Hello, everyone!
I decided to build my own custom brushes. Being a face foam, I find that the sweet spot for me is 26mm knots in synthetics, and 24mm in badger brushes.
Last month, I made the move to purchase 2 knots from Oumo:
- 26 mm silksmoke synthetic,
- 25mm Finest Two-Band Badger Bulb EX (EX means it has even more density than the SHD knots).
Now the problem is set the lofts correctly. As far as I know, the bulb knots should be set with the double of it's size, so, the synthetic should be at 52mm and the badger 50.
The synthetic has a monstrous backbone with 52mm loft, seriously...I doubt that I could even use it for face lathering. If I set it with 57/58mm loft, looks a bit easier to splay, and pleasant to use.
On the other hand, the badger knot is so dense that I'm afraid to set it too deep. The standard loft is 53, and it looks ok/a bit floppier maybe (?).
This how they look with the knot full depth (53 vs 53):
And this is how they look with the loft that I think it would be fine (53vs57):
Once this is my first time doing this kind of stuff, I would like to know your thoughts, and have some tips if I needed to.
Have a great day,
David
I decided to build my own custom brushes. Being a face foam, I find that the sweet spot for me is 26mm knots in synthetics, and 24mm in badger brushes.
Last month, I made the move to purchase 2 knots from Oumo:
- 26 mm silksmoke synthetic,
- 25mm Finest Two-Band Badger Bulb EX (EX means it has even more density than the SHD knots).
Now the problem is set the lofts correctly. As far as I know, the bulb knots should be set with the double of it's size, so, the synthetic should be at 52mm and the badger 50.
The synthetic has a monstrous backbone with 52mm loft, seriously...I doubt that I could even use it for face lathering. If I set it with 57/58mm loft, looks a bit easier to splay, and pleasant to use.
On the other hand, the badger knot is so dense that I'm afraid to set it too deep. The standard loft is 53, and it looks ok/a bit floppier maybe (?).
This how they look with the knot full depth (53 vs 53):
And this is how they look with the loft that I think it would be fine (53vs57):
Once this is my first time doing this kind of stuff, I would like to know your thoughts, and have some tips if I needed to.
Have a great day,
David
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