Thread: Cheap tools for razor restoration

CHEAP TOOLS!!

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Here are some ways to save money and still get great finished razors!
Junk shops,Good Will, Big Pharmacies, all contribute to a good and inexpensive tool box!

Since the original plastic was chitin: horn, antler, Ivory, etcetra; The tools lady love uses upon her fingernails do very well at damage free cleaning and polishing of razor parts!


Milady’s hair care products do well as Sanding blocks.


A tea ball for washing small parts:

Pipe cleaners for the hard to reach places like between the plates on a TTO


A great little 60 power scope from Ebay and or Amazor.Under $5

A tray for soaking hones is easy as a trip to a junk shop! As long as the Rim is higher than the ridges. That way one does not cross contaminate the hones with grits.

Little pill boxes in a bigger box are great for spare parts:

A pill sorter is great for going through your boxes of Miscellaneous!


Have fun!
~Richard

Vibratory brass tumbler available from reloading/gun shops. I use walnut first, then corncob media. You can load your media with any metal polish, I typically use Flitz.

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Yeah, yeah... give away the crown jewels for the Geester. Big fan of MicroMesh polishing cloth - durable, wet sandable and washable, lasts quite a while, precise. Grit 1500 through 12000. Cut small working swatches from larger cloth; note grit # on back of each swatch with indelible marker.

Also, if you already have an electric toothbrush, keep the last worn brush for polishing, cleaning, de-grunging. Good with toothpaste, Barkeeper's Friend, etc.

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Have fun!
~Richard

Wine Cork on the end of a Phillips head screwdriver for sanding

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Off topic, but rock tumblers do a great job tenderizing and marinating meat, . just throw a few staights in with bagged and marinated meat , and you'll be ready to eat, hone and shave in 48 hours l

Yea, that is the bad thing about the HF Ultrasonic, that the tray is not removable. According to the reviews, that is where they fail, by dumping the liquid, it gets into the electronics.

So, don’t dump it out, a water bottle cut in half, will bail it, quickly and a paper towel or microfiber will clean and dry it out.

Better yet, use the Ziploc bags like Geezer suggested. I use 1 Quart Freezer bags and can get 4 of them in at a time. Makes clean up a snap and keep separate parts, separate.

You probably could do the Ziplock bag trick with a brass tumbler, never tried it, but should work. Just don’t use the cheap, thin bags.

You really don’t need an ultrasonic with Evaporust.