My friend Tom Holloway and customer of Capell Flooring and Interiors recently learned how to drastically increase the life of
his shaver razor blades, such as Gillette or Schick Brand razors. He gave me
permission to share this gem. Please KEEP
reading! This trick is incredibly simple and just as incredibly
effective. It will also save you a nice chunk of change over time...
For instance, Gillette Fusion Brand razor cartridge sets typically will cost about $28 per set of 12,
which will typically only last you a few months and less if you actually go by
their expiration “strip” in determining when the cartridge needs
replaced. With the below
method, my friend Tom Holloway has now gone about eight months using the
exact same cartridge and the blades on the cartridge are as sharp as when he
first popped the cartridge on. I have tried this too and it really does
work!
We have no idea how long this will
keep up, but now a package of 12 cartridges is apparently going to last me at
least 12 years or more. This is a savings of around $95 a year over my
previous expenditures on these cartridges; so then a savings of close to $1200
over the course of 12 years and possibly more depending on how long these
things will stay sharp with the below method (We haven’t yet found the upper
limit).
Here are the
steps:
1) How to
drastically increase the life of your shaving razor
Before or after you shave
(I prefer before so that the blades are dry), place your jeans on a hard flat
surface; then run the razor up the pant legs about 10-15 times quickly; then
repeat running it down the pant legs 10-15 times quickly. No need to press that
hard, but a little pressure is necessary.
In both instances, you want to point the top of the razor in the
direction you are rubbing the shaver on the pants. In other words, don’t “shave”
the pants; point the razor the other way, so that the blades glide over the
surface of the jeans and don’t try to cut them.
The threads on the jeans then will very effectively both fix any tiny bends
in the blades that inevitably happen and will also sharpen the blades on your
shaver cartridge. For an already dull blade, you can sharpen it up pretty
effectively by doing 50-100 swipes both ways to get it back up to “like new”
condition, but only 10-15 times swiped both ways should be necessary to
maintain sharpness. One last tip, be
sure to vigorously shake your Razor 15 to 20 times after your final rinse to
remove all droplets of water so that the blades cannot rust… Happy Shaving!
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