Hello! Thank you so much for the video. Its very interesting to hear that the translation was wrong. And from what I understood the gentleman in that video and also you suggest that we should take a little bit of normal tap water, put the brand new brush in a plastic cup, and let it sit for 72 hours with some intervals (changing the water once in a day to avoid bacterias) and then at the end of 72 hrs we just take a towel and give the brush a good rub? Oh if i am not mistaken i have heard something like "apply the balm on boar brush" did you mean aftershave balm there or i have heard it wrong? Can you please write everything step by step for us? Thanks.
You summed up perfectly. I used a disposable coffe plastic cup , for the bigger brushes I used a disposable tea cup. Normal tap water doesn't create unwanted humidity in your house unlike warm water. After the 1st day in water I used hair conditioner/ hair balm, normal balm. I am a man with short hair and I don't have the necessity to use balm so I borrowed a tiny bit of the cheapest one. After the 1st day I applied it on the wet fibers and let it in the water. Also In between the days I cleaned with a bit of soap to help remove the Boar smell. After the 3 days I passed the clean moist brush ( not wet, just moist ) on a hand towel ( simulating a super harsh face ) helping the brake in. Also doing some lather gives the brush a good scent. I hope this helps clarifing all doubts.
@@dimmacommunication Thank you so much for your detailed explanation and quick reply! It is always amazing to learn something new. I have understood why should we use hair balm, but I still didn't understand what kind of water we should use. So the water should be tap water (not bottled water or something like that) and at the same time it should be not too cold or not too hot, but only warm, yeah? And through this process we should use only this warm tap water? And there is no need to put the cup (where lies our boar brush) in fridge, right? Just leave the cup in the bath. I am asking this because as you know there are a lot of videos that suggest that we should put our brand new brush in cold water and let it sit in a fridge for about like 1 day and then take it out, give it a good rub on towel and repeat this process once more. Its really interesting to realize what a translation mistake can actually cause.
@@Ferment1400 As I said, the fridge thing is due to a wrong translation of " acqua fredda " ( Italian ) , I am Italian and I jiggled when guys put their brushes in the fridge. Just tap water , I use warm water just initially ( gets cold in 5 minutes ) but even cold tap water will work the same. If you google " acqua fredda " it translates as " cold water " but in reality it's tap water ( or any kind of water that isn't warm )
@@dimmacommunication Sir, you are really amazing! Thank you so much. I will be trying these techniques on my brand new Omega 10098 Boar Bristle Brush and I will be informing you about its condition when the whole process is done!
@@dimmacommunication I would like to give you an update on Omega 10098: This brush is amazing! When I first opened the box I was really shocked by the quality of the brush, because it had a look that made me think like "oh my god, this brush's already broken in!". By the way, I would like to get another one. But I torn between Omega Pro 48 and Proraso brush(which, I believe, is made by Omega also), what do you think, which one should I get? I heard that Proraso brush has the same knot with Omega 10098 that I have already in hand, so I am planning to buy Omega Pro 48 next. I'd like to know your opinions on that. Thank you!
LOL nope , did you watched the video ? putting it in the fridge was a misinterpretation of a video from an old barber from Milan... don't wanna repeat what I already said.
@@dimmacommunication LOL I can't believe that after your video there are still many people that love to abuse their brushes putting in the fridge, dishwasher etc... oh my days man...
@@Ferment1400 I've explained pretty clearly that it was a translation issue , I'm Italian I think I know what the barber said 😂😂 still people will talk nonsense.
@@dimmacommunication what I wonder about is will it do any damage to the hair if it's in the fridge anyway? I live in an apartment and I don't control how warm heating gets in winter so it's around 23-25C in here and I decided to just put my glass of water with the brush in the balcony that has a window which semi-insulates so my brush is sitting at around 8C right now. My water is also hard so it will evaporate a lot less in balcony and hopefully won't leave much limescale on the brush (bristles, the handle is not in water like you said) anywhere, don't really want to think about soaking it in citric acid...
Thank you for sharing this. I always was confused why people said to put the brush in the fridge. No wonder it’s just a mistranslation!
