Thread: Rinsing a brush when done shaving

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Do what you gotta do.this is a long term experiment,these two brushes have not been rinsed,cleaned, or dried in almost a year.
Both are still in fine condition

Pixel, I swear I saw something move in that second brush,,,,

It's intersting to see how opinions differ on such a relatively straight forward matter, turning it into not such a straight forward matter! It's one of the reasons that make this forum so addictive and such interesting reading.

Personally, I rinse my brushes out in hot water, squeeze the remaining soap out rinse again. I then shake out the water and sort of strop them on a towel to dry them. They then stand upright ready for next time. I don't use a stand to hang them.

Originally Posted by wayne394

They then stand upright ready for next time. I don't use a stand to hang them.

I have a boar brush and a badger brush. I used the one stand I have to only hang the dry one. The one that is well stands upright. In my opinion water evaporates in an upward direction and not the opposite.

This is how I take care of my brushes. I squeeze all the lather for my last pass, and then soak the brush in water. While I am completing my last pass, the brush is absorbing water, therebuy loosening soap particules off the hair. Completing the last pass, applying alum block and after shave provides enough soaking time to make the actual rinse very easy.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Pixel, I swear I saw something move in that second brush,,,,

Maggots John,they add to the shaving Experiance

Soap is easy to get out of boar brushes, badgers, especially with a big knot are harder. I rinse mine in the sink, then open the shower door just enough to insert my arm and shake the dickens out of the brush. Usually this does the trick, if not, rinse and repeat. Been doing this for years, with no detriment to my brushes.

When I rinse out my brush I rinse it out under running warm water to get rid of most of the soap. Then I fill the cup with water and swirl it around a lil bit. I then rinse it out under running water. Shake it a few times, then pat/ rub on a towel...... Maybe shake it one more time for good measure.....then place it back on it's stand to air dry. Works for me thus far.

Originally Posted by Wayne1963

Soap is easy to get out of boar brushes, badgers, especially with a big knot are harder. I rinse mine in the sink, then open the shower door just enough to insert my arm and shake the dickens out of the brush. Usually this does the trick, if not, rinse and repeat. Been doing this for years, with no detriment to my brushes.

Me too. My new brush came with a plastic stand and when it's gone i'll just stand mine upright and let it dry like that. Also I keep hearing about knot size. next time i'm at my friend how know more about this than me i'm going to ask him about the knot sizes. I've only delt with 3 brushes in my life so it will be interest.

Originally Posted by Wayne1963

Soap is easy to get out of boar brushes, badgers, especially with a big knot are harder.

I would beg to differ. The bigger the brush, the easier it is to clean. Because the tips are longer, thus minimising the risk of, or need for, driving lather into the core of the brush. The one below is the easiest to clean of all my brushes. And yes, it is slightly bigger than most brushes.

Rinse, then shake the dickens out of it in the shower, then rinse again. I've been doing this for years and it does the job.

All the water I use for shaving is cold so the brush gets rinsed in cold. When I finish shaving I swirl it in the sink water as the sink drains which gets a good deal of the soap out of the brush and helps keep the sink clean too. Next hold the knot by a circle created with my thumb and fore finger under running cold water and oscillate it to rinse into the core of the knot. A gentle squeeze of the tips, several shakes, a quick stropping of the tips on a towel and hang to dry. So far so good with the boar, badger and synthetic brushes I have. I haven't washed my brushes yet but may do a cleaning using kitchen dish soap like Palmolive in the future.

Bob