Best way to clean TMX brush please?

[cookie1]

What is the best way to clean the TMX brush please? I don't have a dishwasher. (other than DH)
At the moment I put it into a sink of hot soapy water and scrub it with my fingers. I sometimes get dough deep down in the brush. Does anyone have a better method?

[achookwoman]

Cookie,  bread dough on any brush can be a real problem.   I soak the bowl in COLD water for a few mins.,  put my hand in  (or you could use a wooden spoon),  and turn the blades back and forth to loosen dough under the blades.   You can sit it back on base and zap on Turbo a couple of times.  Hot water sets the dough on the brush.   Once set, even a commercial dish washer wont remove it.  I use a blue handled bottle brush for most cleaning ,  from Woolworths, $5.  I have been through 3 of these in 18 months.  Hope this helps.

[cookie1]

Thanks Chookie. Fortunately one of the things I actually remembered reading somewhere was not to use hot water for dough.

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

I have the same problem.  It is really the only thing that I don't like about making bread. 

[Thermomixer]

Have you tried using a comb? It works to get hair out of brushes ?

[cookie1]

Thermomixer, you are brilliant. What a lateral thinker. I found a wide toothed comb and it gets the dry dough out really well.

[faffa_70]

Do you all "wash" the bowl like usual with cold water after tipping the dough out?

The reason I ask is that I don't generally have much to clean from my bowl after the self clean.

Anything stuck in my brush generally warrants it a good thump on the side of the sink to dislodge it lol

[judydawn]

Same here Kathryn.  I often put my brush in the dishwasher for an extra clean (not with dough on it though)

[cookie1]

Yes my bowl comes clean with the normal clean, but often there are bits of dough stuck under the blades.

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

I wonder if returning the empty bowl (after the wash and rinse) to the base and giving it a couple of seconds on speed 7 may dislodge a bit more (like we do to get the last of our cookie dough off the blades).  The more dough we can get out without using the brush, the better.

[Shayla]

I usually have very little dough left around blades but use the hadle of a teaspoon to remove dough from under the blades, then leave the bowl self-cleaning whilst the dough rises - I usually walk away and forget about it for ages - then it is really easy to clean.