buying used brushes

[DonP]

Hello,

Just getting started with a safety razor and I am thinking about moving away from the store bought shave creams. I see people are selling used brushes on this site. Is that sanitary? Is there a way to sterilize them or am I being paranoid?

Thanks
Don

 

[Malakas1981]

For me I can't buy a used brush I know some gents have a system for cleaning them. I believe barbacide

 

[ironfist]

Hello,

Just getting started with a safety razor and I am thinking about moving away from the store bought shave creams. I see people are selling used brushes on this site. Is that sanitary? Is there a way to sterilize them or am I being paranoid?

Thanks
Don

I belive letting it sit in hot water, cleaning with dish soap, rising, repeat, then letting it sit in some hot water with white vinegar, does the trick.

 

[Mick]

Hello,

Just getting started with a safety razor and I am thinking about moving away from the store bought shave creams. I see people are selling used brushes on this site. Is that sanitary? Is there a way to sterilize them or am I being paranoid?

Thanks
Don

Welcome to B&B

Ewwww.... stinky used brushes... eeewwwww ......

If you have not already done so, stop into the Hall of Fame and tell everyone a little about yourself

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/forumdisplay.php/30-Hall-of-Fame

 

[ajc347]

I belive letting it sit in hot water, cleaning with dish soap, rising, repeat, then letting it sit in some hot water with white vinegar, does the trick.

+1 to this.

Baby Shampoo works just as well as dish soap IME and can be used as an alternative.

 

[DEW]

Lather some Scrubbing Bubbles several times for a start on your disinfecting your brush.

 

[Teddyboy]

Here's my take - it's very likely not to be a big deal. After all, when it is used it is drenched in soap and hot water. The suggestions mentioned above should help alleviate your anxiety.

 

[canascrews]

I've always been a little uncomfortable buying a used brush , but Teddyboy's point of view makes a lot of sense.

 

[brucered]

soap/water soak. vinegar/water soak. rinse, repeat.

 

[global_dev]

Is scrubbing bubbles safe on hair? Why not a shampoo or test lather? Vinegar sounds okay

 

[luvmysuper]

Or you could wash it in soap and water and set it in the sun to dry.

I wouldn't get too worked up. Aside from the "ewww" factor, the guy who owned it from here probably washed that brush a whole lot more than the badger who owned it previously.

 

[Roloado]

I don't find it gross at all. I have purchased a few used brushes and all I have done is test lather and use it the next morning.

 

[ltjaw]

Used brush? No problemo. Great way to get a great deal on a great brush.

 

[ChefJohnBoy-ardee]

No different that going to the barber and getting a shave, even if its a neck shave. That brush has sat in soap for years and touched who only knows how many people.

 

[Dusty1]

No different that going to the barber and getting a shave, even if its a neck shave. That brush has sat in soap for years and touched who only knows how many people.

Very true, I stay in hotels, I'm pretty sure those sheets have been defiled worse than a brush on bst

 

[ChiefBroom]

Or you could wash it in soap and water and set it in the sun to dry.

I wouldn't get too worked up. Aside from the "ewww" factor, the guy who owned it from here probably washed that brush a whole lot more than the badger who owned it previously.

+1

Although shaving with sterilized vintage razors didn't bother me at all after breaking into it with a Tech that was my grandpa's, the idea of using someone else's brush was almost revolting to me for a while. Praise the Lord I got over that!

But you really don't want to think about the squalid and filthy holes badgers habitate, that is when they're not scavenging or engaging in shameless fornication.

 

[hedonist222]

Haha you guys are hilarious

defiled

fornication

badger holes

hahaha

 

[Useless shaver]

But you really don't want to think about the squalid and filthy holes badgers habitate, that is when they're not scavenging or engaging in shameless fornication.

 

[vocalistbob]

I have convinced myself that a shaving brush is a perpetually self-cleaning item. I ignore the reality that brushes also exfoliate, leaving dead skin cells embedded in the knots.

 

[ChiefBroom]

I have convinced myself that a shaving brush is a perpetually self-cleaning item. I ignore the reality that brushes also exfoliate, leaving dead skin cells embedded in the knots.

But not zombie cells, right!?