Thread: Poorly Brush :(

This is easy. Fill a coffee cup with half warm water and half vinegar...it will turn all of the soap residue back into oil which you then shampoo out....works REALLY well on brushes with built up soap lather residue

For the life of me,I do not understand how what the OP did can be detrimental to a badger brush.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

For the life of me,I do not understand how what the OP did can be detrimental to a badger brush.

I think it was just all crusty/crispy from dried soap.

Use 2-3 O-rings
These will "tight" the knot very hard
Do it when it semi-wet and let it few hours
Then release the O-rings and let it dry completely.
That trick will restrict the over-bloom.

Originally Posted by Doryferon

Use 2-3 O-rings
These will "tight" the knot very hard
Do it when it semi-wet and let it few hours
Then release the O-rings and let it dry completely.
That trick will restrict the over-bloom.

Bloom is related to loft, how deep the knot is set in the handle will determine bloom. Putting O rings doesn't sound very good for your brush, I would personally NEVER do this.

I don't see what this has to do with cleaning soap residue from a brush...

I was talking to another member a week or so ago, he deliberately leaves the excess soap in his brush for the next day, not sure on the exact method to re use the lather mind you. This was a tip he got from his mentor I believe.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

I was talking to another member a week or so ago, he deliberately leaves the excess soap in his brush for the next day, not sure on the exact method to re use the lather mind you. This was a tip he goes.from his mentor I believe.

I've had that happen inadvertently...usually when rushing a shave (don't let brush soak long enough and don't add enough water to lather) the outside of the brush dries up a bit. It makes the bristles crispy/crunchy instead of soft and makes them clump together a bit.

I prefer my silvertips soft

I agree with Castel33. Give it a good rinse, to get the left in cream all out, and then just keep using it. After a few shaves it will come back to the way it was before.

I've also left shaving cream in my good 26mm silvertip over night by accident and its no big deal. rinse it out and just continue to use it.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

I was talking to another member a week or so ago, he deliberately leaves the excess soap in his brush for the next day, not sure on the exact method to re use the lather mind you. This was a tip he got from his mentor I believe.

You just don't soak the brush next time add a little bit of water load the brush add some water and do that till you get the lather you want. You will be surprised at just how little water you need.

Originally Posted by Castel33

You just don't soak the brush next time add a little bit of water load the brush add some water and do that till you get the lather you want. You will be surprised at just how little water you need.

Yeah, I reuse my lather a bit differently but certainly I don't use more than one or two bottlecap fulls to resurrect the lather.