LOOK AFTER YOUR BRUSHES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 192, 15 August 1931, Page 15 (Supplement)

LOOK AFTER YOUR BRUSHES

If brushes arc kept clean and sweet they will last double the time. Scrub- 1 bing brushes of all sorts should be made to hang up. Two brushes used on alternate days, and washed daily in hot soda water, will outlast four that never have a chance to dry. Clothes brushes need frequent washing if they are to remove dust and dirt with any degree of efficiency. A hot lather and a cold salt rinse w r ill keep. the bristles stiff, while an occasional dip! in a weak solution of household am-, monia is all to the good. Hair brushes need far more attention' than they usually receive. Many hair specialists advocate the daily washing; of the brush, and the not so frequent! washing of the hair. If the hair brushes are kept in this condition, the hair need only be washe-d everv two or three months, and will b n infi’i’tolv hnt.tp-> for this treatment. Tho ideal dn> b bath is in lukewarm, soapy water, with two or three rinsings in cold water J with slow drying in a current of air,| and well away from any artificial heat.l as it tends to soften the bristles.