Posted: 11/26/2020 10:22:19 AM EDT
| Not sure if anyone has talked about it recently, or at all, but if you dry off a disposable razor after use, then submerge it in mineral oil (I use a solo cup with about an inch of oil in the bottom) the blades don't rust or go bad nearly as fast and stay sharp for a hella long time. As an example, using this method, I use 2-3 disposables per year, instead of 1-2 per week like normal. |
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I tried that years ago on Mach III razors. It softened the strips on either side of the blades. I think the blades did in fact stay sharper longer, but the loss of the strips led to only more "okay" shaves per cartridge. DE is way better if you are trying to pinch pennies. |
| I looked into this once. The issue isn’t that the blades get dull, it is that stuff like cut hairs, dead skin cells, soap, etc dries onto the blade and makes it seem dull. I used to store my DE safety razor in Razrguard between shaves, now I use baby oil. |
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