Question about using previously used brushes

[kalex]

Hello,

So I know how to deal with used DE razors. scrubbing bubbles, metalwax cleaner followed by soak in Barbicide, but I'm not sure what needs to be done if i buy a previously used brush. What should I do to clean, disinfect it?
Does it need to be soaked in Barbicide or should I just shampoo it thoroughly?

Thanks

Alex

 

[bythbook]

a good shampoo followed by a brief (2 - 3 minute) soak in a barbicide solution is all you need.

I have soaked many brushes in barbicide - I don't think I've run into discoloration from the soak... I am very suggestible and a pessimist by nature; the knots always look a little duller to me after soaking & rinsing. But by the next day everything is fine & I don't notice any changes. It's quite likely that if you are an optimist all will be fine from the go!

NONE of my brushes have blue knots.

 

[kalex]

Thank you Jon.

 

[bythbook]

Thank you Jon.

...and - welcome to B&B! (I probably missed your arrival - pleased to meet you!)

 

[dpm802]

Here are some videos about cleaning brushes ... they don't mention Barbicide as an ingredient.

http://www.shaveinfo.com/videos/brush_cleaning.htm

 

[kalex]

Thanks Jon and David

 

[Pioneer]

Here are some videos about cleaning brushes ... they don't mention Barbicide as an ingredient.

http://www.shaveinfo.com/videos/brush_cleaning.htm

These might be for your own brush? I'm thinking people often feel the need for something stronger, like Mar-V-Cide, for an eBay or similar acquisition. That's ok if you do, and there are old threads on this site about this if you search. Personally, I think a good wash in antibacterial soap, a good dry, and a shampoo or two would do it, but if you're not ok with that, two good cleaners are Japonesque Parian Spirit and Ship-Shape powder, the latter of which you can get at Sally's.

 

[malocchio]

mar-v-cide is recommended for brushes,follow directions,let dry,wash with shampoo and rinse..brush is sterile

 

[Pioneer]

Just to play devil's advocate here, if we only expose the brush to 2-3 mins of a quat is it really getting disinfected? Doesn't it need >10 mins for a cycle? Also, I don't believe quats are recommended for porous objects - by "brushes" I think the Mar-V-Cide Co. means plastic, non-porous brushes (& combs and the like). Just thinkin' out loud as I prepare to disinfect brushes. I even think the Ship-Shape that I recommended might be for plastic, but I don't know... I know makeup techs use Parian Spirit, so that's a possibility. Who knows, though - I might be way off on all of this. For now, I'm going with a wash and shampoo - maybe something stronger later

 

[Go West Young Man]

I would clean and use a brush I got off the BST here, but a secondhand brush from any other source would be reknotted before I let it touch my face.

 

[bythbook]

there are numerous threads in this forum about disinfecting brushes... to my knowledge a LOT of B&B members use vintage brushes with vintage knots... and NOT ONE has succumbed from it. (How would you know, you might ask.... Interesting question, that. Please define "know.")


If it skeeves you out (using old badger or swine hair to lather your face) then don't.

Me? - I clean 'em up & use 'em.


[...you might want to disinfect your brand new brushes before you use 'em, also. Just sayin'.]

 

[kalex]

not mine. i was looking to buy from BST, just wanted to know what i needed to know before i use them. Thank you for a lot of usefull info. Time to read

 

[kalex]

I got a 16oz bottle of Hydrocide, Do i need to buy Mar-V-Cide or is it same product with different labels?

 

[bluepunk18]

I followed suggestions and wiki information on cleaning a recently aquired vintage badger brush. I soaked the brush in hot water and white vinegar, then lathered it with dish soap and let it soak in that for a few minutes. Then rinsed and let it air dry. *soap or shampoo work great for this, just use it until you can't smell the vinegar anymore, usually one or two cycles of lathering and rinsing out* Now, it works well and doesn't smell. Best of luck!

As far as I know about mervicide, barbicide and the like, they are all fairly similar products. Just be sure to use it as described. It is sold in concentrated form, and can be very potent.

 

[c0ry]

Any brush I get, I lather up some dish soap and let it sit. The stuff says it's antibacterial on it, so it at least makes me feel better. I do this with both used and new brushes.

I'm still alive.

 

[guenron]

A mild borax solution is as antibacterial as you can probably want for badger hair..

It is the prions hiding in there that are going to get you!

 

[malocchio]

I got a 16oz bottle of Hydrocide, Do i need to buy Mar-V-Cide or is it same product with different labels?

no...you are fine with hydrocide....follow the directions,and dilute accurately

 

[bythbook]

A mild borax solution is as antibacterial as you can probably want for badger hair..

It is the prions hiding in there that are going to get you!

...prions?????

 

[Rudy Vey]

...prions?????

Prions are extremely nasty critters....
To kill prions one needs also a high temperature - some say over 120 degrees C or even higher (!!) - at this temperature, the badger hair may go bad as well...
Prions are causing some horrible diseases, like BSE, CJD or CWD - all kinds of spongiforme brain diseases (mad cow disease is pretty well know, or scrapie).

 

[kalex]

damn