Don't scrub with your brush

[JKaboom]

I just received a new Simpsons 57 best badger. This is the most expensive brush in my collection. In the care and use info it says to only paint and not scrub. Tons of us scrub including myself. I don't scrub super hard but scrub moderately then paint to smooth everything out. It's obvious the brush would last longer but I have two other lower end brushes and the knots are fine.

What say you gentlemen?

 

[Hannah's Dad]

Paint only?!

 

[Trollky]

I believe that even Simpson themselves have said that it is OK to swirl or scrub with their brushes as long as it is done sensitively i.e. don't mash the brush.

 

[Hannah's Dad]

Don’t mash?!

 

[Jay21]

A wise person once told me that instructions are just manufacturer’s opinions. Some opinions are more valid than others.

 

[SharpieB]

Scrub freely, I say.

Scrub a dub dub!

 

[Ravenonrock]

Scrub…with extreme prejudice.

 

[thombrogan]

I paint most of the time, but all but one of my brushes are from different countries than where I live so it will be too expensive for the manufacturers to try stopping me.

 

[Big Jim]

Scrub away. Hard. That way you will have the joy of shaving with a brush that has the dreaded donut hole. Enjoy.

 

[nlife]

That seems rather odd, particularly since the cannon here is that the brush scrubs and massages your face and is the primary reason why face lathering is promoted.

 

[pbnj]

I'm not in a long term commitment with anything I own. They all know they need to share and I fall for temptation. If one simpson dies, two replace it. It's a house rule.

 

[Wombat ESQ]

"Don't Tell Me What to Do!"

 

[EclipseRedRing]

That seems rather odd, particularly since the cannon here is that the brush scrubs and massages your face and is the primary reason why face lathering is promoted.

I suspect those instructions are a historic Simpson legacy designed to minimise warranty claims, and to encourage common sense brush usage. Mark Watterson, the MD of Simpson has stated, right here on B&B, that rotational brush strokes with light pressure, and without mashing the knot, are quite acceptable. It is excessive pressure that is the problem I think, more than the direction of the brush stroke.

Badger Brush and Circular Motion

I recently (a few minutes before making this post) discovered that one should not use a circular motion when applying lather to the face with a badger brush. Paintbrush motion is apparently what’s called for. What about when lathering soap in a bowl? All of the videos that I see show circular...

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[Tinmantoo]

I say scrub with aplomb!

 

[Lord NSIC]

I too once spent too much good money on an AoS badger brush (so embarrassed I've blocked out how much), treated it gently when loading and painting only to be rewarded with a large chunk of the center of the knot falling out (i.e., donut hole). Since then I don't spend much on brushes, viewing them as consumables and freely scrub vigorously during face lathering and haven't had the AoS issue repeat. I also pick up vintage brushes w/good knots that have stood the test of time, or re-knot vintage brushes with economy knots. Run with scissors, tear the labels off of mattresses, and swirl and scrub with your shaving brushes!

 

[ewk]

A wise person once told me that instructions are just manufacturer’s opinions. Some opinions are more valid than others.

I often lather and rinse. I never repeat.

 

[KQY61]

Hi,

I *always* repeat. Tomorrow!

Stan

 

[BigJ]

I use a ‘painting‘ motion because that works best for me!

(Perhaps because my summer job was painting houses when I was in college.)

 

[DesertIguana]

I just received a new Simpsons 57 best badger. This is the most expensive brush in my collection. In the care and use info it says to only paint and not scrub. Tons of us scrub including myself. I don't scrub super hard but scrub moderately then paint to smooth everything out. It's obvious the brush would last longer but I have two other lower end brushes and the knots are fine.

What say you gentlemen?

Well being sort of known nothing person if this brush maker gave information on proper use, I would assume they know how to best use product, and not damage.

 

[Osyri]

I didn't read the directions or any of the literature that comes with the brushes, Scrubbing feeeeeeels so good, how could you not scrub? Another point is my most expensive brush is $35 so doesn't really matter.

For my boar brushes, I scrub so hard, the hairs want to come out by themselves =D