Thread: Cleaning brushes???

Buy some of this stuff, works great and made for natural and synthetic brushes.

Originally Posted by Marcelitegti

Buy some of this stuff, works great and made for natural and synthetic brushes.

How often do you clean them? Do you soak them or just follow the bottle directions? Thanks!!

30 yrs of wet shaving,Ihave never cleaned a brush,rinse well,shake it out,hang till dry,and my first brush (Hofferitz) is still in perfect shape.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

30 yrs of wet shaving,Ihave never cleaned a brush,rinse well,shake it out,hang till dry,and my first brush (Hofferitz) is still in perfect shape.

I was worried about cleaning and I've only been at it 6 months!! Thanks!!

I learned from this video first;

Brush Cleaning Video | ShaveInfo.com About Wet Shaving

Mine get cleaned everytime I use them....with whatever soap or cream I use I just rinse them and let them dry.

If you take the time to thoroughly rinse your brush after use you won't have to clean with any soap. It's only when you don't and the soap and residue starts to build up that you have issues. The only caveat to that is if you have water quality issues and then the minerals and soap can build up and it's almost impossible to rinse out and then at some point you need to give it a good shampooing.

A brush is after-all hair so pretty much anything you use on your hair you can use on the brush no matter if it's badger or boar or horse.

I am with pixelfixed on this question. And I have 3 silver badger brushes and one black badger brush.

Originally Posted by Brewdaddy

How often do you clean them? Do you soak them or just follow the bottle directions? Thanks!!

I mostly use it when I buy a used brush off of somebody, but I have noticed when I do use it, brush seems softer and defining feels like it holds more water.


Could be all in my head tho