Thread: Drying a brush

Originally Posted by Bruce

Doc,

I find that I am able to stuff my nostrils regardless of the orientation of the bristles. If I lather with complete abandon, I can also plug both ears. For some reason, a good sneeze will clear the nostrils but not the ears. Apparently I have some eardrum remaining although my hearing would belie that

Once, while in what only could be described as a lather trance, I did manage to get a dollop in one eyebrow.

Man sounds like you get pretty serious when you lather up. I have been trying to avoid plugging the nostrils, but it seems like it is inevitable. A quick exhale through my nose gets the bulk out.

When you buy a new Simpson, the instructions say that you should stand the brush on it's base to dry. Of course....maybe they just want to sell more brushes . Seriously, I've had no problems and I dry my brushes base up and base down. I don't notice any difference.

Cool... thanks everyone For now the brush shall stand, flaunting its bristles peacock-fashion.

One year, same brush, bristles up, nary a problem...

Hi;

I use some short shoestrings looped around the brush handle and hung from some small stickon cuphooks I put on the wall. Main reason is to keep them off the counter and out of the way. Don't know that it makes a lot of difference in drying, but they are easy to see and get to, and I can hang four or five in unused space on the wall between the main mirror and towel rack.

Smithee

The first brush I ever bought, was a less expensive Badger. I placed it 'bristles up' every time I finished shaving and it only lasted a little over twenty five years. I now have a Pretty fair Super Badger brush that is around four years old. I dry it the same way and I have seen no changes in it. If I can get another twenty years out of it, that'll be about the limit of my need for a Shaving Brush.
BUT, I always rinse my brush thoroughly and shake as much water out of it as I possibly can. After that, it's on it's own.

I hang mine upside down. However I have one that was my fathers, it's about 35-40 years old and he always let it dry standing up. Go figure.

I'm glad this was asked, because I was concerned about my badger brush. I don't use a stand mostly because of the limited space on my boat, and because I just couldn't see the need for it. I'm glad to know that there are others that don't use stands and have not seen any problems with their brushes.

I shake mine out real good, then hang it. I'm not sure if it matters, but it makes me feel better. I let the boars hair dry bristles up, and it seems fine as well.

If gravity plus violent shaking of a brush can't remove any more water, then gravity alone won't do a darn thing to help get the remaining water out of a knot of hair. Only capillary action + air movement around the brush will remove the remaining moisture. To aid the air movement, I place my brush bristles up so that it can breath freely. Hanging down from a stand that blocks air movement from one or more sides would seem to be less ideal, but in practice, there seems to be no negative effect from using a stand.

Regards

Kaptain "You pays your money and you takes your choice" Zero