Household Hints & Help

DetlefK

(16,450 posts) Wed Jun 24, 2015, 11:04 AM Jun 2015

You don't have to change razor-blades that often.

http://io9.com/dollar-shave-club-delivers-you-fresh-razors-for-a-few-b-1702032179

You can now have razor-blades delivered to your home! What a ... perfectly unnecessary service.

It's not the process of cutting hair that makes razor-blades blunt. Hair is far too soft for that.

It's corrosion due to the water you leave on your razor-blades after using them. If you leave your razor-blades lying around while wet, they become blunt.

I shake my razor a few times really hard to get rid of all the drops. Sometimes I wipe the blades with a small piece of toilet-paper. I use cheap razor-blades and they easily last weeks and months.

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You don't have to change razor-blades that often. (Original Post) DetlefK Jun 2015 OP

I have been told to put them in alcohol Curmudgeoness Jun 2015 #1

mineral oil is better n/t NMDemDist2 Jul 2015 #2

One Blade Ungern Aug 2016 #3

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

1. I have been told to put them in alcohol

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Wed Jun 24, 2015, 05:03 PM

Jun 2015

and then they will dry really fast since alcohol evaporates quickly. I have not tried that but it might be easier than wiping them off each time.

NMDemDist2

(49,314 posts)

2. mineral oil is better n/t

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 26, 2015, 03:30 PM

Jul 2015

Ungern

(11 posts)

3. One Blade

Reply to NMDemDist2 (Reply #2)

Thu Aug 25, 2016, 01:15 AM

Aug 2016

I think that the razor one blade is the best buying

a) It's the less expensive in the shop
b) it's easy to clean
c) and it's easy the dry (thank you for the explanation) .

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