Woke up this morning for my shave and my Rooney super silvertip was still wet from yesterday's shave, roughly 24 hours before!! It had been standing on its base - looked darn near like I had just shaved with it! What gives? 
Brush Still Wet The Next Day?
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3 things that I can think of
1) You didn't squeeze all the water out and shook the brush to get the water out enough.
2) It's very humid in your bathroom and there wasn't enough air to dry the brush
3) Someone else used your brush...
1) You didn't squeeze all the water out and shook the brush to get the water out enough.
2) It's very humid in your bathroom and there wasn't enough air to dry the brush
3) Someone else used your brush...
It was sending you a message saying:
"I don't want to work every day!"
"I don't want to work every day!"
Do you have a cat? 
Maybe SWMBO was giving it a whirl when you weren't looking or like at my house my son likes to use my brush.
What do you do to dry your brush post-shave?
I rinse it out, squeeze it good, shake a few times, then swirl the brush on a drier spot on my towel for around ten seconds. I also store my brush base down so that shouldn't be the problem.
I rinse it out, squeeze it good, shake a few times, then swirl the brush on a drier spot on my towel for around ten seconds. I also store my brush base down so that shouldn't be the problem.
Do you sometimes drink too much and have 'accidents' in the middle of the night? How's your aim?
I generally use the rinse,shake, squeeze and brush the tips on a towel then hang my brush in its holder method. It seems to work for me.
Maybe the wife is using it to shave her....um.........LEGS.
You shave !!!!
Who else does ????
Vijay
Who else does ????
Vijay
I would think not good. If nobody else is using it you should really shake it out and paint your towel with it and see if that helps.
Later,
Richard
Later,
Richard
Obviously you need more brushes to allow them to dry completely. One extra would be OK but two or more will really allow proper drying time.
+1 Rinse + squeeze + shake + towel strop = dry brush in a few hours
It's a big knot. I think mine is just barely dry the next morning, which is why I only use it every other day. You need another brush. You have permission now.
Just remember, if you shake your brush more than three times...
IMHO the shake gets more deeply imbedded water out than a towel. Fearful towel will promote shedding.
Well, I for one will go out on a limb and say that most brushes aren't bone dry after 24 hours. There's probably a small amount of moisture trapped in the knot that hasn't yet escaped. I don't notice this as much on my boars - they tend to absorb and wick the hair pretty quickly - but my badgers tend to retain a little bit of moisture. This is why I'm pretty adamant about cleaning a brush with something disinfectant once in a while!
In any case, for this reason, I consider a two-brush rotation a very good thing. Perhaps not ultimately necessary, but a good idea nonetheless. Oh, and in spite of what you may be told, drying upright vs hanging won't make a world of difference here for most brushes, in my own experience. If anything, I believe my brushes dry slightly better upright (but not by much).
In any case, for this reason, I consider a two-brush rotation a very good thing. Perhaps not ultimately necessary, but a good idea nonetheless. Oh, and in spite of what you may be told, drying upright vs hanging won't make a world of difference here for most brushes, in my own experience. If anything, I believe my brushes dry slightly better upright (but not by much).
