Thread: Fighting the evil germs

And that's why I don't put any bleach-based cakes into my toilet tank. Totally disintegrated an older assembly. Fortunately that was just before I started renovating lol.

Edit: If I get some minor surface tarnish, I'm sure I can polish it out in short order. The feeling of safety will be well worth the effort.

Shit you only live once. Go for it and don't worry. I 'd worry more if it was sharp enough and am I paying too much.

Since I only live once, I'd like to squeeze at least another 5 decades out of it. Meeting my maker at the age of 76 sounds about right

Come on Firestart if my math is right your 26. You know nothing hurts twenty year olds.

Your math is correct. However... I drive a little Jap as if it was a go-cart, smoke like a chimney, can outdrink a guy twice my size and I'm a loudmouth. Therefore there are already too many strikes against me for me to be shaving with a used blade that hasn't been thoroughly disinfected

Speaking of which, it survived a 10min dip in the bleach/alc/water mix without any issues. The two small nicks will take some time to polish out, but after a brief initial honing it's already sharper than the Pakistani blade. However, I may have to grind away some of that edge and re-sharpen it before I hone it again. It won't take much b/c the nicks are tiny but I don't wanna shave before I do it.

I use barbicide and it never has hurt my blades, the un-dilluted barbicide is corrosive but once dilluted down to the correct ammount (very light blue) it is fine, I only submerge the blade though.

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

X2. Should be damp for 3 minutes.

Tim

Wipe her down and SHAVE! ....get it on...Tom

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

I have access to it (a friend who's a stylist and willing to do this for me) BUT...
She said that it can damage metal implements. Therefore they only use it on plastic stuff in the salon. I don't wanna use it if it's gonna corrode my blade or ruin the temper. Have you used it before X?

Barbicide is cold; it can't ruin the temper.

Recent Barbicide formulations have an "anti-rust" additive -- check eBay for sellers. It's probably safe for blades, but I don't know if it's safe for scales.

Myself, I give the blade and scales a good wipe with rubbing alcohol. But I haven't done enough razors to know -- for sure -- that that's enough to kill _everything_.

A while ago, a BC hospital was having problems with "prions" -- the cause of mad cow disease -- contaminating their surgical instruments. Very tough to kill! But I'd only worry about them in a hospital environment. See this piece in Wikipedia, especially the section "Sterilization":

Prion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I've never heard of anyone subjecting razors to that kind of treatment.

Charles