When preparing your brushes before and after you shave, how hot should the water be? Lukewarm or as hot as the tap will allow? Thanks guys.
How Hot?
- Thread starter Mr.K
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For the brush, or your face?
For the brush: pretty much as hot as the tap will allow...just don't use boiling water (i.e., from a tea kettle) with your brush, as I have heard this may damage the hair
For your face: essentially as hot as you can stand it, obviously w/o burning yourself.
For the brush: pretty much as hot as the tap will allow...just don't use boiling water (i.e., from a tea kettle) with your brush, as I have heard this may damage the hair
For your face: essentially as hot as you can stand it, obviously w/o burning yourself.
Before the shave, everything is hot. After the shave, I just use cold water to rinse the brush while I'm doing a cold water rinse for my face.
As hot as the tap allows.
Meaning somewhere in the 75-85°C area...
Meaning somewhere in the 75-85°C area...
I can't give you an exact number, but I typically go with water temp that is mildly uncomfortable to my hands.
Wow, in Norway you guys really run your water heaters hot! I've got mine set to about 140-145f (60-62c), and I'm on the hot side. I find my setting to be quite sufficient to warm up my brush (and scald my fingers
!).-Michael
I soak my brush in a mug filled with hot water from the tap. The water level is only up to the handle, not over the handle. I soak the brush for about 3 minutes, max.
Randy
Randy
Shaving is all about comfort for me. Scalding water is not comfortable to me. I don't see any reason why any water you use would have to be hotter than what you would pleasantly shower with.
If using a scuttle, or some other sort of container to keep your bowl and lather warm, pay attention to your lather. I have found that very hot water breaks it down.
Above 165F ~ 75C is where damage starts occurring to the bristles.
