Thread: after polish and before face

I'm cleaning up my first old razo, so pardon the basic question. I have tendency to react to chemicals on my skin, and ifany of the residue from the metal polishes I used on the razor hits my face whil.e shaving I'm likely to be unhappy.

What do people do after polishing off the gunk to make sure the polish is completely gone? I've cleaned with scrub an bubbles but there still seems to be chemical residue. I saoked it in water and that worked great but left the blade oxidized so I just had to polish it again. Honing and stropping certainly help at edge of blade but there is still room for contact with skin obviously.

What do you typically do to get all the polsih chemicals off before shaving to avoid a reaction?

I generally soak it in boiling water for a minute, then wipe it down in methyl alcohol to remove the residue. The compounds I use leave a residue that will bead water and oil, so it has to be removed for the protective oil to spread properly.

Tpically I don't do anything because honing a razor will get rid of everything that is on the bevels / edge.
After polishing I simpl wipe the blade down with a piece of cloth.

Hand soap.

Originally Posted by floppyshoes

I generally soak it in boiling water for a minute, then wipe it down in methyl alcohol to remove the residue. The compounds I use leave a residue that will bead water and oil, so it has to be removed for the protective oil to spread properly.

+1 here I use rubbing alcohol and hot, hot tap water (we have no kids so we have it up to max) and follow with wiping on the cloth like Bruno... Seems to do the trick...