An interesting find???

Yesterday, when perusing the cleaning supply aisle of my local Home Depot, I came across an interesting find. They had a gallon jug of 12% Hydrogen Peroxide (food grade). This is 4 times stronger than the peroxide normally found at the pharmacy.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Harris-128-o.../325079499

I purchased a jug wondering how well the 12% concentration might work in bleaching natural hair shaving brushes. I have very sensitive skin and love the feel of "gel tip" brushes.

I placed the hydrogen peroxide in a ceramic dish filling it to about 1/2" depth. Then I tried dipping a best badger brush in the liquid. The peroxide did start to bleach the fibers and the tips started to gel. Leave the brush in the liquid until the desired results are achieve. Then thoroughly rinse the brush in running water to remove any excess peroxide. Also allow the brush to rest in a cup of water so that any peroxide absorbed into the hairs will leach out.

I had previously tried bleaching the tips of knots with a hair bleaching concoction, but the hydrogen peroxide is a lot simpler.

If anyone tries this, please let me know what you think.

What did you think of the results?

Ir is rather difficult to comment on the results. I had already treated these brushes with a consumer grade hair bleaching system. That definitely improved the brushes. The 12% hydrogen peroxide just took that process further.

Bleaching will help lower grade badger hair brushes more so than premium grade. Also, most boar brushes have already gone through some type of bleaching process.

Please remember that bleaching a natural hair brush is intentionally damaging the fibers. It will shorten the life of the brush. For me, that is not a problem as I have numerous brushes and my life expectancy is less than 13 years.