Cleaning vintage safety razors
I recently aquirred 2 vintage safety razors. one a gillette super speed black tip and the other a 1959 gillette fat boy. they both have some light rust and green coloring around and inside the doors. My only guess is to soak them in some CLR (calcium, lime and rust) solution for a bit, scrub them with a toothbrush the best i can and rinse really well. If this is a big MISTAKE then please let me know. Or any other better ideas are certainly welcome.. :shrug: Happy Shaving!!
Re: Cleaning vintage safety razors
I've done well soaking them in simple green for a day.
Re: Cleaning vintage safety razors
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Hirlau
I feel its the mild abrasive. I have used it to clean all types of metal, since I was a young military man. It also works great on canvas straps, tennis shoe rubber, & teeth. :D
Simple Green can be diluted & still clean great. Just don't let dry on it & rinse it off well.
Yeah I used it half and half with hot water. Pulled them out every few hours and rinsed them off really well then put them back in. All told it was probably a ten hour soak. The only result was that they came to look brand new. :)