Paint brushes
 

On the advice of folks in this newsgroup, I bought some Purdy brushes
for my "Gee, I hate the current color of my woodwork. I think I'll
repaint it" project.

The store had a good selection (brushes for oil only, brushes for all
paints, and brushes for latex only) so I bought a couple "for latex
only" brushes, since the paint I'm applying is a satin latex.

So far I'm not impressed - the brushes don't seem to hold much paint and
I find the bristles kinda flimsy. So I was thinking about going back to
the store and getting some "for all paints" type brushes. Will I be
giving up any big advantage by switching to Purdy's "for all paints"
type brushes when I apply the satin latex paint?

Thanks,

Jean

Paint brushes
 

Jean wrote:
On the advice of folks in this newsgroup, I bought some Purdy brushes
for my "Gee, I hate the current color of my woodwork. I think I'll
repaint it" project.

The store had a good selection (brushes for oil only, brushes for all
paints, and brushes for latex only) so I bought a couple "for latex
only" brushes, since the paint I'm applying is a satin latex.

So far I'm not impressed - the brushes don't seem to hold much paint and
I find the bristles kinda flimsy. So I was thinking about going back to
the store and getting some "for all paints" type brushes. Will I be
giving up any big advantage by switching to Purdy's "for all paints"
type brushes when I apply the satin latex paint?

Purdy are good brushes. Maybe it's something with your technique.
What size and style of brush are you using? How do you load up the
paint brush?

R