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Finnish Bath Brush, Tar Birch, Black Bristle

Finnish Bath Brush, Tar Birch, Black Bristle
£20.00
Ex Tax: £16.67
A body brush with a boreal birch stock soaked in pine tar as a protective and preservative, and hand stitched with soft black horse hair bristles by the crafts people of a Finnish visually impaired workers cooperative. Used more or less vigorously either during bathing or saunas to gently stimulate, clean, and exfoliate the skin. Best rinsed and left to dry between uses as if left soaking natural materials will degrade. About 14.5cm long.

Care Advice

Keep dry when not in use. In the case of wet-use brushes, please shake any excess moisture from the bristles, and dry hanging up or on a surface with the bristles facing down. Clean brushes only when necessary with a little shampoo and hot water, making sure to dry thoroughly. Condition the wooden surface every now and then with a beeswax furniture polish, or mineral oil, to prevent cracks or splitting. Note that clothes moths will go for animal fibre brushes in the same way that they will for animal fibre clothes. Keep brushes in a dust free environment, and treat surfaces with cedar oil to repel them.
  • Materials Pine tar soaked boreal birchwood, metal wire, and horsehair
A body brush with a boreal birch stock soaked in pine tar as a protective and preservative, and hand stitched with soft black horse hair bristles by the crafts people of a Finnish visually impaired workers cooperative. Used more or less vigorously either during bathing or saunas to gently stimulate, clean, and exfoliate the skin. Best rinsed and left to dry between uses as if left soaking natural materials will degrade. About 14.5cm long.

Care Advice

Keep dry when not in use. In the case of wet-use brushes, please shake any excess moisture from the bristles, and dry hanging up or on a surface with the bristles facing down. Clean brushes only when necessary with a little shampoo and hot water, making sure to dry thoroughly. Condition the wooden surface every now and then with a beeswax furniture polish, or mineral oil, to prevent cracks or splitting. Note that clothes moths will go for animal fibre brushes in the same way that they will for animal fibre clothes. Keep brushes in a dust free environment, and treat surfaces with cedar oil to repel them.
  • Materials Pine tar soaked boreal birchwood, metal wire, and horsehair

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Ex Tax:£16.67
A long-handled body brush with an oak stock (handle), hand stitched with soft black horsehair bristles by the crafts people of a Finnish visually impa..
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Ex Tax:£25.00
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Brand: Small items
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Ex Tax:£16.67
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