WASHING HAIRBRUSHES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18457, 21 July 1923, Page 6 (Supplement)

WASHING HAIRBRUSHES.

! : i 4jp» — j This method of -washing hairbrushes j i ins a good one : | Dissolve two fablespoonfu;? of borax ; :in a little boiling water. Add to this > I two quarts of kike-warm water in a shai- j ! low vessel, and a little melted soap, j i Remove all hair and 'vat the water : I with the brush by dabbing it tip and j j down, taking care that the back of : i the brush is not wetted. Rinse very j i thoroughly in cold salt water, as this keeps : i the bristles a good colour, and prevents { ! them from becoming soft. Now tie a piece ; : of *trir.? to the handle, and dry after well • i shaking. 1: dried its the houie take rare : I not to harp it. near the fir* or the :',.. - ; i c? the bristles may sir:2<» "tv! '■'>..? -•■ cod . i warp. Always !-.an2 the *nr:i«h or lei i: I stand rl»:•.d:' , upward?. | if the water i? too wan;, 'he H'l-'io ! will Vie softened. If tlv trci'j'i i s vr-i v i greasy add <^r. r dejseTtspor.nful of r-b.tnh • . amnion; to the borax water. Never <jry i tie bnitlcs witi «. '•*•!. 1 i