That Works?

i've been packing this week. i went to pack my two combs... well not pack, but just set aside so that i wouldn't pack them as i emptied out the bathroom drawers. there was a build-up of hair oil, shampoo oil, and what-not on the teeth. usually i throw away the comb after a while because this is kinda gross. i have tried various things to clean out the comb... hot water, shampoo, flossing the comb(way too time consuming but decent results). i was feeling very cheap so i didn't want to throw out the combs. i thought of the blue tube of cleaner some barbers/stylists use to clean their stuff and wondered if i could find out what was in there. google returned an interesting result to my comb cleaning query. baking soda so i thought i would give it a try. i put some lump of baking soda in the sink (i buy a large bag since i use it in the cat litter, very effective and cheap when combined with wal-mart cheap litter) and ran hot water. i put the combs in the water and waited for magic. nothing swirled them around. nothing. left them in the sink while i packed the bathroom. bingo. it really did clean the comb off very effectively. so next time you peer into your comb or brush and see the build-up just throw it into a sink of baking soda for a freshing-up.