Thread: Fighting the evil germs

Haven't seen David in a long time. Still love the Böker he sold me with the pakkawood scales.

I've seen Brian dip his razor in Barbacide after the shave for just a few seconds and wipe it clean. Can't see how that would damage it. Others use Clippercide arosol spray which they leave on as a mineral oil substitute as well. I'll be doing the Barbacide thing myself soon I think.

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I use Barbicide with my razors and it will not harm them if you don't keep it in too long. Don't put the scales in, just the razor. I open the razor up to a little past 3/4 open and then hang it over the jar so the blade is in the Barbicide (the spine is touching the side of the jar). I let it soak for 10 minutes, then I take it out, rinse it off and dry it off. If you read the instructions for Barbicide, it says it is safe for most metal tools and also has a rust inhibitor compound in it.

I think i'll follow Nenad's advice for now. If a combination of alcohol and bleach doesn't kill those germs, then we would have all died from them centuries ago. In any case I won't leave it in there for too long and I'll give it a good water rinse before doing anything else with it. It seems more reasonable than putting myself and my friend through a big hassle, especially since I'm not planning on building up an immense collection.

Unless your talking about Anthrax spores or something like that just the selling time and transit time is enough to kill just about every bacteria and virus known. Who knows when that blade was last used. Personally when I get an Eboy special I use an antibacterial soap and some hot water. Between all the honing and polishing of the blade nothing could survive.

I live by the good ol' "better safe than sorry" (unless I'm driving, and then it's "Jeronimooooooooo"). Therefore, if I can make SURE no microbial life survives on the razor, without damaging it, I might as well do it. I'll use an antibacterial counter-spray for the initial cleaning of the blade and b/w the scales (to remove surface contaminants) and then give it a quick dip in that killer cocktail. If a germ survives that, then it has my respect and permission to reside in my body

I'm sure alcohol and bleach will work, but the Barbicide bottle says it kills Hepatitis C and HIV. It doesn't mention bird flu or Mad Cow disease though. Who knows, the previous owner could have used it to carve up his imported dead Chinese chickens or for doing dissection in his basement medical lab.

I work in a hospital and believe it or not 5-10% Bleach solution is what we use to clean up blood. It KILLS HIV, HEP B, and HEP C. In fact we have wipes that are like those Clorox Wipes that we use for small amounts of blood, etc. (Ya' really DON'T want to know what the etc is, Trust Me) Hope this helps...

Good Luck,

Jim

If I remember it correctly HIV dies on its own if it spends like 5min outside of a host lol. I am buying it from a guy who deals in antiques and sells lots of razors. Therefore, it's fairly certain that the blade hasn't drawn any blood in ages. I'm just making reasonable precautions.

Thanks JM. I was fairly certain about it as well. The reason I didn't wanna use it was b/c it can damage certain surfaces and it can bleach (hint hint) color out of certain materials. However, when Nenad told me it would be safe for relatively quick dips, I decided to use it.

Originally Posted by jmcamp54

I work in a hospital and believe it or not 5-10% Bleach solution is what we use to clean up blood. It KILLS HIV, HEP B, and HEP C. In fact we have wipes that are like those Clorox Wipes that we use for small amounts of blood, etc. (Ya' really DON'T want to know what the etc is, Trust Me) Hope this helps...

Good Luck,

Jim

On the DE forums, a 10% bleach solution is often recommended, but no more than 10%. A short soak, otherwise, welcome to Tarnish Town.

RT