Thread: Barbicide for disinfecting

After seeing this, I got scared
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthr...349#post585349
Is it safe to use barbicide on the brush? Also planning to use white regular vinegar with warm water and finally shampooing it with regular dishwasher soap. Ive had my brush now for over a month but I do notice I get these mild red bumps but only on the left cheek (maybe its not brush related, but maybe it is). So I think it needs to at least be cleaned but cleaning it doesnt eliminate that tinea barbae fungi. What do people think?

Double post..

Thanks for taking the time to notice that.

bumps on left cheek only.. are you right handed?

my guess is that you (and I, also) need to work on shaving technique.. shaving the right cheek is easier for me, and gets better results, shaving the left is a little more awkward, and more inclined to razor burn and such.

I agree with p.z.

I have used my fathers brush which is over 40 years old until recently giving it to my son. No barbacide, no vinegar nothing... My father didn't either by the way. If it was a problem with the brush it would have been your entire face unless you just lather and shave the left side....

I have used Barbicide on straight razors at work and I would think it might stain the bristles. It is blue and it will stain some surfaces. I don't wash my brushes as the shaving soap I use accomplishes that and I rinse throughly when I am done with it. I have been using a shaving brush for thirty five years with no problems except that lately they seem to multiply like rabbits.

I guess to each his own, but I think the need to "disinfect" everything is overblown. The chances of catching something from a brush or straight razor are vanishingly small. And if you're only getting this on one side of your face, I would be much more suspicious of my shaving technique than my brush.

This is one of those great questions in shaving - along with how many laps and whether to use linen or not. So, if you feel the need to do it, by all means, go for it. I just think that some people get a fetish about it. (Was there mention of an autoclave in some other post on the topic of sterilizing razors?!)

Hepatitus is quite tenatious.

It can and will live on something cold and/or metal for around three to four weeks.

It will also live through applications of alcohol and bleach, if the bleach solution is weak.


To me, that's serious enough to leave the blade sit undisturbed for a few weeks before use.


What can I say ... I am patient.

I let a wapi sit in barbicide overnight this weekend and the famous "Stainless" scales are now effectively brown.



No blades or other scales were discolored at all. I guess I'll have to find some metal polish and see what I end up with. Probably very shiny scales again, but since I rarely, if ever, polish metal it's going to be a pita!

Tony

I think the barbicide directions say like 10-15 minutes... why'd you do it overnight?