Closed Barbicide. What is it? Do I need it? Where to buy it?

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One issue that comes up with razor pass arounds is the disinfecting of razors. Wether you want to take part in pass arounds or wether you want to buy second face razors, you should consider getting a product called Barbicide. Have a look at the Wikipedia article on Barbicide

What is Barbicide?
Barbicide is a translucent blue disinfectant solution.It is a germicide, pseudomonacide, fungicide, and a viricide, which is effective against the HIV-1 virus (AIDS virus), Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C. It is sold as a concentrated solution. 60ml in 1 litre of water makes a hospital strength disinfectant solution. If you immerse a cleaned razor for 10 minutes in this solution it will be disinfected. It couldn't be simpler. That's 10 minutes. Not overnight.

Do I need it?
Yes. Probably.

Where to buy it?
Barbicide is widely available. You can buy it on Amazon or on ebay.
This is not a recommendation for any seller showing up in the above searches. Use your common sense.
Another possible source are Sally Salon Services. Check their store locator to see if they have a shop near you that sells to the general public (a lot of them only sell to the beauty trade).
You could also have a word with your barbers. They might be willing to sell you some or oder it for you.

If you know any other good sources of Barbicide, please reply to this thread.
 
Yes, you need it. And Hydocide is cheaper and does the same thing. If not eBay then a Beauty Supply Store.
16oz at Sally's <5$


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I bought a Barbicide jar (medium) as it looked so "Barbershop" and it sits on my windowsill in the bathroom. The fact that I soak my razors in it was a bonus. I have a baseplate out on loan at the moment and the fact I scrubbed it up then soaked it in Barbicide prior to sending made me feel I'd done my bit.
If you talk to your Barber shop you will probably get it at their cost with no postage so cheaper than Amazon or the Bay of Fleas.
 
I just use isopropanol alcohol. Cheap as chips but I get it from work tbh.
technically isopropanol alcohol does not kill bacteria

2;45 on wards

so looking for the ultimate sterilizer, google this VIDENE, dilute at 100 to 1(we use it at 1000 to 1 ) in wine making about £15 per litre available on request from any pharmacy , i get mine from the corner one near me.

also google raw food diet preparation, they are extremely hung up on Hydrogen peroxide in there washing water
 
technically isopropanol alcohol does not kill bacteria

2;45 on wards

so looking for the ultimate sterilizer, google this VIDENE, dilute at 100 to 1(we use it at 1000 to 1 ) in wine making about £15 per litre available on request from any pharmacy , i get mine from the corner one near me.

also google raw food diet preparation, they are extremely hung up on Hydrogen peroxide in there washing water

I'd have thought 90 odd percent alcohol would kill most things. Quick google and it seems it does.
What do you mean by technically?
http://www.livestrong.com/article/255616-effects-of-rubbing-alcohol/

I dont have any knowledge on this and the extent of my research was a quick google, could you explain what you mean by technically?
 
If you rinse your razor after sanitizing it you are most likely putting FAR more germs back on it. The aerator screen in your faucet harbors a tremendous amount of bacteria and in point of fact your normal drinking water (that you rinse your face with and shower with) has far more bacteria in it than you'd ever realize. Almost makes it feel pointless, doesn't it?
 
Will it stain plastic?
no, we use clear and white plastics and it does not stain it, if you have ever been to a hospital for an operation and come back looking like an essex girl or boy or better known as an umperlumper due to being bright orange thats this stuff neat, we use it as a "NO RINSE" steraliser, but its not a cleaner though please note
 
I'd have thought 90 odd percent alcohol would kill most things. Quick google and it seems it does.
What do you mean by technically?
http://www.livestrong.com/article/255616-effects-of-rubbing-alcohol/

I dont have any knowledge on this and the extent of my research was a quick google, could you explain what you mean by technically?
a brilliant question allow me to go through some more detail

to clean a razor is separate and completely different to sterilizing it, i can clean glass so it sparkles but it is not sterile just clean
to clean a razor a simple tooth brush will do to remove any salt/stains/soap residue or the large chunk you have just taken out from your throat, that will make the razor clean and shiny but not sterile

so first off what are we sterilizing for and from now we start to get very weird techno talk.

we wish to remove when we steralise two main items bacterial spores and germs ( theres a few other groups you can add but these are the main two). alcohol will easily kill 90% of the germs so if we had one hundred tennis balls 50 white and 50 black and we call the white ones germs we will remove 45 of them comfortable but that still leaves 55 balls left we have not touched,

so by dipping with isopropal alcohol we have in a way only done a 45% sterilization not a 90% as some people will think, the numbers are actually slightly different but technically the idea is there for you to see. what your doing here and in many other threads i have read over the last couple of months in the search section is combining two processes and problems with one solution which is wrong as one does not work for both problems.

so we need now a bactericide to kill the bacteria, that also we could use something as simple as Detol, a great cleaner steraliser , but thats only so good for killing so much and its a bit stinky so barbacide was invented as a non rinse non stink cleaner which acts as a dual cleaner,

as a home brewer the act of cleaning but with out washing it off and off adding more germs when you rinse is paramount thats why we favour non rinse methods
 
a brilliant question allow me to go through some more detail

to clean a razor is separate and completely different to sterilizing it, i can clean glass so it sparkles but it is not sterile just clean
to clean a razor a simple tooth brush will do to remove any salt/stains/soap residue or the large chunk you have just taken out from your throat, that will make the razor clean and shiny but not sterile

so first off what are we sterilizing for and from now we start to get very weird techno talk.

we wish to remove when we steralise two main items bacterial spores and germs ( theres a few other groups you can add but these are the main two). alcohol will easily kill 90% of the germs so if we had one hundred tennis balls 50 white and 50 black and we call the white ones germs we will remove 45 of them comfortable but that still leaves 55 balls left we have not touched,

so by dipping with isopropal alcohol we have in a way only done a 45% sterilization not a 90% as some people will think, the numbers are actually slightly different but technically the idea is there for you to see. what your doing here and in many other threads i have read over the last couple of months in the search section is combining two processes and problems with one solution which is wrong as one does not work for both problems.

so we need now a bactericide to kill the bacteria, that also we could use something as simple as Detol, a great cleaner steraliser , but thats only so good for killing so much and its a bit stinky so barbacide was invented as a non rinse non stink cleaner which acts as a dual cleaner,

as a home brewer the act of cleaning but with out washing it off and off adding more germs when you rinse is paramount thats why we favour non rinse methods
Thanks for answering that.
Well that opened up a new case of paranoia, I hope I cleaned the old razors well.
I usually dishwasher them, then scrub with alcohol.
I'll get something better for the future, luckily I've stopped buying razors, cant remember the last one I bought.
 
For razors that take disposable blades, the necessity of sterilization is largely unnecessary.

...unless you plan to use any vintage blades that come preinstalled in the razor. I've never heard of anyone catching some nasty bug from a vintage razor.

Still, a clean razor is a happy razor. I use barbacide regularly, as it seems to do a great job of removing soap scum.
 
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