got a new vie long horse hair brush, the first of these i have owned, the smell of this brush was brutal the first few times using it, not a bad brush to use but the smell, used it today with some ingram menthol cream and it seems to have cleared the awfull stench,i dont think i could have put up with the smell, even though its a good little brush, thank god for the menthol blast of ingrams.View attachment 307766
stink of horse hair brush
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I've used the method described in this post to remove the funk from new brushes. Works really well.
Enjoy your new brush!
Nick
Enjoy your new brush!
Nick
I have a couple of Vie-Long brushes. They are good brushes at a good price, and the horse-hair brushes do not require a dead animal.
The horse-hair smell is rather pungent at first, but it does go away as you use it. You can speed up the cleansing process if it bothers you, but I didn't mind the initial farm smell, so I didn't bother. I just used it. Now it has no funky smell at all.
The horse-hair smell is rather pungent at first, but it does go away as you use it. You can speed up the cleansing process if it bothers you, but I didn't mind the initial farm smell, so I didn't bother. I just used it. Now it has no funky smell at all.
I have a Vie-long and the initial stink was pretty bad. It goes away quickly with use. I used Bigelow's Menthol and Eucalyptus to speed the process. They are good brushes but I think I am going to be getting only badger brushes in the future. That is turning out to be my personal preference.
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i have badger, boar and synthetic bristle brushes, none of them were as stinking as the horse hair, i think i got the hair from the horses *** it was that bad, thankfully after a bit of use its going away,the next horse brush i will use the cleaning method described, i will get another vie long brush again no problem because they are good brushes.
At least you don't have to worry about this.......
^ Ha! Good one!
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