Thread: Rinse or not

Hi,
I rinse my badger brush in hot water while squeezing the soap out until it's clean. Then I shake the brush & wipe the handle. Then I leave the brush standing on it's handle in my scuttle to dry.

If one is so obsessed with saving money that they are willing to leave the soap in their brush, they should probably just join the water-only crowd and not use soap at all.

Personally, I rinse well. Even a 20 dollar puck of soap lasts a few months, and its just not worth ruining a brush for.

People do all kinds of things to save money and like everything else if it's ok with them then I guess it's right for them and case over.

I know guys who save coffee grinds and use the same ones 2-3 times over thinking it's a waste to use once and throw away. I also know guys who drive with the same oil in their cars for 10,000 miles or more.

As far as the brush thing goes maybe with a synthetic brush it wouldn't harm the bristles but the knot itself I'm not so sure.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

I also know guys who drive with the same oil in their cars for 10,000 miles or more..

I go every 12000-15000 miles in mine and dont have any issues.


With the brush its hit or miss. Most of the time I do rinse tho

Originally Posted by zib

This is something many of the old timers used to do. I remember my Grandfather's brush was all bent, curled...He used to leave it in the mug with the puck of Williams....

Remmber that for Grandad, shaving was almost certainly a chore. He'd be staggered to find that for some of us, it's become a pastime.
I doubt he'd understand why anyone would want a collection of razors and brushes either.

I have always left it in because I didn't think it made any difference. But if it shortens the life of the brush as Alan says, I will start rinsing my brush after use

Originally Posted by welshwizard

Remmber that for Grandad, shaving was almost certainly a chore. He'd be staggered to find that for some of us, it's become a pastime.
I doubt he'd understand why anyone would want a collection of razors and brushes either.

My dear Welshwizard:

You have expressed such succinct thoughts and comments on the subject. I like it.

Regards,
Obie

I would agree with most fellows here that washing the brush is a good idea; especially if you own a nice silvertip badger hair brush. For me I like to wash out with warm water. I"ll swirl it in my scuttle a few times then pour out the water, then fill the scuttle with more water and repeat. Once the water seems clear, I'll pick up the brush, and run it under the water while squeezing any remaining suds out. When I'm convinced it's all clean I'll give it one final squeeze then shake the water out. Then I wipe my handle and hang it upside down it in my homemade brush holder (cost me nothing because I used heavy guage wire hehe).

I rinse my brush and then hand lather under water to get out any left over lather.

I clean it out well under hot water and then shake as much water out of it as i can. I usually stick my arm in the shower to shake the brush so i can keep water contained.