Thread: Need some help on cleaning acrylic, plastic clear scales

Originally Posted by Walt

I would seriously consider not doing anything with them immediately. I may be wrong, but it looks like they are the victims of cel rot. Judging from the tarnish pattern on that blade and having had the same exact situation with a Dubl Duck Satinedge in the past, I would have second thoughts about ever using those scales again. I hope I'm wrong and just erring on the side of caution . . . . but . . . .

Regards - Walt

i have to agree with Walt on this one, i have seen a few sets of dublduck satinedge razors on here and ebay that have what your looking at here, its not plastic scales but celuloid, and by the looks of that blade the scales are decomposing quite badly, i would look at de-pinning that blade and seeing if its savable, if so restore the blade and look to re scale it with a different material altogether.

there maybe someone on here who can help you recover and re-use the inlays from the old scales, but i would really suggest getting that blade away from those scales as soon as you can.

From the pics I'd guess they ain't acrylic but decomposing celluloid. I would bet a damp litmus paper would show acidic gas off from the scales. Good luck with the blade. It looks bad.