Hi!
I accidentally left my poor brush in my soapy lathery goodness over night. Now it's looking a bit sorry for itself. Does anyone have any tips on how to get my badger friend back to it's original good health?
Thanks :)
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Hi!
I accidentally left my poor brush in my soapy lathery goodness over night. Now it's looking a bit sorry for itself. Does anyone have any tips on how to get my badger friend back to it's original good health?
Thanks :)
You can try washing it in shampoo followed by conditioner. Good luck.
Thanks. I'll try that now!
That worked really well, thanks. It's not 100% but it's much better! Maybe I will try again tomorrow.
Are u hanging it upside down to dry?
Yep. There's slight mis colouring, and it looks really dry though.
Fill cup up with oxi clean and water let the brush soak for a few hrs wash out hang upside down and dry
I'll get on it on Monday and post results.
Try washing it with conditioner again, rise and dry thoroughly. Before storing it try and wrap the know in a piece a paper towel and tie twine around maybe 3-4 times top to bottom tight and allow to dry all the way for 3 days or so. This should give it most of its shape back. If the knot feels brittle, you can try lectric shave- it works
Honestly just use the brush and it will bounce back to its normal self after using, rinsing and drying a couple times.
I have done this on purpose many times for testing purpose with black badger, super badger, horse and boar. None have suffered ill effects.
It actually makes lathering a little easier when you already have some lather in the 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 :tu
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by pixelfixed
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doryferon
I don't see what this has to do with cleaning soap residue from a brush...:OT
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by edhewitt
I prefer my silvertips soft :p
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. :)
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by edhewitt
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Castel33
I just make new lather each shave :rolleyes:
I think we're a bit off topic again since the OP's question was how to clean soap out of a brush :p
I think the consensus is either rinse it and leave it or vinegar water and rinse it out :tu