Tips for getting brushes clean

[Hovis_and_SidsMum]

Anyone got any good tips for getting brushes (as in grooming type) clean?
Hovis is the biggest muck lark in the world and i usually have to give him at least a 5 minute flick over both morning and night to prevent people thinking I found him tethered at the side of a road somewhere.
As a result his brushes get filthy really quickly and for some reason hubby doesn't like my "I'll just get a new one!!" idea! Can i put them in something to get them clean again?

 

[sandr]

Bring them home, hoover and soak in hot water and washing up liquid

 

[spitchwick]

I always use washing up liquid for mine, and use two brushes against each other if you get my meaning, do it outside otherwise the kitchen ends up with splashes everywhere.

 

[dianchi]

Meths works quite well too!
Tho use in an open space otherwise u'll be high!

 

[Tinker_Belle]

Baby shampoo works well too.

Or a tiny bit of washing powder for the really stubborn, mucky ones. Make sure you rinse them thoroughly with cold water if you use washing powder though.

 

[zozo]

wash them in hibbiescrub (sp) dilated in water not only does it clean but it disinfects to!

 

[Baileyhoss]

make sure parents/oh is out and stick em in the washing machine on a cold wash (otherwise the bristles soften and curl)

F x

 

[mickey]

I soak mine in warm-hot water with some fairy liquid added (or nothing at all) for 10 minutes. I then retrieve each one and use a metal curry comb to run through them to get any loose hair off/get all the water into the roots of the brush. I hose off with cold water. Then shake off and leave to dry in a sunny place.
Don't do this with wooden backed brushes as it ruins them.
I think I may have heard top yards putting brushes in a material bag (to stop all the hair clogging the machine) and putting through washing machine, presumably on a cool cycle. Don't quote me on that though.

 

[Tinker_Belle]

As Mickey said, don't do it to wooden back brushes. If they are wooden back then just dip the bristles in warm water & fairy liquid. Don't immerse the whole brush because the wood back will split & break.

 

[nikkiportia]

Horse shampoo and warm water

It's usually to hand on the yard, and at work. It does a good job too

I flick all the brushes out, then leave them to dry in the sun.

 

[Kenzo]

Ditto Nickiportia, warm water and some horse shamps works for me too, is it the grease in your horses coat of the actual mud...perhaps different soils (sandy/clay etc) have an effect on how easy the dirt comes of your brushes perhaps...who knows!

 

[Cop-Pop]

I usually leave mine soaking in water and hibiscrub for a few days then hose them off. I once looked after a friend's horse for two weeks and decided to clean everything for her. She didn't have spare brushes so I soaked them in warm water - when I came back to them there was a fully formed maggot in the dandy brush

 

[Sarah1]

I stick mine in the washing machine! You can buy proper bags to put them in so you don't get your machine clogged with hair or use an old pillowcase or 2 & knot it at the top - should do the same job!

 

[josie_s]

I use soda crysals dissolved in boiling water. Just dip the bristles in and the grease is gone. Fab stuff. quick and cheap too.

 

[happy_talk]

soak in hot water and dettol to clean & disinfect, rinse and dry!

 

[merlinsquest]

Washing machine, but as soon as you use them again they will be just as dirty!!!!