Shavemac knot odor

Hello all,
I just received mt second Shavemac Silvertip brush and it has a strong chemical odor, reminds me of moth balls. Soaked and washed it twice in dish washing soap and tried some shampoo as well. It really stinks. The other Shavemac is great, no odor; a great brush.
Anyone have a suggestion about how to clear the air?
I noticed, a post from a couple of years ago, that some people had a similar issue, just wondering if any solution's were found.
Thanks.

I would recommend using your strongest scented soap to do a few successive palm lathers to see it that mitigates the odd odour. 
Best of luck.

I’d try vinegar solution followed by baking soda then hand soap, to attack the scent at its origin. Only thing worst than stink is masked stink.

(04-17-2019, 05:20 AM)lloydrm Wrote: I’d try vinegar solution followed by baking soda then hand soap, to attack the scent at its origin. Only thing worst than stink is masked stink.

I disagree, Stink is a lot worst then masked stink. But I do get your point!

I had only one brush that take so much  to clean it that I completely discard it as I think that there is nothing to do with it! It always stink like a WET dog and worst.

That exception made, I had no problem after a couple of hand wash!

Thanks all for the replies, an.
I think I could work with the wet animal smell; our dogs have trained me well. ;-)
Maybe I am unfamiliar with wet badgers, but this really smells like moth balls.

(04-16-2019, 06:56 PM)celestino Wrote: I would recommend using your strongest scented soap to do a few successive palm lathers to see it that mitigates the odd odour. 
Best of luck.

This ^^^

You might consider soaking the brush overnight in a borax solution followed by another 12 hours (or so) in a shampoo solution.  If that doesn't work, I'd suggest reaching out to Bernd for his suggestions.  

In that regard, we typically soak our knots overnight in a shampoo solution before drying and setting.  Still, we had a batch of knots come through a few years ago that were particularly "stinky;" but a couple long soaks in borax followed by a night swimming in shampoo cleaned things up quite nicely.

We wish you the best.