Thread: Barbecide

1. How does this stuff react to carbon steel?

2. Would you just dip the blade in there, or keep it submerged for a prolonged period?

3. Besides online, are there any major retailers that sell it (and their containers)?

1. Works fine with it. I use it to disinfect any razor I've got

2. The bottle advises you keep it submerged for 10 minutes. I'll leave it in there for at least that long and have left a few razors in for hours at a time. No harm noticed in leaving them in for that long (though I wouldn't leave them in for a day or more)

3. Sally's Beauty Supply carries both Barbicide and their container. You could also try the yellowpages for a barber supply shop in your area. They may or may not carry it.

Can anyone tell me where I can buy the barbicide online? I am just getting into straight and I know I will be buying some here and there and I would like some barbicide for regular use anyways. Thanks

This is copied from a previous post of mine:

I think doc mentioned "Clippersol" in some previous thread as it being what he used on his razors. I also asked my barber on my last visit, and he mentioned something else had replaced "Clippersol". So I went down to the local "Sally Beauty Supply" store (we have them in spades here in the South!) and asked about what could be used. I was shown "Cool Care Plus."

Granted, this stuff is really made for clippers, but what it does sounds good:

# Five-in-One formula is a coolant, disinfectant, lubricant, cleaner, and rust preventative
...
# The disinfectant is a virucide, fungicide, batericide and tuberculocide

We don't need the coolant, but the rest sound ok... I purchased one can, and have been using it since. After I rinse my razor with warm water, I'll pat it dry with my towel (including the scales) and then I'll hold the razor over the sink as I spray both sides. It takes a bit to dry - but I leave the razor on my mug for that. In about five minutes I take the razor and put it back in the display case (that's for another story!) I wouldn't say that they razor is display pretty, but the stuff washes off by simply rinsing in warm water.

http://www.sallybeauty.com/on/demand...pid=SBS-395750

Originally Posted by Marine2005

Can anyone tell me where I can buy the barbicide online? I am just getting into straight and I know I will be buying some here and there and I would like some barbicide for regular use anyways. Thanks

Ebay is always a good choice, otherwise I just did a search for it on yahoo. Amazon has some good deals as well!

Originally Posted by Marine2005

Can anyone tell me where I can buy the barbicide online? I am just getting into straight and I know I will be buying some here and there and I would like some barbicide for regular use anyways. Thanks

If you do a net search for barber supplies you'll get a wealth of shops with Barbicide.
I forget the names off the top o the head

Barbicide is a disinfectant for razors, shears, combs, etc. that has been used in professional barber and beauty shops for many years. Barbicide is meant to be diluted by mixing it with water, the problem with this water mix is that it will rust your razor, shears, if they are immersed in it for any length of time.

If you want to use something to disinfect your razors and not cause rust, a better choice is a product called H-42 Virucidal Anti-Bacterial H-42 Clean Clippers H-42 is what I use now in my barber shop and also for my personal razor collection. It will not rust your razors because it has an oil like base to it. I coat the blades of my personal razors between shaves with H-42 that I use in my rotation. Also H-42 has not seemed to harm the scales on my razor collection.