Thread: My smelly Badger

I am sorry if this has already been addressed but I looked and couldn't seem to find one regarding my problem.

I received my first Badger brush in the mail the other day. First thing I noticed when I unpacked it is that my German Shepherd wanted to attack it, then I noticed a very strong wet/dead animal smell. (this may be normal, I am still very new to straights) So I did what I've read and shampooed it with the shampoo that I use on my own hair, rinsed it well, shook it out and hung it to dry for my next day shave.

The next day shaving came, the brush performed extremely well. Lathered much better than the $17 Tweezermen!! The only problem that I encountered is that while lathering my face it smelled like I was bringing the Pittsburgh Zoo along with me!

Is this normal for Badger? Will it lesson over time or is this something I should address with SRD?

Any advice would be helpful!

Thanks

It's normal although some brushes might have very little odor and another might be Stank City. It will go away after a few uses. You can read about all sorts of methods to speed it up but really, time is what you need. I just lather a new brush a couple of times with whatever soap I have out at the time. You could set it on end & let the lather "soak" for a half an hour before rinsing I suppose. Welcome to the club & good luck.


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Tack

[QUOTE=Tack;1292352]It's normal although some brushes might have very little odor and another might be Stank City. It will go away after a few uses. You can read about all sorts of methods to speed it up but really, time is what you need. I just lather a new brush a couple of times with whatever soap I have out at the time. You could set it on end & let the lather "soak" for a half an hour before rinsing I suppose. Welcome to the club & good luck.

Tack, thanks and thank you for clearing this up for me.

Originally Posted by Dex

I am sorry if this has already been addressed but I looked and couldn't seem to find one regarding my problem.

I received my first Badger brush in the mail the other day. First thing I noticed when I unpacked it is that my German Shepherd wanted to attack it, then I noticed a very strong wet/dead animal smell. (this may be normal, I am still very new to straights) So I did what I've read and shampooed it with the shampoo that I use on my own hair, rinsed it well, shook it out and hung it to dry for my next day shave.

The next day shaving came, the brush performed extremely well. Lathered much better than the $17 Tweezermen!! The only problem that I encountered is that while lathering my face it smelled like I was bringing the Pittsburgh Zoo along with me!

Is this normal for Badger? Will it lesson over time or is this something I should address with SRD?

Any advice would be helpful!

Thanks

Oxy Clean does a great job killing the smell for me. I'd mix some in warm water and let it soak.

Larry says that UV helps so l leave my new knots in the window to catch a few rays between oxi-cleaning them and making lather over and over. A few days or a week or two, it fades fairly quickly.

Years and years ago, i threw out a brush because of the stank. There was no internet then. Just a few BBS's and 2400 dial up!

Yes, my dog was quite interested...he's the kind that is programmed to go into holes with varmints.

I've used new badger knots many times, to get rid of the odor I will build up a nice lather on the brush then let it sit overnight. Rinse in the morning and the smell is gone.

I just got my first brush (boar instead of badger) yestrday and noticed a weird smell also. After reading this thread, would I be correct to assume the smell will eventually fade?

If it disappears, the dog took it out back and buried it :<0) If it helps you can use those spongy ear plugs in your nose.

Thanks everyone for the information. I am working on this brush right now.

Just make a lather, let it sit for an hour, rinse and repeat. The Oxy-Clean method sounds interesting, gonna try that next time.