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    Pretty much everything will take off gold wash - Sandpaper, MAAS or even just too much rubbing with a cloth!

    The only thing you can really do is clean the blade up and avoid the wash or take the wash off and send it out for replating.

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    Stubear,

    Coincidentally, I've been looking into just that... but rather aiming to do the goldplating myself. I found a cuple of kits out there (trivia: most google goldwash, gold wash and gold-wash searches return threads from this forum) and a very interesting alternative called the PennyPen Goldplater. This interesting device is battery powered and self contained. For a relatively modest $60 one can, according to the vendor, plate some 200 plus wedding bands, which I translate to about 100 razors. This is something I will probably try, as I also want to replate the tail of my DD Goldedge.

    Reading other threads here I find that the wash wasn't really the problem. The real issue is keeping the etching itself, so now I haven't solved the original problem - though I may have a lead - and I have picked up a brand new one.

    My collection of razors to be fixed grows and I have to use all my willpower not to pick up the phone and call Glen. My self respect and pride are at stake here, after all.

    Thank you for sharing your knowledge and thoughts.


    Marcos

    Note to Glen: If I do call, I'd appreciate if it you'd keep it our little secret.
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    Go to an art supply store and buy a small artist's "stomp". It is a piece of thin cardboard rolled very, very tightly with a tapered tip used by charcoal and pastel artists rub their media in a precise manner. When you see the stomp, you will see how you might use it with metal polish to get very close to the gold etch to remove the corrosion.

    Stomps are very rigid and easily controlled with your hand. Give it a try.

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    Jerry,

    That's brilliant! I didn't know the name in english, but I know exactly what you are talking about. Great thinking, great tip.

    Thanks!



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    Quote Originally Posted by Snake View Post
    Jerry,

    That's brilliant! I didn't know the name in english, but I know exactly what you are talking about. Great thinking, great tip.

    Thanks!



    Marcos
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    You can also shape a rubber eraser any way you need it to get close to the etch. If you know what an old fashioned "ink eraser" is, that has some abrasive already cooked into the rubber. Jusy add a bit of metal polish and be careful not to touch the etching. Good luck with whatever you use. Post some pics afterwards. We would like to know how you make out.

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    Jerry,

    I gather you have a background in fine arts? I spent a year or two studiying art, and that's where I became familiar with these instruments. I gave up on account of being barely better than mediocre and ended up an engineer.

    I must say, though, that your (cross) thinking is very impressive. Even with the same information I didn't manage to make the jump and find the application.

    Thanks, once more, for your insight.


    Marcos
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