brushes
Box for paint brushes
Still looking for the best box for paint brushes? Is a perfect brush box / carrying arrangement still on your list of mini obsessive ongoing optimal organisation projects? Oil brushes I keep in a vapour box, a 4-brush box for kitchen painting only. So storing oil brushes isn’t a problem. It is synthetic brushes that [...]
MoreBest paint brushes – Wooster Alpha update plus …
I have talked about the best paint brush on the market before. Wooster Alpha, Picasso, Picasso, Wooster Alpha…They still stand. And just to add a bit of colour to the mix, there is a master painter in Marlborough who reckons he has found the best brush ever for high end painting kitchen cabinets with water-borne [...]
MoreHighlights of the 2010 Painting and Decorating Show
I am looking forward to the 2011 National Painting and Decorating Show in Coventry next week, and a few memories of last year’s show have come flooding back. Olfa I remember one of the first stands in the arena was mobbed with all these gadget-hungry decorators swarming over fancy yellow cutting knives. I didn’t join [...]
MoreBattle for the best paint brush
In November 2010, I went to the National Painting and Decorating Show on the hunt for best of class paint brushes. What I learned was – The Americans are coming and the Brits are rightfully worried. (That still stands true in Autumn 2011) Best brush for oil paint I would always have said Hamilton Perfection [...]
MoreBest paint brushes – Wooster Alpha
In the world of synthetic paint brushes, there are 2 names that now dominate conversation amongst UK decorators – Wooster, and of late, Picasso. Many decorators are finding the selection a bit bewildering, as there seem to be brushes for every occasion. So, compared to the old days where your choice was a Hamilton Perfection [...]
MoreBest paint brush – not obvious
The good (but apparently confusing) thing about the fantastic range of brushes from companies like Wooster or Proform is that, regardless of its cost or construction, every brush behaves differently depending on the user and the paint being used. So I think you tend to gravitate towards one “best” brush or another because of your [...]
MoreHow to load a paint brush
For general painting walls, doors without a precise cut involved, I just dip the brush in the paint, lift and twist. No dabbing on the sides of the kettle, no mucking about. It works with acrylic or oil paint. This is the shortest video demo on Youtube! Obviously for precise cutting, you need a different [...]
MoreHow to clean emulsion paint brushes – update
I run a painting tips blog on Posterous and this is an update on a post from a year ago about cleaning emulsion paint out of brushes and rollers. Basically, if you don’t have a sink and / or you want to reduce water consumption, which we all should, I explained how you can clean [...]
MoreWooster brushes price comparison – a quicky for UK users
I have just done an online search for a few Wooster Brushes products and for what it is worth these are my findings for the cost of some of the best rollers and brushes that a professional decorator can get it their hands on. Anglia Tool Centre and Trade 1st are 2 online suppliers who [...]
MorePaint pads, foam brushes and foam rollers
As with any trade, the more experience you have, the less you have to worry about being caught out. Occasionally, standard brushes and rollers aren’t up to the task in hand, which is why paint pads and foam rollers are a must have in my tool kit. Paint pads They are mohair or a derivative [...]
MoreHow to clean an emulsion brush
I recently wrote about How to clean Emulsion brushes and promised to post the evidence of the water required to clean four 2″ / 3″ brushes. As you can see, well under 2 gallons, if done in a bucket. In the era of hose-pipe bans and eco-sense, I personally think that is a good use [...]
MoreBrushes in boatyards
Whenever you mention brushes to a painter, you get a mix of pride, common sense and bull. PrideI have never met wooden boat painter, Jay Greer, but the Seattle craftsman is my online painting hero. In addition to 50 years’ knowledge and experience of painting and repairing classic wooden boats, he has varnish brushes older [...]
MoreBrushmate – a brush keeper for all painters, builders and DIY enthusiasts
Brushes are a painter’s most important tool, and whether you are a pro painter, a jobbing builder or a DIY painting enthusiast, the Brushmate is probably the most useful piece of equipment you can have to keep bushes in perfect condition. In simple terms, the Brushmate is a vapour box that prevents oil paint from [...]
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