Razor cleaning: How and how often?

I've been shaving with a DE for about three weeks now. I clean the soap/cream film off my razor after every shave. I take the razor blade out after every shave and gently rinse and brush it off with a toothbrush. I use a toothbrush and hot water to clean off the razor. I then gently towel dry the razor and put the blade back in the razor. Again, i do this after every shave. What do you do? How often do you do it? I'm i being to obsessive about this?

After each shave, I put my razor in alcohol while I clean up the mess around (maybe 2 minutes). I filled a jar with alcohol and use it for that purpose only. After the soak, I wipe the razor with a towel.

Seems to work pretty well.

I loosen the head, and swish in a jar of alcohol for maybe 30 seconds, let it air dry then wipe it on a towel. I gently clean it with dish soap and a tooth brush at every blade change.

Rinse and shake after each shave, a good wash with Dawn dish liquid once every week or two. If it's really gunky I'll get out the scrubbing bubbles.

Scott

dpty939 said:

I gently clean it with dish soap and a tooth brush at every blade change.

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I also do this when changing the blade.

After every shave, I rinse the razor, blow it off, and wipe it with a towel. I do the same with the blade. This results in very minimal buildup of soap residue in the razor. I only takes an extra minute or two, and keeps my razors looking like new.
When I do note a buildup of residue, I use a toothbrush and toothpaste to clean it.
I generally rotate razors for each shave, rarely using one for more than a shave or two, but sometimes use the same blade repeatedly depending on a number of factors. I do a similar rotation of blades, some with only a shave or two on them, and some with twenty. I enjoy the variety of the different razors and blades.

I used to remove the blade, rinse blade and razor, dry, bla, bla, bla. Now I just quick rinse blade in razor and hang on stand. Every few weeks I will use a tooth brush and clean the razor.

I mentioned using alcohol (saw that on youtube bids too) and the lady at art of shaving store said alcohol will dull the blade. I don't know one way or the other.

Shave
Rinse
Hang

Repeat

I just shave with it.
I havent cleaned it but only once after 4 or 5 months of use. Scrubbing bubbles and an old toothbrush and she was brand new again.

My routine is very involved and precise. Rinse after the shave and put on the bathroom cabinet shelf.

I do move my various razors around so my 3 loaded ones are closest to me, and I track # shaves per blade with dice.

If gunky looking, Scrubbing Bubbles and toothbrush (a few times a year). Do not use Scrubbing Bubbles with bleach!

You're killing your razors with love, and inviting opportunity to cut yourself. I rinse my razor when I'm done. I've never 'cleaned' one. Its your razor and you can clean it if you want, but I don't see any advantage.

I typically just take the blade out and rinse both blade and razor. Then hang it on the stand. But when I want to get my razor sparkling clean, I mean super duper clean, I use this:

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In just 180 seconds, it looks better than new. Best bang for the buck ever.

I rinse mine off in the sink after every use, give it a couple of sideways shakes to flip the water out, then put it up. I flip the blade between every shave but never wipe it off with anything.

If build up and staining were to bother me, I could give the razor a deep cleaning once every 6 months or so.

I leave the blade in my razors until it's time to change it at which time the razor gets a Dawn/water/toothbrush treatment. The less you handle the blade, the less the chance of damaging the edge.

At blade change, I grab a wad of TP, dampen it, and wipe down the plated parts so they will keep the shine. If the Windex is handy I'll use that. With the recommendations here I may use some of the isopropyl alcohol that I have on hand.

The things people here do with their razor blades. Am I the only one who just quickly rinse the blade and wipe it with a towel?

I clean my razor often. Sometimes when I'm behind my computer desk I start to clean it with my tshirt lol.

I remove the blade..rinse it. Then scrub the razor with a tooth brush. Let it all air dry, till next morning.

Loosen, rinse, shake, allow to air dry for a bit, then re-tighten.

I tend to open up the razor after each shave and pat everything dry. Occasionally, when there is no blade in a razor and it looks like it needs it, I do a better scrubbing and alcohol cleaning.