Thread: Wash them first?

Originally Posted by Razorfeld

Be still my heart! Blown glass brush handles! Think of the possibilities. My BAD just kicked off. Pic please of these interesting handles. With or without knots is fine. Hair is hair but the handles are the focal point.

How wrong you are. You know the old saying, "all show and no go"? You can take an expensive Italian Sports car and take out the engine and what do you have? It's all about the business end in brushes.

Har har

Ah, but it's the eye candy that leads us to the coveting. The business end comes later when we say, "what do I do with it now?"

I throw the knots in a glass with about 3 tablespoons of Oxyclean with water and let em fizz for about an hour.
You would be amazed at the crap bubbling to the top!

Set the knot.let it cure overnight.send it off to your buyer,tell the buyer to hand lather the brush before using.
will be no smell. thats B.S

Being a lazy bast...ur I mean minimalist. It never made sense to me to wash something that will spend the rest of its life being rolled around in soap. In my experience some have the wet dog smell but after a half dozen shaves or so they all smell like shaving soap to me.

That said, curiosity is killing the cat. I really must try the Oxyclean trick on some of my high mileage brushes.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Set the knot.let it cure overnight.send it off to your buyer,tell the buyer to hand lather the brush before using.
will be no smell. thats B.S

Well, Bill. There is a difference, at least to me, in sending one off and actually using it.
I cannot STAND the smell of a new knot. It cures it for me, anyway. If you cannot smell it, I can! No B.S. whatsoever.
Tom

Originally Posted by 1OldGI

Being a lazy bast...ur I mean minimalist. It never made sense to me to wash something that will spend the rest of its life being rolled around in soap. In my experience some have the wet dog smell but after a half dozen shaves or so they all smell like shaving soap to me.

That said, curiosity is killing the cat. I really must try the Oxyclean trick on some of my high mileage brushes.

Prolly unneeded. As you say, they have been washed their whole lives! I was referring to new knots, uninstalled, before installation. I never do anything to my users except rinse them good and shake them out! Just me!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I throw the knots in a glass with about 3 tablespoons of Oxyclean with water and let em fizz for about an hour.
You would be amazed at the crap bubbling to the top!

Oxyclean,hydrogen peroxicide and bleach,would you use it on your hair?

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Oxyclean,hydrogen peroxicide and bleach,would you use it on your hair?

Prolly not, but it has not hurt a knot yet! Makes them smell 'neutral' Love a new brush which does not stink!

Originally Posted by BloodBath

I recently purchased 3 badger knots from TGN.
Should I wash and dry the knots before the final assembly?

If you wash them it will be a difficult to set the loft exactly were you want it cause of the bloom
If the knot is from a well know company and trusted from another re-knoting cases no problem at all.
If they are not i suggest an easy test,then washing and if you are satisfied you can glue them permanently.
If you doubt glue them "lightly" as has been advised elsewhere.