Glycerin Brush Soak

[TraderJoe]

I originally bought glycerin to use as a pre-shave/pre-pass application, and found that it was worthless and actually deleterious to my shaves.

The glycerin sat, and sat...collecting dust. I decided to give it a try as a pre-soak for my brush and it ended up working great.

What I do is add a few drops (less than teaspoon) of veg. glycerin to the hot water my brush soaks in before use. It helps to soften the brush hairs, enables them to hold even more water, and thickens the lather :)

[qhsdoitall]

Aha, now I have a use for all that glycerin. Thanks.

[Mottern Man]

Intresting,

Good thing its only 2 bucks at Wally World :D

[Wecktwonicwhizzer]

I originally bought glycerin to use as a pre-shave/pre-pass application, and found that it was worthless and actually deleterious to my shaves.

The glycerin sat, and sat...collecting dust. I decided to give it a try as a pre-soak for my brush and it ended up working great.

What I do is add a few drops (less than teaspoon) of veg. glycerin to the hot water my brush soaks in before use. It helps to soften the brush hairs, enables them to hold even more water, and thickens the lather :)

Tell me Joe, of what kind of hair is your brush constructed? Is it a boar bristle? or pure (black? brown?) badger?

[TraderJoe]

Tell me Joe, of what kind of hair is your brush constructed? Is it a boar bristle? or pure (black? brown?) badger?

Hi "Whiz", I find this to work well with both boar-bristle brushes, and badger (of all types) :)

I might add, another benefit (I found) in soaking brushes, was that it helped to soften my pure-badger brush and made it easier on the face. :sad027

[MullersLaneFarm]

This is Great information! I'll need to tell Paul (dh) about it!!

Thanks!

[Smedley]

Thanks for the tip. I've been using glycerin just as something to moisten the skin in the dry of winter, but now I have two uses for it!

[Queen of Blades]

Joe is full of good ideas.

Excellent tip Joe!