Cleaning a Shaving Brush
'Why might one do this?' I hear you ask. 'My brush goes from soap to my clean face and is washed and put away' I hear you call defiantly.
Good sirs, pay heed! Be so kind as to get your brush and look where the hairs attach to the handle. See you now, a ring of soap scum hides. And indeed, the soap goes deeper still - your lather is suffering. Not even to mention that it cannot at all be good for the health of your knot.
To arms, sirs, to arms! Assemble ye some vinegar and detergent, as the the British did at the Dardanelles in days of old. Let us do away with this soap scum, as the scottish scum (my ancestors) were done away with at Flodden Field.
Let battle be joined. Give that brush a washing under the tap, and be not afraid to, once done, wash it some more. Now the brush may return to its natural state, and lather. Put a small dollop of detergent in your hand, and lather it up as if your very survival, which indeed it may, depended on it.
Now comes for us a small reprise - put your noble brush, my noble sir, in some water, and let it soak. Give it the occasional mix during its soak of duration approximately a minute.
Wash the brush again, clean all the detergent from it. We are nearly at an end.
The penultimate step - replace the brush into its bath (with new, fresh, clean water) and a solid dash of vinegar. Let it sit, with your occasional attention of mixing it, for about a minute once more.
All that remains now is a third and final rinse under the tap before your dry your brush and let it take the airs.
Return to this process, sir, when again you see the white scum ring return, for it will be not a moment too soon.
Your brush is ready my good sir, and it is clean.
'Why might one do this?' I hear you ask. 'My brush goes from soap to my clean face and is washed and put away' I hear you call defiantly.
Good sirs, pay heed! Be so kind as to get your brush and look where the hairs attach to the handle. See you now, a ring of soap scum hides. And indeed, the soap goes deeper still - your lather is suffering. Not even to mention that it cannot at all be good for the health of your knot.
To arms, sirs, to arms! Assemble ye some vinegar and detergent, as the the British did at the Dardanelles in days of old. Let us do away with this soap scum, as the scottish scum (my ancestors) were done away with at Flodden Field.
Let battle be joined. Give that brush a washing under the tap, and be not afraid to, once done, wash it some more. Now the brush may return to its natural state, and lather. Put a small dollop of detergent in your hand, and lather it up as if your very survival, which indeed it may, depended on it.
Now comes for us a small reprise - put your noble brush, my noble sir, in some water, and let it soak. Give it the occasional mix during its soak of duration approximately a minute.
Wash the brush again, clean all the detergent from it. We are nearly at an end.
The penultimate step - replace the brush into its bath (with new, fresh, clean water) and a solid dash of vinegar. Let it sit, with your occasional attention of mixing it, for about a minute once more.
All that remains now is a third and final rinse under the tap before your dry your brush and let it take the airs.
Return to this process, sir, when again you see the white scum ring return, for it will be not a moment too soon.
Your brush is ready my good sir, and it is clean.
