Thread: Naval Jelly and Gold Wash?

How bad is the razor that you would consider Navel Jelly?

Never used it on a razor but it is nasty stuff, usually if a razor is rusted and has gold wash, the gold will have to be removed to removing the pitting.

The Active rust is the least of your problems.

Post a pic.

I've tried it on a few, found it a waste of time.
I've found that most razors aren't worth trying to make look like new. That I've come across.

But some pics could tell us what u might be able to do, and still keep the gold intact.

No idea how strong Naval Jelly is but I've used Birchwood Casey's rust & blue remover to deactivate red rust on gold wash. The red rust spots turn black & that's the best you can do tho very light rust will disappear leaving micropits.

I’ve used naval jelly to *etch* razors.

It will remove steel. More likely than not, it will eat right under the gold wash and lift it off. It will also destroy the etch that the gold wash was rubbed into.

I dont have anything that is that bad, I was asking a hypothetical.