My mum would remove all the hair then place brushes in warm water with a splash of bleach and leave to soak for a couple of hours. She then scrubbed between bristles with a tooth brush, rinsed and dried them

I remove daily the hairs and then every now and then a vinegar bicarb soak, brushing the difficult to remove skin cells and dirt with an old tooth brush away. Another old fashioned good tip is to use a denture tablet to soak or brush with an old toothbrush and toothpaste !

Clean the brush and soak in hot water with shampoo!

I let our hair brushes soak in hot water to loosen the hair & anything else that may be in there and anything remaining I pick out with a tooth pick.

This is what my mum used to do. Remove as much hair and dust as you can, then soak in a weak solution of bleach and warm water. Then lightly scrub with scrubbing brush. Soak fir longer if needed. Gets rid of most of the gunk

I had honestly never thought to question this… some handy tips in those answers tho!

Daily removal will help surely…you can also try warm water to soften the dead cells there.

Mason Pearson UK make the best hairbrushes in the world. Go to their website and look under Our Hairbrush. There is a guide to cleaning there.

Clean regularly… it is so much easier.

time for a new brush. I always replace mine as soon as they show signs of heavy wear

Thanks everyone for the tips. I’ve tried a few of them and it’s made a huge difference!

these are all great answers from all of you mums

Remove all the hair and soak in a container of warm soapy water. Soak for about 10 or 15 minutes then I use an old toothbrush or nailbrush to scrub the gunk away under a running tap. ta da

I soak my hairbrushes in boiling water with shampoo and tea tree oil. I leave them all day then take them out run a wide tooth comb through them to get rid of excess hair and Voila clean, healthy brushes.

Depending on the type of brush – when I clean my wide bristled flat brush, I just use one arm of my eyebrow tweezers to get rid of all the hair, then I clean it with a little shampoo, water and a softer, more full bristled brush, rubbing them together. Essentially cleaning both brushes at once. Rinse them and leave them drying on a clean towel.

I wash my brush when I wash my hair.
Using a wide tooth comb, I remove as much hair from the brush as I can. I use a shampoo & a nail brush to clean as much gunk from the bristles in a warm shower. Then I leave the brush in the dish rack to dry overnight .

I run something pointy like a knitting needle through the bristles to remove the hair then soak the brush in dettol mixed with water – be careful though not to use water too hot as it can damage some brushes.

I use disinfectant and another brush, it works well. Soak the brush first for a while in the disinfectant.then use the brush against brush

To clean hairbrush particularly round one, I use crocheting hook run down centre of bristles, lifts hair up and then pull with hands, continue till clean. then wash in warm soapy shampoo water, gives nice smell to brush
Jeannie bliss

To remove the hair I always use a fine toothed comb, just run it through the brush till all the hair is removed. I then wash the brush in warm water in the sink. Easy peasy.