The Rex kit starts with what it leaves out
A Rex needs a soft rubber grooming mitt, a microfibre or chamois cloth, small nail trimmers, a styptic pencil, and a spray bottle of plain water. The defining feature of this kit is an absence: no brush, no slicker, no comb as a grooming tool. A Rex coat is made of very short, dense, upright hairs with guard hairs no longer than the undercoat, and anything with teeth or stiff bristles snaps those guard hairs at the base, thinning the velvet into patches.
The mitt and the damp hand do the fur work
The rubber grooming mitt is the Rex's main tool, its soft nubs gripping loose hair as you stroke in the direction the coat lies. Used dry for a weekly pass and during the heavy days of a moult, it gathers released fur without bending the standing hairs next to it. Stroke a Rex the way you would stroke velvet cloth: one direction, light pressure, letting the surface do the work.
The spray bottle supports the even gentler method. A palm misted with plain water, drawn slowly over the coat, picks up loose hair through surface tension and leaves the velvet lying smooth. Follow either method with the microfibre or chamois cloth, buffing lightly to lift dust and restore the coat's sheen; that cloth is the closest a Rex ever gets to being polished.
Trimmers for nails the plush hides
Rex nails disappear under dense foot fur, so small scissor-style trimmers and good light are the pair that matter. Part the fur, find the nail, and take the tip in good light with the styptic pencil in reach, because a Rex that jerks mid-trim tends to jerk hard. Nails left long under all that plush change the angle of the foot, which loads the breed's thinly furred hocks unevenly, so the trimmers protect more than the nails.
Cotton buds and pads belong in the kit for the scent gland folds either side of the genitals, where a Rex collects waxy build-up that a dampened bud can soften and ease out. Work gently and stop at resistance; inflamed or crusty folds are a veterinarian's job. A soft cloth for wiping the ears' outer surfaces completes the hands-and-cloth theme of the whole kit, with nothing ever inserted into the ear canal.
What never to buy for a Rex, and why
The Rex no-buy list protects the coat from the pet shop's rabbit aisle: slicker brushes snap guard hairs, pin brushes bend and break them more slowly, and shedding blades are simply destructive on velvet fur. Deshedding tools marketed for moulting rabbits are built for coats with length to spare, which a Rex does not have.
Dry shampoos and powders cake inside dense Rex fur and get licked out, and scented sprays sit on the coat surface the rabbit grooms most. If a Rex gets genuinely soiled, a cloth dampened with plain warm water on that patch, dried fully afterward, is the whole intervention the breed needs or tolerates.
Keeping the brush-free rule alive in the household
A Rex kit should be stored as a visibly complete set, mitt and cloth on top, so that the absence of a brush reads as the system rather than a gap someone helpfully fills. That matters because the most likely person to brush a Rex is a visitor or child who assumes every rabbit grooming session involves a brush and goes looking for one.
Writing the mitt, cloth, and trimmers down as the whole kit, with the no-brush rule attached, in KinsLe Care Teams means a sitter or family member grooms the Rex exactly as its velvet coat requires.