Thread: Use a rice bag to dry your razor after you shave?

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.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Basmati or regular White rice??

Minute Rice, Fried Rice, or Ricearoni?

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???(;-)