Things in my life have become clearer this year and I would say really since the beginning of April I have taken a new direction. Some of my goals will remain personal as I don’t feel comfortable sharing them on a public space. Privacy is one of those things that you don’t really think about until it’s gone so I try to live by that rule.
What I can share however is that I would like to learn a new skill this year. That new skill will be electronics and electronics repair. I have always been interested in computers and electronics but never took that direction when studying or in my life for various reasons. With that in mind I will post more in depth about it soon but I thought I would share the general changes in my life here as a reference point to myself if I ever read back some of the things I’ve written.
In December I wrote about fixing an Electric Razor I had purchased from a thrift store for $1. My electric razor had died that summer and blade shaving in the interim was both expensive and annoying.
Since then the Remington Titanium R450 has worked like a charm. I still get a great shave from it every other day and the blades are as sharp as after I cleaned them initially. All it requires is that I empty the shave compartment and clean out the blades with a little brush every time I use it.
I was still curious however as to whether or not a dull electric razor blade can be sharpened with toothpaste (with a link to the original article HERE.)
I could have waited until the Remington Titanium R450 I’m using becomes dull but instead I happened across another electric rotary razor at a thrift store this March for $10. It’s more than I wanted to pay but I splurged out of curiosity and necessity (as having a backup electric razor would come in very handy).
The Philips Philishave 6000 Easyshave cost me $10 at the thrift store.
$10 got me the Philips Philishave 6000 Easyshave. I couldn’t test it at the thrift store but it was in excellent cosmetic condition and still had its protective cap and instruction manual with it.
I tested it the next day and despite powering up and appearing to spin it would not cut my stubble at all. Wonderful! I thought, as I can finally test to see if toothpaste really can make a rotary razor blade sharp again.
The first step was once again cleaning the blade heads and despite my experience with the previous razor and regretting putting it against my face I did it again with this one. And wouldn’t you know it when I disassembled the razor this is what I found:
It appears as though someone had been shaving their pubic area and clogged the blades. Fool me twice shame on me. If you can believe it despite the hair it was actually less dirty than the Remington so cleaning only took about 15 minutes. I reassembled it after cleaning and it worked great. I got a similar close shave to my current razor.
So in the end I still do not know if toothpaste can sharpen a rotary razor but at least I now have a backup electric shaver. Maybe I’ll find another electric rotary razor at the thrift store in the future and repeat my experience again but this time it’s definitely not going against my face unless it’s spotless inside when I crack it open.
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