Floid_Maniac
Guru
Gentlemen,
if you don´t like the look of your badger brushes blooming up, or your boars looking like scruffy wet dogs. Here is an easy and cheap solution, using easily obtainable products.
Method No. 1:
"The Punk Dryer"
Take the cardboard liner of a loo roll, fold it along it's length and cut some triangles into the edges, unfold and repeat. Return the roll to its original shape but now with some sexy diamond shaped ventilation holes, as shown in the image below.
After you have used your natural hair shaving brush, shake out most of the water and put it into your newly handmade dryer/shaper, handle first and stand the brush up for one day. Then take the brush out of the loo roll and let it air dry for another day or two, thus removing any risk of damp damage to the knot. Standard toilet rolls will fit most brushes but you can also trim down kitchen roll liners
The boar shaving brushes below show the fine results you will get.
Well formed, ready for their next service.
Method No.2
"The Rolls Royce Dryer"
Use curlers.
This is the royal method for getting your wet brush knots back in shape. You can get these curlers in different diameters but they are not that cheap. You can only buy them as sets, as of yet, I cannot find anywhere to buy them loose. 4 to 4.5 cm or 1.57 to 1.77" diameter will fit most knots and handles. If they are good for human hair they will work for boar or badger, too.
Have fun and see your well shaped brushes dazzle on the SOTD catwalk.
Thanks to @Boru62 for editing and correcting my Kraut English.
if you don´t like the look of your badger brushes blooming up, or your boars looking like scruffy wet dogs. Here is an easy and cheap solution, using easily obtainable products.
Method No. 1:
"The Punk Dryer"
Take the cardboard liner of a loo roll, fold it along it's length and cut some triangles into the edges, unfold and repeat. Return the roll to its original shape but now with some sexy diamond shaped ventilation holes, as shown in the image below.
After you have used your natural hair shaving brush, shake out most of the water and put it into your newly handmade dryer/shaper, handle first and stand the brush up for one day. Then take the brush out of the loo roll and let it air dry for another day or two, thus removing any risk of damp damage to the knot. Standard toilet rolls will fit most brushes but you can also trim down kitchen roll liners
The boar shaving brushes below show the fine results you will get.
Well formed, ready for their next service.
Method No.2
"The Rolls Royce Dryer"
Use curlers.
This is the royal method for getting your wet brush knots back in shape. You can get these curlers in different diameters but they are not that cheap. You can only buy them as sets, as of yet, I cannot find anywhere to buy them loose. 4 to 4.5 cm or 1.57 to 1.77" diameter will fit most knots and handles. If they are good for human hair they will work for boar or badger, too.
Have fun and see your well shaped brushes dazzle on the SOTD catwalk.
Thanks to @Boru62 for editing and correcting my Kraut English.
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