How do you rinse your brush after a shave?

[roboboticus]

Everything I've seen online involves holding the brush bristles-up under running water to wash the soap out, with a squeeze here and there.

I get better & faster results by holding a tilted lather bowl under the faucet and swishing the brush around, "lathering" the water. Does anyone else do this? Is there a reason I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere?

Is it bad for the brush?
Is it too minor a detail to bother mentioning? ​

 

[jsrdrnr]

Since I usually take a bath when I use my brush, I swirl mine in the water and squeeze it a few times to get the soap out. Then I squeeze the water out and "brush" my hand to fluff it and set it up to dry.

 

[Bertilak]

How do you rinse your brush after a shave?

I hold it sideways under running water and "riffle" the bristles (like a deck of cards?). Then a gentle squeeze. Repeat a few times. then shake a few times into the shower stall. Stand it on end to dry.

 

[Ru4scuba?]

Hold brush under water, rinse thoroughly, squeeze then rub on a towel. Does the trick for me everytime.

 

[Greybeard]

Everything I've seen online involves holding the brush bristles-up under running water to wash the soap out, with a squeeze here and there.

I get better & faster results by holding a tilted lather bowl under the faucet and swishing the brush around, "lathering" the water. Does anyone else do this? Is there a reason I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere?

Is it bad for the brush?
Is it too minor a detail to bother mentioning? ​

I do the same thing with my scuttle and then I also rinse it out under the tap. But I'm anal retentive.
It hasn't affected my brushes in a negative manner.

 

[GoldenBacon]

what I'll do is I will hold it under warm water and squeeze any excess soap out, flick it a couples times into the sink. Then I will do a lathering motion onto a towel, and then hang it to dry.

 

[firehydrant]

I squeeze the soap back into the mug then rinse under fresh water. I shake the brush into the sink and then shake it violently at the floor to remove the rest of the water (heaven help me the day I lose my grip on it and fling it across the room). The brush then sits in the open air, on its base, on the counter top to finish drying.

 

[buddydog]

I squeeze the soap back into the mug then rinse under fresh water. I shake the brush into the sink and then shake it violently at the floor to remove the rest of the water (heaven help me the day I lose my grip on it and fling it across the room). The brush then sits in the open air, on its base, on the counter top to finish drying.

What do you do with the soap you squeezed back into the mug....?

 

[firehydrant]

What do you do with the soap you squeezed back into the mug....?

It gets turned back into lather for the next shave.

 

[Alacrity59]

You may think this is hideous but after shaving with a sink filled with hot water I shake the brush around in the used soap and stubble filled hot water . . . let it drain and while it drains use the brush to get some of the soap scum off the sink . . . run some water on the brush . . . give it a shake or two and hang it up. If the girl that sold it to me was not as cute as she was it would not be hung up but placed back top up on the counter as was my last brush that lasted 23 years.

These brushes are made to work . . . I don't see a need to treat them like hot house flowers.

 

[WastedResources]

I swirl my brush in my palm under running water until it runs clear. I squeeze out the excess water and give it a few shakes, then set it on the counter to dry.

 

[mblakele]

You may think this is hideous but after shaving with a sink filled with hot water I shake the brush around in the used soap and stubble filled hot water . . . let it drain and while it drains use the brush to get some of the soap scum off the sink . . . run some water on the brush . . . give it a shake or two and hang it up. If the girl that sold it to me was not as cute as she was it would not be hung up but placed back top up on the counter as was my last brush that lasted 23 years.

These brushes are made to work . . . I don't see a need to treat them like hot house flowers.

Well said, and I clean up my sink after every shave too. But instead of shaking out the water at the end, I wring it out and then scrub the brush tips in a circle on a dry towel for a few seconds, as if I'm lathering. Mine were all sold to me by invisible internet gnomes, so they stand at attention on the counter - anyway the boars seem to dry better that way.

 

[PipeCop]

Yes I too clean out the mug with the brush and then rinse the brush under the water filling the breach with water till clean. Then shake it and place it on the shelf to dry.

 

[Luc]

I do both.

1-I clean the brush by soaking it in the water that I just used
2-I rinsed under running water to get rid of any leftover soap and hair that could be in the bristles.

Then, the usual, squeeze-shake and dry.

 

[buddydog]

It gets turned back into lather for the next shave.

I have a hard enough time using up a soap without being this frugal.That stuff lasts and lasts.I don't even use a tea bag twice,just seems gross.

 

[Carolina Kiltman]

You may think this is hideous but after shaving with a sink filled with hot water I shake the brush around in the used soap and stubble filled hot water . . . let it drain and while it drains use the brush to get some of the soap scum off the sink . . . run some water on the brush . . . give it a shake or two and hang it up. If the girl that sold it to me was not as cute as she was it would not be hung up but placed back top up on the counter as was my last brush that lasted 23 years.

These brushes are made to work . . . I don't see a need to treat them like hot house flowers.

Funny, the using the brush to swish the soapy/stubble filled water around as it drains is the way my Father taught me to do it.

BTW looking back on these lessons in the manly art of shaving, it was a sort of a rite of passage and great bonding. Suggest all out there do it with your sons (if you have any of that age)

 

[FL shaver]

I rarely need a second lather, so immediately after lathering, I run the tap over the brush until it clears, sometimes running the brush over the bowl I lathered in to clean them both, then shake the brush pretty briskly until the excess water is cleared, and place it in the hanger that my father-in-law used to use.

 

[pauls51]

A quick rinse under running warm water (bristles pointing skyward) then squeeze and shake..

 

[bnndx2]

What I do is imediately after my last lather application and before my last pass, I'll put the brush back into my bowl and fill it up with colder water and shake it in the water and let the water run and agitate the brush. Then I go from there...

 

[IAmTheJody]

I just hold it under the hot water for about 10 seconds, then shake out the water and soap, hold it under the water again for about 10 seconds, shake out the water and soap again.. repeat until you see no soap. The shaking helps the bristles flare/fan out for better air drying. Then I set it on its base and let it dry. Never lay it down on the side to let it dry, it'll eventually keep that bent over and bunched up shape from drying on its side like that. I've also read not to let it dry hanging upside down where the bristles are on the bottom. Not sure why but I guess that has something to do with the flare/fanning of the hair as well.