Just curious, do you guys who oil your razors feel the need to wipe them with Isopropyl Alcohol proir to stropping?
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Just curious, do you guys who oil your razors feel the need to wipe them with Isopropyl Alcohol proir to stropping?
Nope, I just wipe them off with papertissue.
Depending on what oil was used on the blade, alcohol may not be the proper solvent; it may just work to help smear things around. So I agree on the dry paper/cloth wipe.
I use WD-40 on my blades, all I do is wipe it off on the towel, and run the edge under hot water then shave... :D
I use camellia oil. I wipe the blade with tissue run it under hot water for a few seconds and wipe a second time with a towel.
Then the strop and the shave.
-Rob
I begin to worry when people essentially agree with me.
:hmmm:
My dear Bruce:
This is not your day. I, too, agree with you.
I wipe off the camellia oil from the blade with a Kleenex tissue and then strop.
Regards,
Obie
I use Mineral Oil and just wipe it off with toilet paper then strop away no issues at all. Just be easy when wiping near the edge of the blade.
Most of the time, I rub some oil off the blade with my fingers, then rub the fingers on the back of my other hand, and repeat as needed :D. The oil on my hands will wash off during the shave anyway. Sometimes I wash the oil off the blade with some hand soap, but I am not sure if this is necessary.
Generally just wiping with soft paper towel works for me pre stropping but I'm a bit more OCD about not getting oil on my hones than my strop.