Jewelry Polisher

[CraigJ]

My wife has a small tub of some sort of liquid. She drops her jewelry in there and presto 15 minutes later it is shiny as can be. You can see the ads of this on late night TV. They stick a tarnished spoon half way into the liquid so you can see the difference between the treated and tarnished parts.

Has anybody ever tried this on either new or vintage razors?

[Morty]

Hi Craig,
I believe you're talking about a chemical silver tarnish remover that may have something else added that will dissolve oil to remove the oil and dead skin buildup from silver jewelry (gold does not tarnish so it only removes the oil & dead skin from gold).

Silver oxide does not adhere strongly to silver so that is why a reactive chemical can remove it easily from jewelry. I would be very surprised to find any of these jewelry cleaners effective against ferric oxide.

Try dipping just the tang of one razor in the liquid. I doubt anything happen, though.
Namaste,
Morty -_-

[Logistics]

I would use a lot of caution using those dips.

My girlfriend has them, some contain ammonia and some contain acified thiourea (sulfiric acid) and some don't have either.

I've never used ammonia to help clean a razor but if memory serves me correctly, sulfiric acid will cause a razor to turn black. I've read on the forums were people use ammonia for some purposes but I've also read one thread were Bruno had problems with ammonia and purpleheart scales.

On another note, I've read some threads were gents use jewelry cleaner to assist in disinfecting.

Read up on the chemicals being used and be careful. I would hate to see someone dip a razor in there and have it ruined.

I've been wrong before, and please correct me if I am, but watch out for the dips that have sulfiric acid is all I'm saying.

[Stubear]

+++1!

Its better to start with a less harsh chemical and go up to a more potent one if the first one doesnt work than to dip a razor in an unknown substance and end up with a blackened stub.

Carbon steel is way more reactive that silver or gold, just look at how easily it tarnishes, and any chemicals will affect it far faster and harder than less reactive metals.

I would exercise extreme caution when using chemicals to clean a razor. If you use something a little too harsh you'll wreck the blade in a flash.

[Desdinova]

I wouldn't try them.

They are used for cleaning metals and gemstones that are far more resiliant and require caustic chemicals to clean.