Sly Bald Guys Forum
Head Shaving, Grooming & Care => Head Shaving => Topic started by: Ming the Merciless on January 12, 2012, 08:22:13 AM
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We have recently checked in on whether we prefer to shave in the shower, at the sink, or by some combination of both. Now we can get a bit more fine-grained.
This is addressed only to the real sinkers among us.
When you shave, do you:
1. Let the hot water run all through the shaving process (money down the drain in Ming's opinion)?
2. Turn the tap on and off, turning it on to rinse the blade after eadh pass or two to keep the blade clean?
3. Run water into the basin with the drain closed and swish the razor through that to clean the blade as you go?
4. Something else? I can't imagine what--maybe bringing hot bottled Perrier to the sink and pouring it over the blade as you go???
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3
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2. On the occasions that I don't shave in the shower.
3, IMO, raises some sanitation concerns.
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I have an old pot (about 10-12 years old maybe?) that I boil water on my stove for about 20 minutes (when time permits) Once done, I sit said pot into sink and sit a hot towel on my scalp just like at the barber and rinse my razors out accordingly. Don't worry I marked "FSO" meaning "For Shaving Only" so everyone knows NOT to use that pot for food consumption purposes....Water stays hot a long time and I wash it out thoroughly when done...I guess that would qualify as #4
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3
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Option 1, because 3 is not sanitary.
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I was in a basin, so I don't waste that much water!
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2 when I don't shave in the shower.
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3
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1.--With the Mighty Mississippi running through my town supplying our water, "waste" and the amount of water I'm using doesn't seem significant to me.
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At the sink, #2.
But #4 is intruiging. Maybe soda water would work.
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1 and 2 but never 3.
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#3 definitely... just like I'd seen my Daddy do when I was a kid.
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I used to do 3, but I switched to 2 about a year ago. My old routine involved filling the sink up before I stepped in the shower so that my brush and mug could get hot, but then one day I realized that I could get them just as hot by letting the water overflow the mug after I get out of the shower.
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If i am doing it at the sink, it's either 1 or 2. 3 requires clean up of the sink afterward to get all the stubs to go down the drain! I was a sink-man for along time, until i started in the shower.
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#2
I agree, #1 wastes water (I try to convince my wife of that for brushing teeth)
I find #3 requires more clean up afterwards
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I've been shaving head for a week, and I've used 2 and 3. I've never thought of sanitation as an issue, as I've shaved my face using the #3 style for my entire shaving life and never had an issue *knock on wood*...
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Option 1, because 3 is not sanitary.
Option 3.
Though it has occurred to me, it might be cleaner to rinse the blades with running hot water as I go along.
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2 , fairly essential to cleanthe blades
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#3, never had any problem with shaving this way for almost thirty years. Shave mostly in the shower now, but when at sink, it's still #3.
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Combo of 1 & 2...pending mood I guess.
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number 3, how is it unsanitary? It's just the same stuff you took off sitting in the water until you rinse.
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Do my headshaving and most of my face shaving in the shower, but it's #2 when shaping up the face at the sink.
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I used to do a combination of 1 and 2 until about 2 days ago when I tried being a shower-shaver for the first time and I must admit, it's much easier/faster/smoother in the shower! I still do my face at the sink though!