Anyone used these or come across them? In case you haven't, I've just had
our decorator raving about them, which is unusual for him.

Apparently he was working on a job with another decorator, as he
occasionally does, and this bloke puts a paint brush in his hand and says
"try this". After that he said he just had to get one.....

They seem to be man made microfibre type things, don't shed bristles & the
finish apparently superb. (I'll be able to verify that in about 3 hours...)

Not cheap though, 3" was about £20 from a normally keen priced local trade
place.

He's definitely not a "most expensive must be best" person, so I'm inclined
to think there must be something in this. Will get hold of one next time I
have some painting to do....


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Richard Sampson

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Huge wrote:

I bought a box of 50-odd brushes for that from an offer in the RT (I think) and
throw them away when I've used them.


Yeah, I always throw brushes away after one use too, but the problem
I've found with really cheap ones is bristle loss - you end up with half
the brush being left behind on the surface you're painting!

This is why I like pads so much.

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Grunff

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Huge wrote:

I bought a box of 50-odd brushes for that from an offer in the RT (I
think) and
throw them away when I've used them.


Yeah, I always throw brushes away after one use too, but the problem
I've found with really cheap ones is bristle loss - you end up with half
the brush being left behind on the surface you're painting!

This is why I like pads so much.


yup, takes a short while to wear a brush in until it gives it's best as
well.

I don't normally buy the most expensive, but try and get decent trade
brushes. However, I am intrigued to try one of these & will keep it as a
finest brilliant white brush.

Trick is not to clean and dry them. Clean them through in white spirit
certainly, but they should be kept in one of those brush stores with
bristles just in brush conditioner. They remain soft and ready to use and
you get minimal debris in your paint that way.

I don't normally clean them during the course of a job either, just brush
out as much as I can and wrap them tightly in a couple of layers of cling
film.

Of course this is all oil based stuff, I don't use acrylic
eggshell/gloss/undercoat/primer if I can help it at all (just don't like
painting with this stuff) - for emulsion everything gets cleaned thoroughly
after use.



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Richard Sampson

email me at
richard at olifant d-ot co do-t uk

"RichardS" noaccess@invalid wrote in message
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"Grunff" wrote in message
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Huge wrote:

I bought a box of 50-odd brushes for that from an offer in the RT (I
think) and
throw them away when I've used them.


Yeah, I always throw brushes away after one use too, but the problem
I've found with really cheap ones is bristle loss - you end up with half
the brush being left behind on the surface you're painting!

This is why I like pads so much.


yup, takes a short while to wear a brush in until it gives it's best as
well.

I don't normally buy the most expensive, but try and get decent trade
brushes. However, I am intrigued to try one of these & will keep it as a
finest brilliant white brush.

Trick is not to clean and dry them. Clean them through in white spirit
certainly, but they should be kept in one of those brush stores with
bristles just in brush conditioner. They remain soft and ready to use and
you get minimal debris in your paint that way.

I don't normally clean them during the course of a job either, just brush
out as much as I can and wrap them tightly in a couple of layers of cling
film.

Of course this is all oil based stuff, I don't use acrylic
eggshell/gloss/undercoat/primer if I can help it at all (just don't like
painting with this stuff) - for emulsion everything gets cleaned
thoroughly
after use.



--
Richard Sampson

email me at
richard at olifant d-ot co do-t uk


Never heard of a 'brush store'. Nothing like a broom cupboard !!!!
Are they sold in the 'sheds' ?

On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 13:01:16 +0100, "RichardS" noaccess@invalid
wrote:


Anyone used these or come across them?

I've heard decorators rave about them, others don't like them. The
usual response is to pick them up. say 'these are nice' and put them
back because of the price. They can be bought in box sets of 4 or 5
brushes, which are good value - try a Crown trade centre if
interested.

In article , Peter
Johnson writes
On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 13:01:16 +0100, "RichardS" noaccess@invalid
wrote:


Anyone used these or come across them?

I've heard decorators rave about them, others don't like them. The
usual response is to pick them up. say 'these are nice' and put them
back because of the price. They can be bought in box sets of 4 or 5
brushes, which are good value - try a Crown trade centre if
interested.

Possibly the pro tapered fibre brushes at decorating direct would be a
cheaper alternative, I've still to try mine so can't testify . . . yet.
http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/
--
fred

"RichardS" noaccess@invalid wrote in message ...
Anyone used these or come across them? In case you haven't, I've just had
our decorator raving about them, which is unusual for him.

They seem to be man made microfibre type things, don't shed bristles & the
finish apparently superb. (I'll be able to verify that in about 3 hours...)

Not cheap though, 3" was about £20 from a normally keen priced local trade
place.

He's definitely not a "most expensive must be best" person, so I'm inclined
to think there must be something in this. Will get hold of one next time I
have some painting to do....

My wife is Canadian, and used to work for a outdoor painting company
over there.
Every time we go to Canada/someone visits they have to bring a "purdy"
with them! They're a lot cheaper there, but still expensive. I'm not
allowed to touch them (she lets me clean them though). They are
superb brushes; makes the job a lot easier.

Nathan

On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 17:01:14 +0100, "Red Devil"
wrote:



Never heard of a 'brush store'. Nothing like a broom cupboard !!!!
Are they sold in the 'sheds' ?

Made by an outfit called 'Brush Mate', come in large (Brush Mate 20,
approx £40 plus VAT) and small (BM 4) sizes. I don't know if B&Q etc
stock them, try a trade decorating centre.

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"RichardS" noaccess@invalid wrote in message
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"Grunff" wrote in message
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Huge wrote:

I bought a box of 50-odd brushes for that from an offer in the RT (I
think) and
throw them away when I've used them.


Yeah, I always throw brushes away after one use too, but the problem
I've found with really cheap ones is bristle loss - you end up with
half
the brush being left behind on the surface you're painting!

This is why I like pads so much.


yup, takes a short while to wear a brush in until it gives it's best as
well.

I don't normally buy the most expensive, but try and get decent trade
brushes. However, I am intrigued to try one of these & will keep it as
a
finest brilliant white brush.

Trick is not to clean and dry them. Clean them through in white spirit
certainly, but they should be kept in one of those brush stores with
bristles just in brush conditioner. They remain soft and ready to use
and
you get minimal debris in your paint that way.

I don't normally clean them during the course of a job either, just
brush
out as much as I can and wrap them tightly in a couple of layers of
cling
film.

Of course this is all oil based stuff, I don't use acrylic
eggshell/gloss/undercoat/primer if I can help it at all (just don't like
painting with this stuff) - for emulsion everything gets cleaned
thoroughly
after use.

Never heard of a 'brush store'. Nothing like a broom cupboard !!!!
Are they sold in the 'sheds' ?



small container - often plastic. perhaps 30cm high, about 15cm diameter.
Come in two parts, top half twists to lock onto bottom part (with some
difficulty on the cheaper ones). Internally there are about 6 or 7 clips
around the side that you clip your brushes onto so that the handles are
pointing upwards and the bristles can touch the bottom.

In the bottom there is usually a round plastic grate, slightly raised off
the bottom.

you pour brush conditioner into them to the depth of about an inch, then put
your brushes inthe clips so the bristles are just touching the bottom, then
screw the top half on.

I got mine for about a fiver each (dim, distant memory) probably from one of
the sheds. Decorators stores also sell theml, though having said that I've
just looked on decoratingdirect and can't find them - I'm surprised!




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Richard Sampson

email me at
richard at olifant d-ot co do-t uk