Thread: Light razor restoration, Removal of stains and water marks ect

Originally Posted by Danktt

I believe the red is 2-4 micron and the black is 1-2 micron. I am also using the paste blocks not the tubes as the tubes didnt seem as effective!

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You are basically correct about the micron size.........

I would recommend not doing that with your strop, because you don't want excessive metal build up on the strop, but the idea of using the paste is sound.

Various buffing compounds use the same abrasives as various stropping compounds.

Yup. Stropping compound is little more than a high QC buffing compound. The abrasive will polish off light staining. I would suggest doing that on a buffing wheel or rub some compound on a microfiber cloth and use it to polish the blade and not use your strop for that.

Well if anyone else on this forum is like me I'm on kinda a tight budget now, so i don't really have the funds to drop into a buffing wheel so i was thinking of a way to get the same results but on a shoe string budget as most of the guys i know who straight shave are in the same boat.

maybe i should have mentioned a strop you no longer plan on using..

What I just did was take a Q-tip and load it with CrOx off my balsa strop and then used the Q-tip to buff away the tarnish and staining near the edge and after about 3 minutes BOOM! Worked like a charm. Very good tip (pun not intended this time). I will be "spot cleaning" my razors like this from time to time. Thanks.

Its so much easier using abrasive paste than sand paper isnt it? i just kick myself for not noticing it sooner! :P

Originally Posted by Steel

What I just did was take a Q-tip and load it with CrOx off my balsa strop and then used the Q-tip to buff away the tarnish and staining near the edge and after about 3 minutes BOOM! Worked like a charm. Very good tip (pun not intended this time). I will be "spot cleaning" my razors like this from time to time. Thanks.

Try a paper towel and a 4mm foam pad from a craft store. Paper towels are slightly abrasive and hold paste and polish well.

The pressures from your finger and the paper towel will depress the edge into the foam and you can polish right up to the edge, without any danger of cutting yourself or damaging the edge.

I'm not particularly fussed about the strop as it was the one i used when it was learning to strop and its pretty beat up, so its just thrown in a drawer i dont use my daily strop for this process as its far too nice to waste :P

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

I would recommend not doing that with your strop, because you don't want excessive metal build up on the strop, but the idea of using the paste is sound.

Various buffing compounds use the same abrasives as various stropping compounds.