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Gentlemen,
I always assumed the after-use drip-dry was an important part of taking care of a brush and, of course, I have a dripstand for this purpose at home.
However, I was wondering, for a travel brush, if I don't want to take my home brush or its dripstand, how do I drip it dry?
Thanks,
Derek
i tend to just stand my brush on end when away.
If its only for a short time it shouldn`t do any harm.
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Originally Posted by DerekW
For what it's worth... My brushes don't actually drip dry, even though they all have the drip stand... I shake my brushes out very well, flick 'em dry, then use lathering swirls on a dry towel or pant leg to finish the drying, then I hang them on the stand... No dripping or drying left (except for the boars, but they don't drip, they just dry) For a travel brush, if it's badger, I'd just shake it out really well, then brush on dry fabric until it is barely damp... Should see you well.
Good luck!
Cheers,
Jeremy
This is exactly what I do, except I just leave the brushesQuote:
Originally Posted by ShavedZombie
standing up on their base. My Simpson's Super Major is
the brush I bring when travelling.
- Scott
Gentlemen:
I have drip stands for all my brushes at home. For the travel brush, this is what I do:
I have an Edwin Jagger best badger travel brush in its own travel tube. When finished with the shave, I gently squeeze the water out of the brush, gently shake it a few times and then lay it on its side on an elevated platform — a hotel coffee mug, glass or whatever I can find until the next morning.
On the day of my departure, I don't use the brush so that I don't have to packed it wet; rather, I have sample packets of quality shave cream — Cade, Truefitt & Hill, etc. — and use them. By then my brush is dry from having been used the day before. I return it to the travel tube and pack it in my dopp kit. The process works quite well for me.
Regards,
Obie
Thanks for the knowledge, everyone!
Do this, then, not pick up bits of fluff and debris?Quote:
Originally Posted by ShavedZombie
Well my towel doesn't shed enough for that, and if it does... Meh... The towel doesn't hurt my face, and neither does the brush...Quote:
Originally Posted by DerekW
Same with the pants
I also use a Edwin Jagger badger travel brush. The day I travel home I place it in its container after I’ve shaken the brush as dry as I get it. The container has a hole so the remaining moisture usually disappears while I’m travelling home, but to be sure I remove it from the container when I get home and let it and the container dry if needed.
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+1 on the previous posts. If you're only traveling for a short time, it shouldn't hurt the razor if you rest it upright on the handle in the bathroom--after you've shaken most, if not all, of the water out.
I do the same with my GF Trumper travel brush when I'm on the road. After I get home, I take it out of the travel tube and allow it to dry thoroughly before inserting it back into the tube and storing it for my next trip.
I rarely travel these days but when I did if I was on the move every day I would leave the brush at home and use a tube of cream and just apply it by hand and that worked fine. If I was staying put for awhile I would take a small badger and shake it out really good and dry it the best I could and that usually worked good.
The only problem with the small badger is he kept crying out for his mama all the time.
Most hotels will have a hair dryer in the bathroom. I consider my shaving routien at the gym to be similar to shaving. I shave and then pack everything into a bag. The key for me is that when I finish my shave I dry my brush with a hair dryer.
I've always let it dry as best I could after a good thumping. I never worry about the brush. My container keeps the hair protected but it is not sealed off-and all travel brushes Ive seen have a weep hole somewhere.
My worry has always been the damp brush messing up my razor if stored together. So I don't.
In the future not taking a brush will be my solution, but I understand wanting to have it there.
I once made a brush stand out of a hanger from the wardrobe..! :D
TBH, for a few days it should be fine. You can dry it on a towel if you want to, or use a hairdryer to get it dry, but when I travel I just flick it dry, foof it on a towel and stand it on the handle. Seems to be fine so far..!