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Ok guys, this is strange... When i got my first Yaqi plissoft, i was surprised at how soft the tips are and that there is no springiness, which for me is the most annoying thing with the S-brush, the only synthetic i had until now.
However, last night, i made a test latherup with my plissoft and i am confused... This is the knot. Despite what Yaqi declares, it's a 23x50mm and has a 1 cm glue blob at the base.
Now here's the weird part that i can't understand. It's hard to splay! How can something with so soft fibers be so hard to splay... What happens is that if you press it on your cheek, it feels as if there is a sort of "compact column of fibers" at the center of the knot (at the peak of the bulb) that stays together and tries to bend but doesn't really manage to and the result is that instead of a splay, you have a brush that tries to "dance its way away from you". It's the only way i can describe it.
I also tried to splay it on my chin and then move it up towards the cheek, which is a method that works with the S-brush, but this doesn't work so well with this plissoft, because there is always this resistant center column, that with the slightest reduction of pressure, makes the brush bounce up again and lose the splay.
This kind of splay, is even more unnatural that the S-brush splay (and that's one unnatural splay already!). I don't know if i am doing it wrong, but there are i think 3 possibilities:
1) That's how plissofts are.
2) The problem is that this particular plissoft has too short of a loft.
3) I am not using the brush right.
Which one of the 3???
As things are, this brush has "earned" the title of "travel brush" from my S-brush. And by "travel" i nominate my worst items that i don't mind losing.
However, last night, i made a test latherup with my plissoft and i am confused... This is the knot. Despite what Yaqi declares, it's a 23x50mm and has a 1 cm glue blob at the base.
Now here's the weird part that i can't understand. It's hard to splay! How can something with so soft fibers be so hard to splay... What happens is that if you press it on your cheek, it feels as if there is a sort of "compact column of fibers" at the center of the knot (at the peak of the bulb) that stays together and tries to bend but doesn't really manage to and the result is that instead of a splay, you have a brush that tries to "dance its way away from you". It's the only way i can describe it.
I also tried to splay it on my chin and then move it up towards the cheek, which is a method that works with the S-brush, but this doesn't work so well with this plissoft, because there is always this resistant center column, that with the slightest reduction of pressure, makes the brush bounce up again and lose the splay.
This kind of splay, is even more unnatural that the S-brush splay (and that's one unnatural splay already!). I don't know if i am doing it wrong, but there are i think 3 possibilities:
1) That's how plissofts are.
2) The problem is that this particular plissoft has too short of a loft.
3) I am not using the brush right.
Which one of the 3???
As things are, this brush has "earned" the title of "travel brush" from my S-brush. And by "travel" i nominate my worst items that i don't mind losing.