Thread: need help worms on a brush

thanks guy for the repply , sorry but I dont take photos I was to worry have to go hurry to Sallys salon supplies to buy a barbicide bottle .
I let my two brush for an hour on barbicide and then I don see the worns . I dont uderstand were they come from, Im a really clean person , the only think who come to my mind was a fly who I kill yesterday ( the warms was very tinny and white ) . The warm was locate on my Rooney Brush and any on my Vulfix brush .

thanks for all the advice I really apreciate
in special the hidrogen peroxide

Never heard of anything like this so far, pretty gross but I'm sure the soak in barbicide is sufficient.

Are they big enough to hunt?

I myself would first soak for 30 minutes in baby bottle sterolising fluid, remove shake dry, then I would seal he brush in a thin palstic bag and place in my deep freeze for one day then use medicated shampoo rinse and then conditioner, and another few rinses, done.

Jamie

Originally Posted by ramon

Today I wash with vinegar my two brushes , a Rooney and a Vulfix , when I dry my Rooney brush I see some very small white worms , first I think was a dry soap but not, the small think was moving and for my sorprise I see more inside .
I dont understand when I use the brush I shake very hard and dry with a cloth .
Im a clean person I clean my house 3 time a week and I mean decinfecting all the house , the brush was buy new from vintage blade two years ago .

As a fly tier I have been astounded how aggressive some bugs are.
Soap water and dry it well. And sure moth balls if you want.

Originally Posted by AFDavis11

Buy a new brush! No more vinegar on brushes.

Agree. Gotta draw the line somewhere.

I don't doubt that there are plenty of substances which will put them out of the worm business on a permanent basis, the only surprise is vinegar, apparently, not being among them. It seems hard, for they didn't ask to be worms, but it's nothing personal.

We once had a cairn terrier which had to have warm hydrogen peroxide of a slightly stronger grade poured into her ear, due to an infection. She had a rather more violent temperament than Toto in "the Wizard of Oz", but it was mostly just show and fantasy under normal circumstances. The peroxide treatment was different, though, and although it took place, she ended up with one side of her head bleached almost white.

Borax is a great brush cleaner, dilute it in some water, swish around, rinse, and your good to go. There was a video on the net...
Anyway, I was just about to suggest Barbacide...Good stuff....You may want to go through your brush with a fine tooth comb....Literally....
Not sure if Barbacide will kill unhatched eggs, so, be on the lookout for the next week or so....

P.S. Hope they weren't hook worms !!!!!

Seriously though, If you shaved with that brush, you may want to be checked out, and if you can, bring one of the worms with you...some can literally get under your skin and cause serious health issues.....Better safe than sorry.....

Yup, I just looked through my brushes too......

P.S.S. Guys, Make sure you have a brush hanger, and hang your brush upside down, not bristles up....

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Are they big enough to hunt?

Great! I am looking at my brush now, under magnification. Something else to worry about!

"Kill em before they multiply!"