Attempted cleaning of a carbon steel Dovo straight razor. Help needed please!

[trickrais]

Hey everyone,

I'm brand new to SRP and I've only been using a straight since July (a little over two months) and I need some help with a problem I noticed yesterday, that got a whole lot worse today. But to start, I should preface it by saying that I shave with my straight razor almost every day with this past week being the exception due to being away for a bit...but when I pulled out the straight yesterday it appeared to have developed a lot of tarnish along the spine and the tang...and one small spot close to the cutting edge.

So I scoured the web looking for a solution until I came across a website that told me to do the following to clean the razor:

1) Apply Scrubbing Bubbles bathroom cleaner and it should take off most grime, and some tarnish...but otherwise leave a clean surface for the rest of the process.

2) Apply a toothpaste to the blade to give it a good shine and to be able to brighten up the good parts, while making the tarnished marks stand out better for the last step.

3) While the blade is still wet, apply a steel cleaner and scrub it in with a sponge to work out the tarnish and then dry it off immediately.

Thinking this was relatively harmless and worth a shot, I tried it out...but as soon as I applied the steel cleaner it gave the carbon steel blade a gross yellow tint to it, and what blows my mind is that the razor went from being fairly sharp (passed the nail test and cut through paper with ease) to getting caught in my nail and not cutting even one hair with a fair amount of pressure.

Now I think it may have been the cleaner that was used...because I noticed afterwards that it was an aluminum based powder meant for stainless steel but it was advertised as an all purpose steel cleaner when I bought it.

But regardless of what the culprit was...I just need help figuring out what to do next to make my razor usable and make the discoloration of the blade go away. Any help would be appreciated. And go easy on me, I realize I made a mistake with it...but I guess it's now a task that I won't try again without more research from people who actually know what they're talking about

Thanks in advance guys.

-Pat