Are you a soap user ? Do the tips of your brush curl up and collapse ? Does your brush have no scrubbing action , too soft ? If you are looking to firm up your bristles try this .
1. Take a pair of sharp scissors and trim about 1/4-1/2" off your present brush length . Shorter bristles are stiffer and longer tends to be floppy . Then give the sides an angled or taper cut like most brushes have .
2. Finally take 220 grit wet/dry paper and runs several figure 8's with it . This breaks the hair down and softens up the tips . Also accelerates the break in process of a new brush . Meaning it softens the tips again .
Try this free tip before you go and buy another brush that you might not be happy with once you get it . Then you'd have two or more brushes parked in the drawer .
I bought a cheapo Omega boar that is a super lather maker . But the hairs quickly collapsed on my face when you apply the lather . It has a large 26mm knot and "had" floppy bristles . Anyway I gave it a hair cut and transformed it . Now I have excellent lather making , good facial scrubbing action and is much softer all at the same time . Now my $140 Shavemac Silvertip which is nice gets no love . The Omega boar was the best $9.00 I spent on shaving .
cityjim
1. Take a pair of sharp scissors and trim about 1/4-1/2" off your present brush length . Shorter bristles are stiffer and longer tends to be floppy . Then give the sides an angled or taper cut like most brushes have .
2. Finally take 220 grit wet/dry paper and runs several figure 8's with it . This breaks the hair down and softens up the tips . Also accelerates the break in process of a new brush . Meaning it softens the tips again .
Try this free tip before you go and buy another brush that you might not be happy with once you get it . Then you'd have two or more brushes parked in the drawer .
I bought a cheapo Omega boar that is a super lather maker . But the hairs quickly collapsed on my face when you apply the lather . It has a large 26mm knot and "had" floppy bristles . Anyway I gave it a hair cut and transformed it . Now I have excellent lather making , good facial scrubbing action and is much softer all at the same time . Now my $140 Shavemac Silvertip which is nice gets no love . The Omega boar was the best $9.00 I spent on shaving .
cityjim
