TO CLEANSE BRUSHES AND COMBS

Shannon News, 8 January 1929, Page 4

TO CLEANSE BRUSHES AND COMBS

• Hair' brushes, nail brushes and combs should be cleansed thoroughly every few days, in addition to the daily scrub or- rinse. «

•v. To wash hair .brushes, dissolve two . tablespoonsf ul of borax in a little boiling water and add this to two quarts of luke-warm; water in which has been melted a few •* soap flakes or chips. Holding the > -bristles downward, beat the water upland.down with the brush. Rinse first in warm water, then in cold salt water to keep the- bristled' straight -and-stiff. Dry in the open air, bristles on.a clean towel. •To keep nail-and tooth brushes in a perfectly ■ clean state,- soak them for two-hours once-a week in cold water to which a "little 1 borax,* previously dissolved in 1 hot water, has- been 1, added; cleanse and rinse as "described for hair •brushes. <