Kids Left School - What To Do With Their Nit Combs?

Mumsie

Nit combs. Come on admit it. We've all been there! Now the children are grown up I have had two floating around my drawers for years - until this week when I was looking for something else to clean my paintbrushes with. A NIT COMB is wonderful. Perfect. No more trying to squidge the last bit of paint/varnish out of my wonderful, faithfull, trusty (and expensive) paintbrushes. No more plunging them in the plug hole and ruining their lovely bristles. I now comb them with a nit comb and washing up liquid (after putting them in turps to dilute the paint) and it gets every bit of paint out of them. Leaves them smooth and clean again ready for the next time.

moggins

That's a great idea but mine is still in use, does anyone know the best way to clean one? the gaps between the teeth are so small it's really hard to get them completely clean.

thriftlady_2

You need a nit comb comb Moggins:rotfl: Mine need cleaning too so if anyone knows how I'd be grateful.

Great tip btw Mumsie,wish mine had grown up and left home:rolleyes:

wishingonastar_3

i use an old toothbrush to clean mine, just stoke down from the comb to tips of the teeth, and every so often i soak it in shamppo & water in the sink with the hairbrushes.
As for uses for nit combs past nits, i use mine to comb through the furry collar and cuffs on my dd coat and hat after washing, stops it looking like dreadlocks iyswim.

hth,

woas.

scuzz

hey I'd keep it. The House of Commons had an outbreak a year or so back so you never know.....