Thread: How to clean Gold Wash

Hi
I have a nice old Boker King Cutter razor and I would like to know how to clean the gold wash on the blade. It is a bit dull looking but still all there. How can I give it it's gold apparence?
I did manage to clean the blade (back) to a fine luster but I hesitate with the front part.

Can someone help.

Jacques
Quebec, Canada

the unfortunate thing is the only way to to clean it is to remove it. i have never heard of anybody being able to simply brighten up the golad and blade. all the polishes, Flipz, Maas, simichrome will just polish that gold wans right off. the only consolation i can offer you is that you will still be able to see the etch where the gold was.

sorry and all that.

I have a Gold Bug that I worked on, and had some success improving the look of the gold.

Gold does not tarnish, so if it is not shiny bright, it either has crud on it or it is scratched through.

I let the Gold Bug sit with a generous coating of sewing machine oil on all the gold overnight, and then worked on it gently with the cotton swab in the morning. I did this for a few days, and it brightened up the gold nicely.

I wouldn't use anything more than soft cotton, you are not trying to polish the gold, just remove any film of dirt or old oil.

You can also use WD-40 sprayed on a cotton swab, it has some solvents in it that might work faster, but I don't like all those volatile organics, and I don't know if they might harm the scales, so I don't use it. Sewing machine oil is made for devices with combinations of steel and plastic, so it is perfectly safe for razors.

If this doesn't brighten the gold, then I would say leave it alone.

From my limited experience, I hope this helps.

Paul

Originally Posted by toolarts

I have a Gold Bug that I worked on, and had some success improving the look of the gold.

Gold does not tarnish, so if it is not shiny bright, it either has crud on it or it is scratched through.

I let the Gold Bug sit with a generous coating of sewing machine oil on all the gold overnight, and then worked on it gently with the cotton swab in the morning. I did this for a few days, and it brightened up the gold nicely.

I wouldn't use anything more than soft cotton, you are not trying to polish the gold, just remove any film of dirt or old oil.

You can also use WD-40 sprayed on a cotton swab, it has some solvents in it that might work faster, but I don't like all those volatile organics, and I don't know if they might harm the scales, so I don't use it. Sewing machine oil is made for devices with combinations of steel and plastic, so it is perfectly safe for razors.

If this doesn't brighten the gold, then I would say leave it alone.

From my limited experience, I hope this helps.

Paul

This is the best method I've heard of. I'll give this a try on one of my pieces
Tom

Originally Posted by toolarts

I have a Gold Bug that I worked on, and had some success improving the look of the gold.

Gold does not tarnish, so if it is not shiny bright, it either has crud on it or it is scratched through.

I let the Gold Bug sit with a generous coating of sewing machine oil on all the gold overnight, and then worked on it gently with the cotton swab in the morning. I did this for a few days, and it brightened up the gold nicely.

I wouldn't use anything more than soft cotton, you are not trying to polish the gold, just remove any film of dirt or old oil.

You can also use WD-40 sprayed on a cotton swab, it has some solvents in it that might work faster, but I don't like all those volatile organics, and I don't know if they might harm the scales, so I don't use it. Sewing machine oil is made for devices with combinations of steel and plastic, so it is perfectly safe for razors.

If this doesn't brighten the gold, then I would say leave it alone.

From my limited experience, I hope this helps.

Paul

i'll be trying that out ...soon as i find the sewing mahine oil... most likely on saturday

Keep us posted how this works for you.

I've always used renaissance wax. It removes the dirt but leaves the gold wash...

However the above method might work better!

C utz