How Do You Do It - Cleaning your razor

I've seen multiple replies on a different website, but thought I'd get the opinions from my DFS folk.

I primarly have 3 piece razors and each time I use one, I carefully unscrew the stem and use a soft tooth brush to wash the plate and top cap down, every third to fourth time I use a bit of Dawn dish soap, wipe the parts dry, then let them air dry for a bit.  I use a drop of Clipper oil on the threads and re-assemble the razor.  As careful as I am, I'm concerned that the constant unscrewing and re screwing will wear out the threads sooner.  

I also have heard that some people simply rinse the soap out of the razor and leave the blade in the razor until they're ready to put a new blade in.

So, what do you do and why?  Is there a best practice?  Thanks everyone! 

After each shave (while i am letting alum dry) i open the razor and clean the blade and set it aside to Air dry..Then take Extra soft bristle toothbrush and a antibacterial dish detergent called Polmolive and clean the razor and dry with a microfiber cloth, this only takes about 2 minutes. I set it aside and let it air dry (several hours) the rest of the way. After the razor and blade have air dried i put the blade back in the razor.

I used an old Gillete red tip for a decade. My first quality razor was a Merkur 34C. I only cleaned occasionally. She got so tea stained and ugly I attempted a polish/clean. I was not successful. .

I lurked the shave blogs for another decade and learned from the guys that cleanup breakdown had a couple of benefits. Razor appearance and maybe razor life span. As well as keeping your blade dry between uses. For me, my quality of shaves improved by taking care of the blade between shaves. And the razor clean up kind of slowed me down - and I must say this anal retentive behavior triggers the wife. Yet another benefit. ?. It is almost like playing 36 holes of golf. Separation of powers is needed frequently.


2 minute process
°Disassemble
°Wiped down with damp microfiber
°Dry with soft cotton cloth
°Assemble
°Final wipe down with polishing cloth

°Wipe dry blade with cotton cloth
°Cork blade - 2 passes only to remove burrs insure dry blade


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I only clean my razors occasionally since I have over 80 that I try to rotate. When I do clean, I dissassemble the razor (3 piece), soak in hot water/Dawn dish soap then scrub with a soft toothbrush. I find this satisfactory for me and does a fine job of keeping things neat and tidy

DON'T use Rinse-Aid (even diluted) on anything with a patina. I learned the hard way

DON'T use Rinse-Aid (even diluted) on anything with a patina.  I learned the hard way

I was going to recommend that but figured the humor would have been lost and possibly lead to unintentional catastrophe