Dubl duck and barbicide stained my pearly scales

I recently purchased a dubl duck wonderedge and placed it in undiluted barbicide. Reason being my lady brought barbicide home from her salon and I assumed it was ready to go. Made an a** out of my self when I fully submerged my razor turning scales pearly blue. They are the original scales and I'm unpinning because when I received it the blade was, and still is, not centered. So while I have the scales off I'd like to get it all done. What is the best way to get them back to original color? I'm thinking a 1 to 1 mix of hydrogen peroxide and rubbing alchohol. I've searched the forum for this and didn't find much on celluloid scale repair so any advice would be much appreciated. Should I lift the inlays? Also my first post hello to everyone! If anyone would like to add what type of metal is used as original pins on wonderedge I'd be much obliged. I'd like to keep it OG.

Found a Post by redmm74 saying he put alchohol on his scales and it messed them up so Im assuming my solution is a bad idea.

Celluloid is not really happy with most chemicals so I would advise against the peroxide & alcohol.
I wonder how deep the blue colour struck ? Can you un pin & rub the inside with say 1000 grit wetndri to see.

Do they look so bad in blue ? :) Lifting the inlays will destroy the scales as it usually involves hot water or acetone.

Pins are usually brass or nickel silver . You can usually tell at a glance which you have.

what a bummer. and yes i agree, i would try to avoid chemicals. Celluloid is decomposed fairly easily with a wide range of chemicals, so unless you get direct confirmation that something wont damage it further, i would look into other means.

Blue Duck? I'd be very, careful with solvents around those scales.

I could swear I remember reading somewhere on here that you should never put your scales in barbicide (wish I could remember which post I saw that...:thinking:)
I started using a natural cleaner called method. You can find it at target, it's made with natural oils and extracts I just wipe it on, let it sit about 10 minutes, then wipe off excess with water and dry. Oh, yeah, get the multi-surface...it's safe for chrome, glass, wood, tile, marble, plastic and a few other materials so it's ok for polished steel

How about a denture cleanser/soaker?

I have to say that the blue actually looks nice. It will be a while before I have time to unpin. I have seen method cleaners recently I think I'll try that first and then attempt the sanding if that doesn't work. I'm not too worried about it. I plan on keeping the wonderedge it's actually my favorite shaver. I can live with it blue but will attempt to remove the coloring. If it doesn't work I'm still happy with my blue duck. I would love to post a pic but only have iPad and iPhone devices to post with and this forum is not very apple friendly. I can send it in email if anyone is curious what they look like just send me a message. You are welcome to post the pic if anyone chooses to do so. When I find time to unpin ill update you guys on my progress. Thanks for the quick replies.

Tapatalk is what, two bucks? Makes any vbulletin forum that enables it super easy to browse and post photos to for mobile users.

I'll be honest, I really want to see how these scales look. :)

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Tapatalk is what, two bucks? Makes any vbulletin forum that enables it super easy to browse and post photos to for mobile users.

I'll be honest, I really want to see how these scales look. :)

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My tapatalk was free

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My tapatalk was free

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Look at you with your crazy free tapatalk :). I bought it a few years ago on Android. Not sure if it still costs $$ on android or if it's free all around now.

I just got lucky because I just looked and it's 2.99 So I lucked out

I use oxyclean in scales with quite abit success. It has a bleaching agent in it... I use a toobrush to clean it...

Sorry but the blue duck made me think of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZnYIY2zieY

A blue duck ain't such a bad thing! I think we need a picture! Once, I left a yellow celluloid blade in some diluted simple green. I forgot it was soaking.......I called it Jade Celluloid! :D

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Thank you for the app recommendation I had now idea. It will be very useful. For the record I did have to pay for the app.

Is oxyclean safe for celluloid?

I would assume anything is unsafe for celluloid unless the manufacturer says otherwise.
Oxidative damage is a bad thing for celluloid. A product with 'oxy' in it is a concern IMHO.
They don't look so bad.

I was going to offer 50 cents to see a picture but you beat me to it. PM me and I will still send it!:)

I agree with Sharptonn. (Don't tell him that!) Take it as a life lesson. You like it as a shaver so keep it that way and you can make up a story about how it was with Shackleton and it was so cold it turned blue.

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Thank you for the app recommendation I had now idea. It will be very useful. For the record I did have to pay for the app.

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I think that actually looks pretty good - much better than I had feared from the descriptions. You may be starting a trend here. Everyone's going to be dunking their DDs into barbicide!

Lol. In all reality it does look kind of cool..definately original. I say leave it as is :tu

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I think that actually looks pretty good - much better than I had feared from the descriptions. You may be starting a trend here. Everyone's going to be dunking their DDs into barbicide!

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Looks more like cracked ice than cracked ice. ;)

o yeah thats one blue duck. and i kinda like it. I agree, you should leave them. Trying anything on them has a good probability of destroying the scales, might as well play it safe since it doesnt look bad as is.

If you hand't said you had stained the scales I would have just assumed that was the original color.

I think it looks tons better than the ones which have yellowed with age. Mebbe you have found a "cure" !

Yea, I thought this was going to look pretty bad by the descriptions. It looks real cool I think. It's like an ice blue - it's awesome looking!!! The Blue Duck lives!

Oh yeah man that looks sweet! Custom dubl duck w/ blue cracked ice scales! :rock:

What about Maas ?

If it didn't simply wipe off, then it's probably not coming off without some sort of destruction, be it sanding or solvent in nature (more on this in a few). Personally, I think the blue is pretty awesome.

The only thing I can think of is to take a look at the MSDS of Barbicide (conveniently linked for your viewing pleasure): http://www.king-research.com/pdf/msd...icide_MSDS.pdf and give the solvent they use in it a shot. It looks like they dissolve some Dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride and some Sodium nitrite in Isopropyl alcohol. My suggestion, if you want a last resort, is to use rubbing alcohol (isopropanol) to try to get the blue out. Maybe even mix some up with water in a 1:1 ratio and let it soak for a few seconds. If you do it in a clear container you should be able to hold it up the the light and see the dye leaching out (if it is going to).

Please note, I am not providing my professional opinion with any sort of warranty, responsibility, or money-back-guarantee, so proceed at your own risk.

Andrew

I think it looks sweet, and maybe don't push your luck or you may end up with melted duck

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I think that actually looks pretty good - much better than I had feared from the descriptions. You may be starting a trend here. Everyone's going to be dunking their DDs into barbicide!

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Absolutely Beautiful!! If you want to sell it let me know.