How do YOU soak your Brush?

I do soak my synthetics, but for the pupose of getting them warmed up.

 

I use a small cup to soak my brush, this way I don't get the handle/knot waterlogged. Synthetic brushes I don't soak just wet.

 

I just put it in the sink of hot water while I shower, don't bother even trying to make it stand up! haha
I have 1 wood handle and 1 plastic handle. If over a period of time the wood takes it tough it's an excuse to buy another!

 

I throw mine in the sink with hot water.

Greg W.

 

I use my grandfathers hull mug. Plus I stand my brushes in the mug and they don't fall over. I never wet my handles or submerge them. I do use larger knots than some so this aids in my brushes being able to balance on the bristles.

 

I prefer synthetics, so I usually just run them under the water for a few seconds, then shake it a few times and make a lather. Even when I use a boar/badger I don't notice a difference when I soak the brush first YMMV.

 

After reading through the preceeding posts, I realized Ive tried all of above. Currently Im just tossing the brush in the sink as Im filling it.

 

I stick it in an ok chipped coffee mug that I keep just for soaking brushes. It's narrow enough that the brush stands up and along with a deli cup I fill with water to wash off my razor all I have with water while I shave. I redip to get more water if I need it while lathering and if the deli cup is really scuzzy I change it out between passes.

 

I am a simpleton but simply run the brush under fairly warm water until loaded/saturated with water then start swirling in my cup of soap! Like I stated, nothing fancy on my part and it works!

 

But I'm not overly concerned about it. And my only brush with a wooden handle usually holds on pretty well.

 

This is my current solution.

 

I'd worry about the stand rusting, as well.
Just let the whole brush soak. Ain't gonna hurt the handle any.

 

Just dip the tips and load...

 

I use a #6 bestshave horse(?) hair brush knot that has been re-handled into an acrylic handle. I like to soak the bristles in hot water while I shower before my shave, but not the handle or knot.
I use a Chinese SS bowl I got off ebay that is same shape and dimensions as the green ceramic VDH bowl. What I do is place a wash cloth(the cloth I use for warming and wetting my face before my shave) over the bowl in the sink and then fill the sink and bowl with hot water to the top of the bowl only. Push the brush down into the face cloth which offer's enough resistance to hold the brush upright so only the bristles get wet and not the handle or knot. I'm a bowl latherer and have soaked my brush this way since I first started "traditional" shaving. When I'm ready to build my lather I give the brush a couple of shakes and then swirl it around my soap bowl to load the brush and then use the SS bowl to build my lather. This system has worked well for me.

 

Most of my good brushes are Wood handled, so i soak them carefully, only to get the fibers wet without getting the wood wet. on my acryilics, i just toss them in the bowl and fill it up

 

Ditto in Black.

 

I also just fill my bowl with hot water while I shower. My bowl must be smaller as well.

 

I fill this espresso cup to just under the handle with hot water until I am ready to use it.

 

I only soak my boar brushes, the badgers and synthetics I just hold under running water get them wet.

Dave