MWF and brush health

[superpacker]

I have read that lanolin can cake up and damage your shaving brush. I know people here love the MWF, and I am intrigued. But, unlike many, I only have one brush, and I would like to not gunk it up so I can also use creams and other soaps with MWF. Is there any truth to Lanolin harming your brush?

 

[Confilo]

I just finished one puck of MWF with no ill effects on my brush. Just rinse well and clean at least once a year with shampoo, vinegar or Borax.

 

[SmoovD]

I think your brush will be fine as long as you completely rinse it out and dry it. No matter the soap.

 

[asurjc]

There have been some previous debates about mentholated soaps and natural badger hair brushes. See the following: Post 1 Post 2 but nothing so far that I can remember that speak to the ills of MWF and the lanolin.

I have just recently become a MWF convert for the winter and I have noticed no ill effects so far on both my everyday BBE and my Dovo travel brushes. As others have suggested, it is of course a good idea to clean your brushes on a regular basis. Either way, you gotta love the lanolin on these colder dry mornings.

 

[Ignatius]

There are often threads asking if lanolin or menthol are bad for brushes, but there are never threads saying a brush has just fallen apart from using MWF or Proraso.

Its fine.

 

[40_Caliber]

I just finished one puck of MWF with no ill effects on my brush. Just rinse well and clean at least once a year with shampoo, vinegar or Borax.

I use MWF daily. There have been no deleterious effects on my brushes whatsoever. As Confilo suggests proper maintenance is all it takes to keep your brush in top working order.

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