly? It sounds like overkill to me and more likely to result in damage to the blade edge. If you are living in a humid climate and are worried about the humidity rusting the blade a water dispersant would seem to be a better idea for a razor. A product such as WD-40 or Tuf Glide for example. Both of those are fluids so no chance to damage the blade.
I use a roll top desk to store my razors in. I have my brushes in there as well. I put a sandwich bag full of [white] rice in there to act as a moisture absorber. I think someone on the board posted about that trick. It has served me well for a few years now...but, I wouldn't consider storing my razor in the bag.
Minute Rice, Fried Rice, or Ricearoni?Quote:
Originally Posted by pixelfixed
Seriously, BobAllman stores his razors in drawers with a layer of rice and perforated shelf liner on top of the rice. Razors on top of the liner. He swears by it.
I think it's a good idea to store razors with a desiccant nearby. I use silica. Rice may also work. Either way I would keep it separate from the razor.
Michael
I've used rice as a dessicant to draw moisture from a mobile phone. But I wouldn't like to put even a closed razor into a bag/jar of rice, because the grains may be small enough to contact the edge, and the rice "dust" might get into the pivot.
I have recently begun to store my active razors in a toothbrush holder, under a glass dome, with rice in the toothbrush holder's base as a dessicant. I'll probably switch to packets of silica gel as they fall into my hands. I'd love to hear from anyone with evidence-based data on how well my rice-under-dome approach might or mightn't be working.
Rice dust in the pivot would be a very bad thing:)
Aren't you all forgetting the glass pyramid and magnets???(;-)
I think this idea is interesting and would like to try it some day. Some think the rice might damage the edge or dust to get into the pivot but I think there is ways around all problems. You can have the rice and razors separated by something to save the razor from damage (if that risk even exists with careful handling). It doesn't necessarily have to be rice, maybe some other sort of moisture absorbent. Whichever is the best solution I find the thought interesting.
Properly dried blade, between the scales, make sure pivot is dry, and then into a nifty razor sock, stored pivot down of course:
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I have plenty of rice but it never makes it out of the kitchen. For the razors, I used camellia oil for those that are being used daily/weekly and Tuf-Glide for those not being used. No issues during the last 6 years here in the often moist Pacific Northwest.
This! I got the idea to buy these from Phrank and my in use razors for the week are stored as described. Two more in the mail to me right now. Thanks Phrank!Quote:
Originally Posted by Phrank
That's pretty slick. Did you make it?
I keep my best blades oiled and wrapped in wax paper stored in a cabinet. Also in the cabinet is a good handful of rice wrapped and tied in cheesecloth as a dessicant. The rice bag does not contact any of the razors. Never had a spot of corrosion in this cabinet.
You can buy them online at Mens Essentials, they are silicone straight razor socks, many here also just use the very similar gun sleeves, but I find they are great for storage.Quote:
Originally Posted by sullivan34
Here's the Canadian site and description:
Grooming, Shaving, Skin Care, Lifestyle - MenEssentials
DETAILS
This is an effective anti-rust solution for a lifetime; it is not merely a barrier prohibiting entry of moisture, but rather a tool which continually draws moisture from the inside to the outside; think of it as creating a reduced-humidity 'fog' within and beyond the razor, and the more arid the environment in which the razor's stored the bigger the foggy area. Simply store the straight razor inside and leave in the open so that the moisture wicked away from the interior to the exterior can evaporate.
Made for decades by hand in the USA by various American firms for the firearms industry (known as "gun sleeves", "silicone cloths", etc. etc.), these particular oil-and-silicone-treated-cotton sleeves are from 100% USA materials/labor and make oiling steel within potentially irrelevant. The makers say to not oil the steel for any razor stored inside the sleeve, for this can seal moisture under a film of oil (they've also decreed that if one insists on using both sleeve and oil, use a product which allows evaporation-by name they recommended Ballistol).
