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Soaking a badger

Dave in KY said:
What are you doing relaxing in a hot tub with Mike @Blade-meister ??? :oops:
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Busy this weekend and didn't see this......What? I have way more hair than that guy :LOL: and I don't do hot tubs. Something about a bubbling thing of water at just the right temp to support flesh eating bacteria that's not appealing to me :p
 
CBLindsay said:
I think it is safe (and accurate) to say that ALL natural hair/bristle absorbs water when soaked.
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You sir have not met my Danger Hound Allie. There is no amount of water that will soak into her natural hair! 🤪
 
dangerousdon said:
You sir have not met my Danger Hound Allie. There is no amount of water that will soak into her natural hair! 🤪
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Living where you do that is probably a natural adaptation worth having. Now tell me, does she just float away when the floods come? I'm guessing she has a natural protective barrier that resists what it can the BOOOOOOM absorbs ALL the water in the French Quarter
 
For completeness sake, and once again for science...... I decided to repeat my process with a synthetic and a boar brush. Again, picture order is: dry, quick immersion, full soak.

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As you can see, the capillary action of the synthetic is only holding about 1g of water. And after soaking, it’s not holding onto any additional water (as expected).

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As with the badger, the boar took on 2g of water after the quick immersion, but took on a full 4g additional after the 10 minute soak.
 
Spider said:
For completeness sake, and once again for science...... I decided to repeat my process with a synthetic and a boar brush. Again, picture order is: dry, quick immersion, full soak.

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As you can see, the capillary action of the synthetic is only holding about 1g of water. And after soaking, it’s not holding onto any additional water (as expected).

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As with the badger, the boar took on 2g of water after the quick immersion, but took on a full 4g additional after the 10 minute soak.
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Good stuff KJ. Thanks
 
Can you try it with horse hair? And don't some people have 1/2 badger and 1/2 boar? Then maybe just for curiosity, one of the spike of your mowhawk?
 
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Horsie knot in my Graydog handle, dry.....
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Quick immersion (~10 secs) and a few shakes...
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..... and finally,10 minute soak (and same shakey shakey hokey pokey routine)
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