Thread: Troll brush

I would rinse in clear water each time you remove it from the dye. then you have a good idea of how fully it did get colored.
YMMV
~Richard

Originally Posted by edhewitt

well his and andys

Yes, indeed, but it's so much more fun to blame Bill for this....

Looks like it's coming along....so when it's done, will it be the Australian SRP Official Mascot???

Originally Posted by Phrank

Yes, indeed, but it's so much more fun to blame Bill for this....

Looks like it's coming along....so when it's done, will it be the Australian SRP Official Mascot???

i can take him to the perth meet as long as he works out

A boar knot will not dye Properly as it is a solid pce of material,a bristle,send me a High mountain white In badger,badger is hollow and will absorb the dye,I can make it any color you want

All I see is a Groucho marks type face LOL

Maybe a hair dye would work also

Thanks for the offer bill, but i really don't want to throw a fortune at this, i have a badger brush at home that I don't use so if this fails I will have to make a call on whether or not to try that one or go with undyed hair.

After my Last post I realized that I needed to shave so rinsed the brush and used it, most of the color came out. I stuck it back in for the last 5 or so hours and it looks pretty much the same again. .
I will just have to see if it holds.

Out of interest, why would a badger hair take the dye better, i thought a bristle was essentially a coarse hair? And what we're you thinking of using as a dye?

I thought about bleaching your brush white so the colour holds better, not sure if this would dry out the bristles some what. Might be worth a shot though.
Spoke to the wife who's a hairdresser and asked her about using peroxide and a colour like they do for dying ladies hair. She thinks it would be to harsh and could make the bristles brittle.

For filling the Troll without making it too heavy, use polypropylene balls with some epoxy laid on top to keep them in place. You can then use this to decide the loft you need.

Originally Posted by markbignosekelly

I thought about bleaching your brush white so the colour holds better, not sure if this would dry out the bristles some what. Might be worth a shot though.
Spoke to the wife who's a hairdresser and asked her about using peroxide and a colour like they do for dying ladies hair. She thinks it would be to harsh and could make the bristles brittle.

yeah, hair dye doesnt do healthy, living hair a great deal of good, so i imagine dead hir would suffer, i might just have to live with however it comes out.