How to choose a brush that will last for a long time and paint the surfaces evenly
Hello, friends.
To understand what kind of building brush we need, let's remember where we use it. With a brush we usually paint various abutments, hard-to-reach and relief areas. Everything else can be rolled up.
Based on this, I have two selection criteria:
- Brush bristles should ALWAYS remain soft and supple. If it "dubs", the paint lays down unevenly, and the embossed areas remain unpainted.
- The paint should not destroy the pile. Still, faced with this: they applied a perfect layer of paint, but everything was spoiled by the falling out enemy villi?
Which brush to choose
When choosing a brush, we look at the recommendations in the marking. But sometimes manufacturers deceive us. Below I will tell you how to expose them.
Water-based paint brushes
We buy a brush with artificial bristles. DOT!
Natural bristles saturate the water, becoming rough and tough. It will not be possible to apply an even layer or paint over embossed surfaces. The paint will lay down "sometimes thick, sometimes empty."
Oil-based paint brushes
For enamels, varnishes and other paints and varnishes based on nitro solvents, we buy a brush with natural bristles.
Natural bristles always remain soft and evenly distribute oil paint over the surface. It's a pleasure to paint.
Artificial bristle brushes for oil paints cannot be used! Not that it’s impossible. Of course it is possible. But you need to understand that the paint solvent destroys the bristles and they begin to fall out.
Where manufacturers cheat us
I have often met that manufacturers write one thing and do another. Let's show you how to tell the difference between natural and synthetic stubble. This will help not only bring manufacturers to clean water, but also understand what kind of brush is in front of you, if there is no marking on it anymore.
The sequence of actions is simple:
- We pull out several villi from the brush.
- We bring a burning match or a lighter to them.
Artificial villi burns completely to form a melted black pellet.
Natural bristles burns only in an open fire zone. As soon as we remove the flame, the burning of the pile stops.
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