Dovo travel brush... huh...

[dulcamara]

A few months ago (last Christmas) I got this beautiful brush.
Here's how to find him after the last trip, having forgotten to do it to dry out of my travel bag...

It took a brown reddish colour... like rust...

The last picture is taken from the JEEP's review.

Do you have any advice for me to whiten it?
I'm very sad ...

 

[chukka]

i think you can try borax (bicarbonate sodium) 1 little spoon in a glass of warm water .

 

[Schwert]

Interesting how it turned sort of orange. I have done a couple of restores on old badger brushes with nuclear orange hair...I wonder if they were put away wet and the mold turned them orange.

Borax would be a good thing to try.

 

[soapbox]

i think you can try borax (bicarbonate sodium) 1 little spoon in a glass of warm water .

Correction: borax isn't bicarbonate of sodium. But the water+borax method should help clean your brush.

 

[chukka]

Correction: borax isn't bicarbonate of sodium. But the water+borax method should help clean your brush.

my apologies ,i live in europe and there is no borax here but i have read this here on the board ,may be i have misunderstanding,anyway you can use bicarbonate sodium for cooking cakes ,brush your teeth,rince your mouth,wash the inside of your car,make your DE and your straights shine (that's what i do all the time)and " i think " he's can give it a try for his brush

 

[dulcamara]

Thanks all!
@chukka and @soapbox - I do not know if I can easily find borax at chemist's: you think boric acid, even pure, may be the same?

 

[torero]

Hydrogen peroxyde (H2O2) is very used to whiten many different materials, even human hair, I don't know the possible result on badger's hair, but maybe you could give it a try (you can test with one single hair of your brush).

 

[JPDyson]

my apologies ,i live in europe and there is no borax here but i have read this here on the board ,may be i have misunderstanding,anyway you can use bicarbonate sodium for cooking cakes ,brush your teeth,rince your mouth,wash the inside of your car,make your DE and your straights shine (that's what i do all the time)and " i think " he's can give it a try for his brush

That would be Baking Soda to us.

Borax, however, is essentially Boron salts (sodium borate, biborate, tetraborate, etc). It acts as a disinfectant. It's important to use a small amount, say a teaspoon or two in 2 cups of water, as it releases hydrogen peroxide when added to water (so it acts as a mild bleach). I have used it this dilute many times to clean brushes, and have never had a bleaching effect or any other negative affect. Even Uncle Mantic mentions it in his brush cleaning video.

 

[soapbox]

Thanks all!
@chukka and @soapbox - I do not know if I can easily find borax at chemist's: you think boric acid, even pure, may be the same?

No, don't use boric acid. Perhaps you can find "washing soda" or "laundry booster", which does mostly the same thing as borax and, to a lesser extent, "baking soda" (bicarbonate of sodium), in that they all soften the water. Hydrogen peroxide will bleach only in higher concentrations and duration. Surfactants will clean the hairs provided your water is soft enough.

Borax, however, is essentially Boron salts (sodium borate, biborate, tetraborate, etc). It acts as a disinfectant. It's important to use a small amount, say a teaspoon or two in 2 cups of water, as it releases hydrogen peroxide when added to water (so it acts as a mild bleach). I have used it this dilute many times to clean brushes, and have never had a bleaching effect or any other negative affect. Even Uncle Mantic mentions it in his brush cleaning video.

+1. Nice to know you've had a good experience with it! I've got some buildup on one of my beloved brushes that I need to clean.

 

[chukka]

That would be Baking Soda to us.

that's it ,i've made the confusion sorry .

 

[soapbox]

that's it ,i've made the confusion sorry .

Your English is much better than my French -- ce n'est pas rien!

 

[dulcamara]

Guys, thanks all: I'll tell you the outcome...

 

[dpmtherrien]

I have that same brush that I use just for travel. Its really a great brush. What I'd do would be contact Dovo, or who you bought it from and see what they recommend.

 

[dpmtherrien]

I have that same brush that I use just for travel. Its really a great brush. What I'd do would be contact Dovo, or who you bought it from and see what they recommend.

I'd do that first before I'd try anything else.