Hello! Thank you so much for the video. Its very interesting to hear that the translation was wrong. And from what I understood the gentleman in that video and also you suggest that we should take a little bit of normal tap water, put the brand new brush in a plastic cup, and let it sit for 72 hours with some intervals (changing the water once in a day to avoid bacterias) and then at the end of 72 hrs we just take a towel and give the brush a good rub? Oh if i am not mistaken i have heard something like "apply the balm on boar brush" did you mean aftershave balm there or i have heard it wrong? Can you please write everything step by step for us? Thanks.
You summed up perfectly.
I used a disposable coffe plastic cup , for the bigger brushes I used a disposable tea cup.
Normal tap water doesn't create unwanted humidity in your house unlike warm water.
After the 1st day in water I used hair conditioner/ hair balm, normal balm.
I am a man with short hair and I don't have the necessity to use balm so I borrowed a tiny bit of the cheapest one.
After the 1st day I applied it on the wet fibers and let it in the water.
Also In between the days I cleaned with a bit of soap to help remove the Boar smell.
After the 3 days I passed the clean moist brush ( not wet, just moist ) on a hand towel ( simulating a super harsh face ) helping the brake in.
Also doing some lather gives the brush a good scent.
I hope this helps clarifing all doubts.
@@dimmacommunication Thank you so much for your detailed explanation and quick reply! It is always amazing to learn something new. I have understood why should we use hair balm, but I still didn't understand what kind of water we should use. So the water should be tap water (not bottled water or something like that) and at the same time it should be not too cold or not too hot, but only warm, yeah? And through this process we should use only this warm tap water? And there is no need to put the cup (where lies our boar brush) in fridge, right? Just leave the cup in the bath. I am asking this because as you know there are a lot of videos that suggest that we should put our brand new brush in cold water and let it sit in a fridge for about like 1 day and then take it out, give it a good rub on towel and repeat this process once more. Its really interesting to realize what a translation mistake can actually cause.
@@Ferment1400 As I said, the fridge thing is due to a wrong translation of " acqua fredda " ( Italian ) , I am Italian and I jiggled when guys put their brushes in the fridge.
Just tap water , I use warm water just initially ( gets cold in 5 minutes ) but even cold tap water will work the same.
If you google " acqua fredda " it translates as " cold water " but in reality it's tap water ( or any kind of water that isn't warm )
@@dimmacommunication Sir, you are really amazing! Thank you so much. I will be trying these techniques on my brand new Omega 10098 Boar Bristle Brush and I will be informing you about its condition when the whole process is done!
@@dimmacommunication I would like to give you an update on Omega 10098: This brush is amazing! When I first opened the box I was really shocked by the quality of the brush, because it had a look that made me think like "oh my god, this brush's already broken in!". By the way, I would like to get another one. But I torn between Omega Pro 48 and Proraso brush(which, I believe, is made by Omega also), what do you think, which one should I get? I heard that Proraso brush has the same knot with Omega 10098 that I have already in hand, so I am planning to buy Omega Pro 48 next. I'd like to know your opinions on that. Thank you!
Thanks!
Happy to help :)
Cold water and put it in the fridge for three days ..... then keep lathering it & rinsing it
rinse and repeat as needed
LOL nope , did you watched the video ? putting it in the fridge was a misinterpretation of a video from an old barber from Milan... don't wanna repeat what I already said.
@@dimmacommunication LOL I can't believe that after your video there are still many people that love to abuse their brushes putting in the fridge, dishwasher etc... oh my days man...
@@Ferment1400 I've explained pretty clearly that it was a translation issue , I'm Italian I think I know what the barber said 😂😂 still people will talk nonsense.
@@dimmacommunication what I wonder about is will it do any damage to the hair if it's in the fridge anyway? I live in an apartment and I don't control how warm heating gets in winter so it's around 23-25C in here and I decided to just put my glass of water with the brush in the balcony that has a window which semi-insulates so my brush is sitting at around 8C right now.
My water is also hard so it will evaporate a lot less in balcony and hopefully won't leave much limescale on the brush (bristles, the handle is not in water like you said) anywhere, don't really want to think about soaking it in citric acid...
@templeofdelusion Did you miss the part where I say the " fridge " is a wrong translation from Italian ?