Thread: Do you store your razors with a pack of silica/dessicant gel?

Mine(two only)are kept resting on top of a microfiber towel,blades oiled with Camellia oil and kept in the drawer of my shaving stand in the bathroom along with a desiccant packet.I also live in Colorado which is a dry state to begin with.It all works out pretty well for me. I hone when needed and strop before and after. I didn't know the packets were short lived though.Would something like a home made bean bag with dried beans or maybe even wheat grains work as a ahem......greener alternative I wonder ??

you can buy these on ebay in clear bags and the colour changes as they absorb water, they can then also be dried out in a oven and reused

I've thought about it but ultimately I'm a lazy ass shaver. I put the ones I'm not using in their boxes near the bathroom and the one I am using in the bathroom without oil or silica. Also I often forget to even dry them. Can't say it's good for them but it's nothing a good stropping hasn't fixed.

I know it's my OCD kicking in, but I do both a coating of mineral oil and silica gel. I buy the packets that have the orange dye in them (from here). Once the orange turns green (indicating it is saturated with moisture), I change the packet where I store them. I do this for the razors I don't use in regular rotation or for longer term (1 month+) storage.

I recycle these too...cut them out of the packet and heat them (turns orange again) and reuse.

Whew, thought I was the only one this obsessive.

I too recycle the little desiccant packets. While the straights get a tiny coating of oil on the edge, this isn't very practical for the DE's.

After shaving with a DE, I drizzle 91% IPA (hyrophobic) over the whole head of the razor and store it a drawer, out of the bathroom, with several desiccant packets. This is so easy and stretches the life of the blades, at least, a couple of shaves. Like from 4 to 6 or 7.

Originally Posted by Nightblade

Mine(two only)are kept resting on top of a microfiber towel,blades oiled with Camellia oil and kept in the drawer of my shaving stand in the bathroom along with a desiccant packet.I also live in Colorado which is a dry state to begin with.It all works out pretty well for me. I hone when needed and strop before and after. I didn't know the packets were short lived though.Would something like a home made bean bag with dried beans or maybe even wheat grains work as a ahem......greener alternative I wonder ??

Remember your grandmother put a few grains of rice in the salt shaker to keep it from clumping up in the summer humidity? It worked, didn't it? I'll have to look into this.

Interesting thought, Nightblade. Thanks.

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

I know it's my OCD kicking in, but I do both a coating of mineral oil and silica gel. I buy the packets that have the orange dye in them (from here). Once the orange turns green (indicating it is saturated with moisture), I change the packet where I store them. I do this for the razors I don't use in regular rotation or for longer term (1 month+) storage.

I recycle these too...cut them out of the packet and heat them (turns orange again) and reuse.

Damn it, why do I have to be color blind?

[QUOTE=Frankenstein;705510]I've thought about it but ultimately I'm a lazy ass shaver. QUOTE]

Hmm....lazy or not, I've never even thought of shaving there.

i store my small collection of razors in an old-fashioned tin lined with silica gel packs. seems to work well.

I recommend using ones recovered from packages of jerky. They keep the razors dry and rust free, plus give them that nice beefy aroma.

+1 for TufGlide. First heard of it from Doc some time ago and have been using it since. Zero corrosion/rust problems now.