Thread: Help - black streaks on blade!

Ok... did my first stupid thing with a razor. thought it was a good idea to give my gold dollar a good clean by the blade in a pot of boiling water for 10 min. I took it out and found all of these black streaks on the blade!

not the intended result! Although it looks somewhat cool, i want to get rid of it. tried wiping with water and nothing happened...
help! thanks

Corrosion needs to be removed with an abrasive,,, How abrasive will be determined by the depth of the corrosion..

MAAS, Flitz, Blue Magic etc: would be a good starting place


At least you realize it was dumb, simple rule around SRP "If yer not sure ask" then everyone gets a chance to argue about it

Maybe you could try some metal polish like autosol or Maas.

I don't know for sure what it is, rust maybe?, did you boil it with with the scales still on, maybe some dye in the plastic leaked out when it got heated(far fetched IMO).

If it's actually ruined you can at least take comfort in that it's only a GD.

It wasn't that nice looking before why not leave it that way, looks better than any GD I've seen. But ya Maas would work it cleans just about anything metal. Tc

i boiled it by dipping the blade into the boiling water while holding the scales

will brasso work instead of MAAS; can pick up brasso from home depot - don't know where to get the others

can also get autosol; which is better brasso vs. autosol ?

Where would you get auto polishing supplies in Toronto? Look there.

Originally Posted by tenurepro

will brasso work instead of MAAS; can pick up brasso from home depot - don't know where to get the others

Try Canadian Tire, Home Hardware....

Any metal polish and 000 or 0000 steel wool, if that does not do it, some 1000 or 600 wet and dry from an auto supply store or perhaps hobby shop.

Then finish with metal polish and paper towel.