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I have found that my beard trimmings can stay in my drain when I just rinse them down. After taking my sink apart due to a clog, I found my hair mixed with all sorts of gunk. By putting a paper towel down, I trim, the hair falls on the towel, I wrap up the towel with my hair and toss it. Minimizes the amount of trimmings in my sink now.
Then take the paper towel, toss it in the trash, and trim your beard in the shower.
I go outside
I put an empty little wastebin on the counter and trim my beard or hair so the hair falls into it. The bin doesn't get 100%, but it gets most.
I toss a dirty t-shirt over the sink. Quick and simple and for me, a dirty t-shirt costs no money and is always available. If you need to you can just shake it off outside.
I trim over the paper towel, and then I throw the towel away, then I remove the sink from the wall and put it in the bin. Then I take the bin outside and put it in a bigger bin.
No but seriously, this is good advice OP. When you own your own home and you have to deal with a plumbing yourself, you start to think about things like this.
That's better for the environment than wasting paper towels and encouraging everyone else to waste them
Use a shaving apron that you fix with suction cups to the mirror when you are trimming your beard. Saves you a lot of paper towels. Such a shaving apron is really not expensive.
That makes even more sense. Saves a paper towel and goes right in the trash.
I had no idea a thing like a shaving apron existed. The more you know, right?
Also works just throw a t-shirt over the sink
That's what another person posted and makes sense. Just go outside and shake it out when you're done.
Or just spend a few bucks on an apron to use. https://www.amazon.com/beard-trimming-apron/s?k=beard+trimming+apron
Trim over the floor. Buy a cheap dust pan with a small broom or brush.
Problem with lining your sink is stray hairs go everywhere. Becomes a pain to dust them out of or around every surface. Hairs fall to the floor and you have to sweep that anyway. Now you have a liner to clean or discard. Simpler to go with the same option your hair cut stylist uses, let it go to the floor. Sweep it up. One and done.
Side mention to recommend discard in a waste bin. Hair can contribute to fatbergs in city sewers or clog up your home septic.
All of you are overthinking it. Just make sure your sink and counter are dry and just shave your face over the sink/counter and wipe the hair off when you're done
Hair isn't a pain to clean when it's dry
Dry facial hair, mini vac, no more hairs.
Then the hair will go in the washer, which will be a lot more expensive to repair if the drain gets clogged.
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This is what I do. Stand back from the sink, all the hairs fall to the floor. When done I sweep it up and toss it in the trash can. It's literally the same thing they do at any barber shop or salon. I figure if it works for them, it will work for me.
If you're worried about that then you can shake it off outside like I said. Still free and still better than throwing away all of that paper towel. No clogs required.
I go outside in my yard with a hand mirror. Nothing to clean up.
I use a garbage bag and spread it in/over the sink flat (as in, one side is up and the other is down.)
Then i can pick it up by the corners and a shake or two above the garbage gets most of the hair. Fold it up so i open it the right way up next time and its golden.
Ill upgrade eventually by getting one of those plastic-barber-like-bibs and throwing some suction cups on one end. They stick to the mirror over the sink and the other side would tie around my neck making for less hair spread, and easier cleaning and use than a garbage bag.
Way less crucial if you use a daily razor and just shave stubble, but if you have a beard and use clippers then absolutely get an apron. Saves your drain and your general sink from all the hair shed.
I use a 13gl trash bag cover my sink helps a lot . . Helps keep Her from having to tell me about how many places in the bathroom. She found my trimmings .
meh, i just vacuum the sink.
My shower is clogged. Now what?
I just duct taped a dust buster to my mach3, works like a charm.
You don't have a lot of hair do you? 😂😂😂
I just do it in the shower. If it's only a short trim, I just rinse it down the drain. The shower drain is much larger and designed to handle hair going down it. If it's a lot of hair, I just scoop what I can up with my hands and flush it down the toilet.
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I use a towel to put over the sink and faucet, then shake it off in the shower when I’m done.
Please have this talk with my husband lol. He flushes the hairs down the sink.
You can also get away with a few squares of toilet paper covering the drain hole. Then squash all the hair into a pile and put it in the bin. Uses less paper
Came here to say this. I also like to shower after all trimmings/hair cuts!
I just shave in the garage with an electric razor and use the leaf blower to blow the hair out into the yard.
I heard that if we don't stop using paper towels to trap beard shavings, we might run out by March!
Been doing this for ages. Thought I was the only one!
Holy shit. What a great simple idea why didn’t I come up with this???
bonus points if you wet the sink a bit first, the moisture helps with cleanup without washing hair down the drain
That's cute. I use one of the dirty towels from the laundry basket and drape it over the whole vanity. When I'm done I shake it out into the backyard and toss the towel back into the laundry.
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I trim my beard in my back yard.
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Get a shower mirror and a waterproof shaver. Noobs.
I just do it standing in the middle of the living room and sweep it up. Floor's dirty anyways.
I do something like this but sometimes I just hug the trash can to my chest while I use the trimmers. Feels kinda gross but I do it right before I shower
Trim it out side. Or over a dry sink and wipe it out with 2 squares of toilet paper.
Gonna need to clean out your drain pretty regularly. Also, human hair can do a number on your plumbing.
I have an oxo hair catching screen over the drain. It's great!
I use an empty large bin and it catches all of them.
i use wet tp to clean the sink, throw it in the toilet afterwards.
also, a lot of that bathroom gunk is toothpaste crap, so spit that in the toilet too
I trim my beard on an uninhabited island. Not getting hair trimmings on my immaculate lawn.
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I spread a newspaper across the sink and all the hair falls on the paper. Fold the paper and into the bin.
Peak paper towel is upon us!
I don't let my beard grow.
Total pro! You’ve inspired me to do the same.
I'm assuming shaving my daily 5 o' clock shadow over the sink is ok since these a micro hairs?
This has been reposted so many times, I already know that a split open bag is better and can just be thrown away after
Well at least you get some hug.
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