Thread: Disinfecting

Originally Posted by honedright

Just guessing, due to liability probably not. The heat might damage your scales as well.


Scott

You're probably right. How hot do those things get?

James.

You can always get a gallon of Kennelsol, that stuff will kill anything...Some of you may already use it for cleaning pet cages and kennels...Highly diluteable and kill sooo many things including many things one would think would be hard to kill...

Read about it here:

http://www.animal-care.com/product_list.cfm

Originally Posted by Jimbo

You're probably right. How hot do those things get?

James.

Most common is 121°C at 2bar, for 15 minutes. Could be higher temp at higher pressure, but for a shorter time. Or lower temp at lower pressure, for a longer time.
Biggest problem with putting knives in an autoclave is, those things sterilize with "wet heat", as opposed to sterilizing with "dry heat" in a common oven (4 hours at 180°C). It's completely filled with steam when it's operating, which is very hard on high carbon steel (especially because it's at such a high temperature -> faster chemical reaction). Also keep in mind it takes at least an hour to run an autoclave cycle: heating and pressurizing, autoclaving, depressurization. Automated ones could even take longer.

I don't recommend an autoclave or an oven to sterilize razors. Both could be hard on your handle material, and the wet environment could be very hard on your blade.

I bought one of the glass jars (like in a barber shop or salon) that you can mix Barbercide or Marvicide into. I drop the razor in, and let it soak for 10 min. or more. This is in conjunction with any prior cleaning to remove the bulk or heavy stuff first, and before final polishing/honing.

I just picked up a big spray can of clippercide at the beauty supply store. $6, and God only knows how long this much will last me.

I'm more interested in the rust-inhibiting qualities, though.

Well practice due diligence is my watch phrase these days and these forums are like panning- you pick the right stream, and sift through a lot of crud but there be gems there.

I have two of my new to me blades basking in the sun as I thought that was a worthy tip for nuking spores and couldn't see the harm in it.