Frugal Shaving Tip - Dry off your razor
Here’s kind of a neat tip. Mathew over at American Consumer News explains how to make the razors you shave with last much longer than normal. Just dry them off when you’re finished using them.
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He basically explains that the razor dulls mostly from the water and shaving cream deteriorating the edge of the blades, not the actual usage!
Now, I can’t say I have scientific proof here, but I can help make his point. I shave maybe 3-4 times per week. Usually I use an electric razor, but once a week I typically use a blade. Here’s the weird part: my blades only last a little longer than my wife’s blades even though she uses hers all the time!
Simply drying off the blades when you’re done sounds like a good tip to try for me. We’ll just have to see how much longer we can make the blades last.


September 29th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
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