Hmh, I guess you mean water hardness salts that show up on your brushes when they dried. I am lucky as I have a water softener, so I do not experience this. If I had hard water, I would clean my brush thoroughly with warm water letting it run into the knot from the top to remove all the soap/cream residue, then shake it out well and give it a rinse in distilled water, shake and dry.While the expert is here ... Rudy, may I ask you, please:
Do you recommend cleaning badgers to get rid of chalk? And how so?
I have hard water, where I live, lots of chalk and I means lots. I use badgers exclusively (diverse Chubby in rotation) and it's been a long time I used a solution with vinegar. Only thing I always do is to have the brush I use rest in water for some minutes prior to shaving to soften remains of soap and chalk and of course I rinse them after shaving, but you never get them totally soap free and then there is still the chalk.
If they shed a hair every now and then, they had done so so from the beginning, I want to say I never experienced an increased shedding over long periods of time, so I'm cool with no extra care. But I thought I take the chance to ask you.![]()
I guess the only way to get rid of the hard water salts might be a rinse in vinegar, but then follow with water rinses as I described before. Maybe someone with hard water and these residues on brushes can chime in and give their experiences here.