Thread: Cleaning of brush

Originally Posted by jimmyman

It has been a long time since I have posted anything to the forums, but I thought I would come back and get some suggestions on how others clean their brushes.

I am not sure that mine really needs a good cleaning, I rinse it out every day really well and I have never really noticed any gunk or caked on stuff on my brush. But it struck me the other day that I have never really "cleaned" my brush in such a manner as to remove anything that I may not be able to see. To be honest, I am not ever sure how necessary that is, even though the brush has been used regularly for over three years now. I know that Classic Shaving used to sell a tablet you could stick in water along with the brush and it would clean the brush. Maybe it was like Alka-Seltzer, I don't know...

Any ideas or suggestions would be helpful.

jimmyman,

Even a daily rinse of your brush won't remove all of the soap or cream that can accumulate in your brush. Believe me, I found that out when I recently washed one of my brushes which I haven't done anything to for the past two years except rinse and shake it out after every shave. Even though there was no noticeable "gunk" there was definitely an accumulated dry white powder in the brush, esp. where the bristles are joined to the handle.

A number of SRP members have mentioned using hair shampoo w/ conditioner about once a month to clean their shaving brushes. I have adopted this practice and it seems to work. Doing so seems to make your brush almost like new so that it handles shave soap and/or cream better when you are building your lather.

Just my two cents...