Are you soaking it for long enough? You may want to consider a synth. No need for soaking, negligible (if any) bristle loss; and predictably good performance across the soap spectrum.
Are you soaking it for long enough? You may want to consider a synth. No need for soaking, negligible (if any) bristle loss; and predictably good performance across the soap spectrum.
Boar, I reckon.I thought wiki brushes were plastic ie synthetic, I've had one for years close on 10 and just give it a quick swish in the basin before use. Are they badger ?
I think if you are not gonna use a boar for a long while you have to make sure that the brush is clean of all residual soap. Meaning wash it with shampoo before long term storage. I am inclined to believe that soap exposure and dehydration are damaging the bristles. Mind you this is all hypothetical, but better be cautious..
If you leave it soaking wet all the time perhaps. As you know boar bristles are hollow. If you aren't rinsing well some of the soap gets inside the hair and then dries and damages over time...I would have thought moisture would be more damaging than dehydration, leading to rot at the base of the knot.
Mind you this only holds true if you don't properly soak your brush ensuring the bristles have soaked all the water they can...I would have thought moisture would be more damaging than dehydration, leading to rot at the base of the knot.
Mind you this only holds true if you don't properly soak your brush ensuring the bristles have soaked all the water they can...
I have few boars and aside from the initial bristle loss, they haven't shed a single hair. It is possible that I just got lucky too...
How long do you soak your boars before use and in what kind of what kind of temperature? All my boars shed constantly!
How long do you soak your boars before use and in what kind of what kind of temperature? All my boars shed constantly!
Pretty much what I do as well. I use warm water. Too hot and you are risking softening the glue that holds the bristles together.I soak my omega boar for as long as a shower takes about 10 min or so, never knew wilki was boar so a quick swirl in basin.
Water hot enough to keep hand in without feeling too hot and uncomfortable.
That's arguably my favourite brush as well!imho , you can not beat a good boar brush thats been well broken in , will take that over, badger, horse ,unicorn whatever , the 1 exception to this however is the vulfix 404 bodger ( badger& boar mix) . damn fine brush that .
What brush are you using? I have been using that Jade Omega since November and the couple of hair it lost happened during the first few shaves. I haven't seen a hair fall out since then...I've started washing it thoroughly after each use and it seems to be back to where it was with bristle loss. I'm still only shaving 1-3 times a week, mostly to avoid irritation that might encourage me to touch my face when I'm at work.