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    Default brush a little harsh on my face

    hello everybody,

    i would like to know if there is something i can do to my brush to take the harshness off the tips of my badger brush,the brush is a simple 9€ Balea brush.i saw a very big resemblence with a wilkinson here on the forum one time.

    can anybody help me? the tips are a little harsh does anyone know what

    can i do to make them softer maybe?

    thanks and happy hollidays

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    I am not the brush expert, but... It should soften with use.

    I know my tweezerman softened up quite a bit after using it a few weeks.

    Quote Originally Posted by iulian View Post
    hello everybody,

    i would like to know if there is something i can do to my brush to take the harshness off the tips of my badger brush,the brush is a simple 9€ Balea brush.i saw a very big resemblence with a wilkinson here on the forum one time.

    can anybody help me? the tips are a little harsh does anyone know what

    can i do to make them softer maybe?

    thanks and happy hollidays

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    yes this make sense but i wanna do something about it coz i soak it in hot water i do everything i should and if i push slightly on my face with it i feel it would need something done to it.

    whould i rub it on some sand paper or do something with it soak it in boiling water or something.

    have you tried something that worked for you?

    it's not a big waste coz it didn't cost as much

    will the only solution be a new silvertip?

    thanks a lot,
    any advice greatly apreciated

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    Try washing with hair shampoo and conditioner, That may help soften it up some. It sounds like it just needs some breaking in.

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    just washed it in whampoo and conditioner after... we'll see how that goes

    please continue the suggestions

    thanks alot

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    Don't know what you could do other than use it. I use a boar brush, and I like the little bit of roughness...so I don't really care if it gets softer

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    to help break it in make a good lather in your hand and realy scrub it hard agianst your hand . do this 4 or 5 times, then shampoo and cond.it

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    Quote Originally Posted by ronnie brown View Post
    to help break it in make a good lather in your hand and realy scrub it hard agianst your hand . do this 4 or 5 times, then shampoo and cond.it
    +1

    • Build the lather in a cup, mug or on you hand then paint the lather on your face perhaps with the hand you built the lather on.
    • Try and use only the first 0.5-1cm (1/4- 1/2 inch) of the brush.


    The best choice for the impatient might be to worry your way through the least expensive puck of shave soap you can find (less than two euro). Just spend 5 min a day using the brush in a cup with inexpensive soap and it will break in, perhaps in a week.

    Do not over do it but you can also grab a bar of laundry soap and worry your way through some of the bar. Laundry soap being a slightly harsh non lathering hard bar soap. In the US look for Fels-Naptha Heavy Duty Laundry Bar Soap or equivalent. That should break in an inexpensive boar brush quickly. Do completely rinse this soap off the brush very well before letting it dry for tomorrow.

    Just remember that it is boar and will never be badger.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ronnie brown View Post
    to help break it in make a good lather in your hand and realy scrub it hard agianst your hand . do this 4 or 5 times, then shampoo and cond.it

    thanks alot i will do that every day see how it goes after 1-2 weeks.

    thanks alot

    happy hollidays

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    Quote Originally Posted by niftyshaving View Post
    +1

    • Build the lather in a cup, mug or on you hand then paint the lather on your face perhaps with the hand you built the lather on.
    • Try and use only the first 0.5-1cm (1/4- 1/2 inch) of the brush.

    The best choice for the impatient might be to worry your way through the least expensive puck of shave soap you can find (less than two euro). Just spend 5 min a day using the brush in a cup with inexpensive soap and it will break in, perhaps in a week.

    Do not over do it but you can also grab a bar of laundry soap and worry your way through some of the bar. Laundry soap being a slightly harsh non lathering hard bar soap. In the US look for Fels-Naptha Heavy Duty Laundry Bar Soap or equivalent. That should break in an inexpensive boar brush quickly. Do completely rinse this soap off the brush very well before letting it dry for tomorrow.

    Just remember that it is boar and will never be badger.

    i will do this too for the next week or two and see how that goes,
    thanks alot for the sugestion,
    i do use a badger brush,sorry if i didn't say it i dont remember,
    but the thing is i use it twice a week coz that often i shave and baybe that's why it need break in.

    thanks alot

    best regards,iulian

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