Thread: Ok it happened!

My cat knocked my brush and stand in the toilet!Just after I stood up #1&#2 in the bowl.I used dish washing gloves to get them back and wash them in hot water and soap.But yuck,how do I sterilize this mess?The brush is a Simpson so I can't just throw it out,but yuck!!!!!!!!!

I hear that cat hair makes a good brush and if it's a big enough cat, the skin can be used for a strop. Never having been in that situation, I wouldn't know. Could you run it through the dish washer?

A couple tablespoons of bleach in a gallon of water will kill anything on your stuff. You may want to do some 'aversion' therapy with your cat. Perhaps a little soap on his coat and hold down the toilet lid, Voila! A clean toilet AND a clean cat. (Bet he won't go near the toilet for awhile...lol)

Edwardd, as a fellow Oregonian, I would think that you would know the Oregon cure. A good washing with baby shampoo and a 30 day soak in water from Mt Hood. As to the cat, forget it. They own us, not we them.

Does that mean dipping the brush in the toilet before lathering is a bad idea?

Welcome to the small bathroom stinky fluffy skydiver club, dude. Do not worry... i have my own recipe to deal with that, and I am proud to share it with you.
#1-all the zoo your brush acquired at the toilet head is already known by your immunologic system, so you shall not fear.
#2-soap is good, other things don't.
#3-Buy a cheap Dove soap and beat about 5-6 newbie-lathering protocols from it (press till the knot against the bottom of mug to soak it with foam - my Dove reduced about 1/4 of its size after 6 mugs of "lather").
#4-Rinse brush until all soap is gone.
#5-Let the brush dry for about a week (bone-dry, dude... absence of water is what really kills everything) and voilÃ. Like new, and no smell at all.

Oh, forget about the cat, it will endure performing anything its little mind wants to do. Let's pray your cat was not amused watching your agony. If it had fun watching your despair, dude... you are screwed... it will repeat just to watch your reaction, just for fun. Drill a hole on your brush and give it a meter long lanyard attached to the cabinet... and live with it.

Get your self over to amazon. Follow the advise above then buy a uv steriliser. Yep 's' not 'z' English lol. However I Don't know how brushes react to uv sterilisation.

+1 on the Chlorine/Bleach and water... Public Pools that run Chlorine run around 5 parts per million Chlorine:Water... Couple minutes in that solution will take care of it all... Just Rinse/Dry well after.

Good Thread... Bonus Points on the Ick Factor!!

Shawn
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Lather it up in dishwashing liquid multiple times to get any clumpy stuff out. Rinse well. Soak in bleach water for a good 5 minutes. Wring it out and let it dry for a week. Do a normal lather, throw lather out, clean the brush with water. Should be good then.

Imagine what that brush went threw while still on the animal, this is way less gross then that. I agree with the light bleach, let it dry then build a couple lathers with it over the next few weeks. I should be good as new if not better.