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WORKSHOPGUIDE
ANATOMY
OFAPAINTBRUSH
CHOO'ING A BRUSH
Whilea eeaeonedfiniahercan apply
a atain or topcoat ekillfullywith vir'
tually any bruah,moat peopleare
better off buyinqa
qood-quality
tool.
Thebruahahowncut awayat riqht
may coot more than a lowerquality
model,but it includeacerLainfea-
turea that willenaureconaiatently
4ood
reaulto.
Thereare two kindaof bruaheaon
the market: natural- and aynthetic'
brietle ty pee.Natural
-
briatle
brueheeare madefrom boar,aable,
camel,ox or badqerhair, tsoar-
briatle ("Chinahog") bruaheeare
idealfor applyinqvarnieh.)ther
natural-briatle bruaheaare beat
auited to
lacauer
and
ahellac,
They
are a
po6r
choice,
however,
Handle
Canbe madeof plaatic
or hardwood;balanced
and deoi4ned
for comforb
Ferrule
A riqid,
corroeion-
reaiatant metal band
that holdabrietlea
and epoxyplug
Retaining pin
Nailor rivet.that binde
ferrule to handle
Reaervoir
A apacethat holda
finiahaa it ia beinq
opread on by briatleo
Divider
Taperedplu7 that
eeparatee bdatlea_
into qroupo,forminq
a reaervoir
for
opre
adi
n4 water-baeed finishee
becauaethey may cauaethe
finiah
to foam up.
gynth
dtic-fila
ment bruahea are
made of nylonor
polyeeter,
or both.
Theaebruaheeare
your
beat bet
for
applyin
g water-
baaed p
ro
ducta.
Durableand flexible,
Epoxyplug
-
Bondaferrule-endof brietlee
together with epoxyqlue
Bristles
Natural bristlea or aynthetic
filamente; tipe can becut flat
or tapered to a chiaeltip
they can alao
be uaedwith varniahand
penetratin4
oil etains.
CHISEL-TIPBRISTTES
NATURALANDSYNTHETIC
BRISTTETIPS
Tipped
)traiqht-cut
tipo recom-
mendedfor
water-baged
finiahea
Flagged
1plit enda
hold
morefiniahand
epreadit more
omoothlythan
tipped or ta-
pered Lipe
Tapered
Tipehonedto a
fine point; idealfor
oil-baaedproducto
Itkevarnish
TIPSONBRUSHSELECTION
.
Paya littlemoreto
get
a superior-
quality
brush;a betterbrush
will
improve
bodiedproducts
suchasshellac,
lacquer
andbendthem;theyshould
feel
fullandspringbacktotheirorig-
inalpositions.
andvarnish.
your
results.
.
Avoidbrusheswithhollowbristles.
Unlikesolidbristles,
o
lf youwanta brushwithflaggedbris-
tletips,
check
.
Confirm
forbranch-like
splitends,
thatthebristlesaredif-
ferent
yourhand
downonesideofthebristles
lengths
byrunning
hollowonesdo
notspringbacktotheiroriginal
.
lf
you
are
looking
foratapered-
bristlebrush,makesurethatthe
bristres
fromthe
shape
ferrule
tothetip;theshorterbristles
shnrrldsnrino rrn
whenbent.
.
Fora
good-quality,
arethickeratthe
ferrule
endthanatthetio.
all-purpose
brush,
r
Makesurethatthebristlesarefirmly
setintheferrule,whichshouldbe
securely
choosea chisel
tip modelwithlong
springybristles-soft
.
Buybrushes
thathavegoodspring.
forthinwater-
thebristles
withyourhand
fastened
tothehandle.
based
finishesandstiffforheaw-
Squeeze
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