New brush losing hairs

[BennyVega]

Hi, is it normal for a new brush to shed a lot of hairs?

I used a brand new Frank Shaving silvertip and it lost like 10-15 hairs during the first use.

I realize this isn't the best quality brush brand-wise but I'm just curious if it's poorly made.

 

[johnh]

Sounds like a lot to me. See what happens with subsequent use. There will likely be a Frank owner along at some point who can tell you if this is normal or not.

 

[Gigster]

It's still early in the break in and sometimes new knots shed. Don't give up. I posted the following in another thread dealing with two shedding knots I had - two different manufacturers and here's what they both recommended. . .

1. Give the brush an aggressive shampoo with your normal hair shampoo (do this for seven (7) days).
2. Thoroughly rinse the brush out and let it dry after each shampooing.
3. When it is completely dry, comb it thoroughly with whatever wide gap comb or brush you have available.
4. Then, rub your hand back and forth across the brush to bring up any additional loose hairs.
5. After seven days of shampooing, use the brush exclusively for another week to see if the shedding continues.

At that point, you will have done everything possible to determine if you have a "true shedder." If the shedding does not stop shedding, at the end of this 14 day routine, you have a defective brush.

Hope your brush works out and it isn't a "true shedder."

 

[BennyVega]

It's still early in the break in and sometimes new knots shed. Don't give up. I posted the following in another thread dealing with two shedding knots I had - two different manufacturers and here's what they both recommended. . .

1. Give the brush an aggressive shampoo with your normal hair shampoo (do this for seven (7) days).
2. Thoroughly rinse the brush out and let it dry after each shampooing.
3. When it is completely dry, comb it thoroughly with whatever wide gap comb or brush you have available.
4. Then, rub your hand back and forth across the brush to bring up any additional loose hairs.
5. After seven days of shampooing, use the brush exclusively for another week to see if the shedding continues.

At that point, you will have done everything possible to determine if you have a "true shedder." If the shedding does not stop shedding, at the end of this 14 day routine, you have a defective brush.

Hope your brush works out and it isn't a "true shedder."

Thanks for that great information! I'll be sure to go through the steps.

 

[Techichi]

Always give a brush some time. Just keep using it. If it's still shedding after a month or so of steady use, then there may be a problem. Contact whoever you bought it from.

I had a 1305 that shed considerably with every use for a good month. I've been using it for about 2 months now with no problems at all.

 

[jwilock]

Hi, is it normal for a new brush to shed a lot of hairs?

I used a brand new Frank Shaving silvertip and it lost like 10-15 hairs during the first use.

I realize this isn't the best quality brush brand-wise but I'm just curious if it's poorly made.

I had two Franks and neither one lost more than a hair or two at a time and that stopped after the first week or two.

 

[celestino]

As noted above, give it some more time.

 

[StuMcB]

Sorry but I cant help myself for this but, my FS finest faux horn chubby /tubby HASN'T LOST A SINGLE HAIR, since it arrived in May this year. and yes it gets regular use every week.

 

[BennyVega]

Just an update, it seems my brush has stopped shedding after the first few uses.

They probably were just loose hairs that weren't removed at the factory.

 

[Nick_Cut]

It's still early in the break in and sometimes new knots shed. Don't give up. I posted the following in another thread dealing with two shedding knots I had - two different manufacturers and here's what they both recommended. . .

1. Give the brush an aggressive shampoo with your normal hair shampoo (do this for seven (7) days).
2. Thoroughly rinse the brush out and let it dry after each shampooing.
3. When it is completely dry, comb it thoroughly with whatever wide gap comb or brush you have available.
4. Then, rub your hand back and forth across the brush to bring up any additional loose hairs.
5. After seven days of shampooing, use the brush exclusively for another week to see if the shedding continues.

At that point, you will have done everything possible to determine if you have a "true shedder." If the shedding does not stop shedding, at the end of this 14 day routine, you have a defective brush.

Hope your brush works out and it isn't a "true shedder."

When my brush started shedding I searched the net and found a couple of processes similar to what Gigster posted:

1) use brush to lather regular bar of soap in your hand
2) when you get enough soap to work with put down bar and lather in hand
3) lather your face with brush
4) rinse off face
5) some said to blow dry brush from at least a foot away on low power
6) repeat 10 - 20 times

None of them mentioned the wide gap comb but that seems like a really good idea! Be careful with the blow dryer though! I think all you are doing here is mimicking the shaving process multiple times in a short period of time. The blow drying is just to mimic the daily drying of the brush. It's just speeding up the break-in period.

 

[StuMcB]

Just an update, it seems my brush has stopped shedding after the first few uses.

They probably were just loose hairs that weren't removed at the factory.

Glad to here. The brush that lost the most hair for me was my Simpsons Duke 2 best. It took a couple of weeks to stop.

 

[njpaddy]

I always do a couple of bowl lathers with a new brush before actually using it. That seems to get rid of most of the loose ones.