Thread: Travel Drippin'?

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.

Originally Posted by DerekW

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

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

Originally Posted by ShavedZombie

... 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

This is exactly what I do, except I just leave the brushes
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!

Originally Posted by ShavedZombie

lathering swirls on a dry towel or pant leg

Do this, then, not pick up bits of fluff and debris?

Originally Posted by DerekW

Thanks for the knowledge, everyone!




Do this, then, not pick up bits of fluff and debris?

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...

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.

+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.