Thread: Restoring saftey razors

I'm started collecting saftey razors, I am comfortable with them, and they give a great shave with a feel of the past. I find them all the time for 5.00 or less at garage sales and flea markets. I would like to make them look like new again, I have 7 right now after 2 weeks of collecting. I want to make them really shine like new, I don't mind investing in some equipment and supplies. What would I need to get set up nicely. I also want to get a set up for honing straight razors in the near future. These saftey razors aren't worth enough to have plated in most cases from what I have seen, unless it was your dads or something. So I guess high polish and cleaning is what I'm looking to do.

If you have any that need replacing (gold, silver, sodium) I suggest www.razorplate.com
Chris will treat you right with excellent interaction and impeccable work.
If you wish to tackle the basics. A grinder with buffing wheels, polishing compounds, possible an ultrasonic cleaner, and basic tools. Along with brushes and steelwool.

Well,
A big order you give us:
Start with looking at these hints and stuff:

Many articles here!
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Any light polishing compound will do.
Toothpaste and a toothbrush work well. A cut down 1" paaint brush to ½" of bristle is good.Car rubbing compound and most other light abrasives work.
Vinegar removes soap scum
Ted Pella and Razorblades and More are fair priced places to buy blades.

Get some kind of a no-spillage razor blade bank to put the blades from them into, save a lot of cuts when done immediately after returning home.
~Richard

Moved to the 'razors' forum, with a 24 hour redirect from brushmaker's alcove.

Buy a few cheap and nasty, almost beyond repair razors to practice on. It then won't matter if you ruin them. You can try different techniques and find what works for you. You can also practice removing scales without scratching or wrecking them. You can then practice repinning. Enjoy yourself. We look forward to some before and after photos.