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Tresses · October 30th, 2003, 06:17 PM

Howdy!

I have a Jean-Pierre all BBB Prestige brush. I pull out shed hair from it after each use, and wash it every so often with a mild shampoo. My question is, that even after I wash it and it looks almost like new, if I start pulling apart the tufts there is still a little dust or lint stuck in the bottom of them. I've tried cleaning the tufts with a fine tooth comb before wet washing the brush and that helped a little, but I'm afraid that doing it repeatedly may damage the bristles.

Anybody else have dusty tufts? Am I not cleaning my brush properly, or is this just normal for a brush that's been used?

TIA!

Persephone · October 30th, 2003, 06:46 PM

My tufts are always dusty. lol.

I don't wash them as frequently as I should, but I think that even if I did, they'd still be like that. I don't think you're going to get it 100% clean. I think my brush starts getting dusty after a week. (I just got a new one.)

bunniee · October 30th, 2003, 07:03 PM

Tresses, my Mason Pearson Popular brush came with a special cleaning brush. Maybe the Jean Pierre line carries something like this too, or you could get the MP one. Don't know if that would help with the fuzzy tufts though.

There's a pic and description of the cleaning brush here:

http://www.whatshebuys.com/mas-mp-cleanbr.html

bunniee

**Flaxen** · October 30th, 2003, 07:11 PM

I get dusty tufts, too LOL. If you find yourself completely bored and want to waste some time, use a toothpick to gently ease the lint out, kind of poking it in from the side. It's amazing that the lint will be connected by fibers of unknown origin, too.

Tresses · October 30th, 2003, 07:11 PM

Persephone, glad to know I'm not alone!

Bunniee, thanks for that link! How do you use that little brush though? Do you just rub it through the bristles of the BBB?

Tresses · October 30th, 2003, 07:13 PM

Flaxen, I was typing while you posted.

A toothpick! Hmmmm.

I'm just compulsive enough to give that a shot!

Thanks!

bunniee · October 30th, 2003, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tresses

Bunniee, thanks for that link! How do you use that little brush though? Do you just rub it through the bristles of the BBB?

Yes, pretty much. There's lots of space between the tufts on the cleaning brush, so it's easy to clean *that* brush too.

bunniee

Axium · October 31st, 2003, 03:12 AM

Hi Tresses! Bunniee beat me to it. I have a little metal rake I got with my FUller BB. They're about seven bucks. It doesn't clean out the tufts completely, but it does a better job overall of cleaning out my brush than my fingers do. ALso, careful with that washing! I wouldn't want you to suffer STINKY BRUSH as I did!