Thread: Rubberset Aluminum #3 - What to do....

Originally Posted by Phrank

Glad you posted Tom as I was thinking to myself to try your method again...just wetting the tips and loading away. Tried that a couple of times with my badgers and just didn't sit right with me for some particular reason.

I was about to try the boar the same way, just wet the tips and give it a try (kinda strange that I was thinking about Sharpton in my bathroom...ewwww!), but then thought, nope, going to use it the way I like to shave, no rhyme or reason, old habits die hard as they say, and was once again impressed by how time (and a lot more experience) can change your mind about things, another life lesson from our hobby of shaving - it's always good to keep an open mind.

Oh, you can add water to the tips to get the lather right!
To me, the hot water has the same effect on the brush bristles as it does on your whiskers.
I dig the character of the knot and the shafts of the bristles seem to make that happen.
As they are 'tossed in the water' the brush looses it's personality. The shafts lose all rigidity and flop around.

At least this is my experience. Give it a try!