Is it a good idea to use shampoo to clean my shaving brushes after every use. Does regular use of shampoo have any negative effects on the badger hair. Thanks guys.
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Is it a good idea to use shampoo to clean my shaving brushes after every use. Does regular use of shampoo have any negative effects on the badger hair. Thanks guys.
I don't see the necessity of shampooing a brush after every shave. Mind you it is shampoo meant for hair so I doubt it would harm badger hair.
All I ever do is rinse the knot thoroughly, give it a couple of wrist snap shakes and put it away to dry. Haven't had any issues so far.
Bob
My brushes get clean every time I use them. My best advice for any natural bristle is soak it first and make sure you rinse off any excess soap. Other than that I haven't seen a reason to do anything else. I have boar badger and horsehair. I treat them all the same and have no issue with any of these.
Thanks gents.
I wash mine with shampoo every 6 months or so. After the shave I give mine a good rinse then a few flicks and 'strop' on my towel.
I don't see the need to shampoo everyday. Hypothetically the silicone that a lot of shampoos use could cause a build up of silicone on the bristles and might effect the performance. Also many shampoos contain sodium laurath sulfate which with continued use could cause the bristles to become week and break.
I rinse mine and rub them against my palm under the running water to make sure the soap is out then after a couple of shakes I give the bristles a squeeze before putting the brush bristles up to dry.
They dry much faster bristles up so the water can evaporate up into the air, if the bristles are hung the moisture will evaporate further into the bristles so take longer to dry.
My humble opinion ymmv.
Well down is the way gravity works, so not sure that makes sense, but it’s your brush, now as far as cleaning, it’s getting a fresh soaping every time you use it, so it’s clean, I don’t even rinse all the soap out unless I’m putting it up for any length of time, I have used them for months without anything but a couple seconds under the faucet then a shake. Still have soap left to start the next shave
The only time I have "cleaned" a brush is if it ws used by someone else or new.
We all here have had pink lather on the second pass.......
But if After a quick rinse and if the soap already didn't kill it I am not to worried about catching anything from myself the next day.
I'm with the other guys.
I have been wet shaving for many years.
I have never used shampoo on a brush.
Think about it. If you soap the brush up, then thoroughly rinse, does it really matter if you are using shave soap or shampoo?? It ends up clean.
When I get a new brush I will do a lather and rinse before my first shave which is good enough for me.
Pete <:-}
I thoroughly rinse my brush after each use.
The brush is vigorously shaken and hung to dry for three days and then placed hair up.
The only maintenance I perform is a Pantene application ever so often. This helps shake out the water after use. I learned this trick from Hirlau many years ago.
I miss Hirlau!
If you hang your brush for three days you have to many brushes in your rotation.:D
That is one of the things I question about blooming your soap and drying your brush.
If you use your brush and the same soap day after day they will never truthfully be dry.
But then to me they work better.
I have a brush for each day of the week. This was not planned but just worked out over the years
Fun do you do the same with razors?
And soap?
Many shampoos contain silicone which will make the natural brush hair less absorbent to water with time. I think.
I do it the way my dad showed me. Rinse face in hot rinse water from sink then rinse out brush in rinse water. Rinse face with cold water then turn brush bristles up and cup hand around bristles and faucet to "pressure rinse" bristles. Squeeze out excess then fan bristles to spread them out. Hang to dry at least overnight. I hang it to help the water run out of the knot and brush head to avoid damage to glue.
The shave soap is made for hair as well as.skin so I see no reason. Water itself wears the brush enough already.
I've heard some guys do a vinegar rinse every now and then but personally it's just rise well after shaving and a good shake or two and into the holder until next time.
Not going fo get into bristles up or down so i wont say what i do. But, once a year i will give my regularly used brushes a short soak in Oxy-clean and water. Then use an old toothbrush to clean soap scum off. Then a good rince and a little shave soap then rinse. Good to go for another year as i use maybe 6 or 8 brushes a year.
No Shampoo.
I have a dedicated brush for every soap, but I prefer boar brushes and they don't cost much.
I rotate through my soaps each shave so my brushes end up drying for a few quite a while before their turn comes around again.
I never wash my brushes in shampoo or anything like that, they get a good soaping while I use them and then a good rinse so that's good enough for me, also the reason I use dedicated brushes is so that each brush smells like the soap it's earmarked for and I like it like that.
I have mildly hard water, so no matter how well I rinse out my brushes after use, they will eventually build up some soap scum. When this happens I wash them with dish detergent and not shampoo, and soak them for a couple of minutes in vinegar water. I also do this whenever I get a second hand brush before I use it. It works great, they come out super soft and looking like new.
I said I never wash my brushes because they get a good soaping and rinsing as I use them, we have very soft water so they lather up very easily.
I do actually wash the brushes with hair shampoo then soak in vinegar to get rid of the scent of the soap I was using them for when I finish a particular soap and decide to replace it with something different.
I can't think of anything more horrifying than my shave brush smelling like vinegar.
Ever since I was a kid I've hated that smell. I've puke a couple times when it was really strong.
Yeah, the vinegar smell doesn’t stay on the brush, it disappears right away