Thread: Question on used brushes

Bill sorry for your losses , now what you said about the stuff that stays in a brush from the previous owner , is true I clean my brushes really good and I sent one to Bill for re knot and he informed me of the build up in there, so extreme measures would have to be used to get rid of all, I myself don't use someone elses brush , I,m just too much of a clean freak, but if I found a brush handle I liked a lot I would have it re knotted ,, but to each there own, one way or the other isn't right or wrong , its choice tc

I use Oxyclean, a few tablespoons in a coffee cup with water up a bit over the handle/hair transition, bristles down. Let it fizzle for a while.
As you pour out the cup, look at what comes out. Repeat as necessary
I get a LOT more crud out of a new knot than I have ever gotten out of a used one. Some shampoo, no issues.
I only have a few used ones, but they appeared quite pristine, so I cleaned them and am glad I did. YMMV

I never clean my brushes,But I know what is at the base of them,alot of built up grunge.
But I am the only person that uses them,no harm, no foul.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I use Oxyclean, a few tablespoons in a coffee cup with water up a bit over the handle, bristles down. Let it fizzle for a while.
As you pour out the cup, look at what comes out. Repeat as necessary
I get a LOT more crud out of a new knot than I have ever gotten out of a used one. Some shampoo, no issues.
I only have a few used ones, but they appeared quite pristine, so I cleaned them and am glad I did. YMMV

Thats how these are. And the acrylic one i can see thru and looks pretty clean. Hair still tight and full. Not gummed up and missing hair like alot that ive seen😉

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

I never clean my brushes,But I know what is at the base of them,alot of built up grunge.
But I am the only person that uses them,no harm, no foul.

Yeah, I hang mine upside down for that reason, among others. Crap flows downhill!

Originally Posted by outback

Thats how these are. And the acrylic one i can see thru and looks pretty clean. Hair still tight and full. Not gummed up and missing hair like alot that ive seen��

Clean it good. Give it a go. I dig my old knots. They work just fine!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I use Oxyclean, a few tablespoons in a coffee cup with water up a bit over the handle/hair transition, bristles down. Let it fizzle for a while.
As you pour out the cup, look at what comes out. Repeat as necessary
I get a LOT more crud out of a new knot than I have ever gotten out of a used one. Some shampoo, no issues.
I only have a few used ones, but they appeared quite pristine, so I cleaned them and am glad I did. YMMV

That's because the crud in a new brush is superficial stuff at the surface that easily washes out. With the old brush all that grunge doesn't come out. That's why you don't get as much out of the old one.

But of course!
From my viewpoint, I had just as soon use a brush which is clean and well taken care of as I had one from a nasty Chinese badger processed in a Chinese factory which has to be cleaned multiple times to rid it of stinky brown crap.
Again, YMMV

So a Badger swimming in a mucky pond for years and laying in poop and muddy decaying den, is cleaner than a human, that is using soap to wash himself…

I wash them both in soap and vinegar, new and vintage. There is a reason a new knot smell like urine…

It all comes off with proper cleaning. They say an ATM is dirtier than the average toilet seat…

I suppose it depends upon the human!

After they get done processing the hair for yer brush it's cleaner than the hair on yer head. If you have any that is-Har har.