Glue Up Tip!

**Bill Arnold** · 10-12-2009, 1:47 PM

Originally Posted by Brad Westcott

I only use my finger after my last brush has dried up!

Fingers were around long before brushes!

(Real woodworkers get their fingers into their work just like good cooks!)

**Brad Westcott** · 10-12-2009, 1:53 PM

Originally Posted by Bill Arnold

Fingers were around long before brushes!

Yeah, you should have seen the size of my mortis holes before I discovered brushes!!!!

**Howard Acheson** · 10-12-2009, 2:11 PM

If you are using a waterbased adhesive like Titebond or Titebond II, you can easily salvage glue hardened brushes. Just soak them in very hot or boiling water. After a couple of minutes, you can begin to work the bristles and get all the old adhesive out.

I have 5 or 6 acid brushes that I have been using for more than ten years.

**Brad Westcott** · 10-12-2009, 2:21 PM

Originally Posted by Howard Acheson

If you are using a waterbased adhesive like Titebond or Titebond II, you can easily salvage glue hardened brushes. Just soak them in very hot or boiling water. After a couple of minutes, you can begin to work the bristles and get all the old adhesive out.

Thanks for the tip!

I will have to try that from here on out. I may have bought my last acid brush!!!

**Tony Bilello** · 10-12-2009, 2:33 PM

Originally Posted by Anthony Whitesell

and don't forget our friends at Harbor Freight. P/N 41338 36 for $3.99 plus shipping.

This is the type of stuff I buy from them...they can't screw these up.

They go on sale at HF quite a bit for $1.99 for the package of 36.
Believe me when I say I am NOT a fan of HF but their acid brushes are as good as anyone elses. I buy 5 or 10 packages at a time. I use them for epoxy as well.

**harry strasil** · 10-12-2009, 2:37 PM

cut SWMBO's credit card up to use as flexible glue spreaders, its cheaper for you in the Loooooooongggg run.

**Scott Hildenbrand** · 10-12-2009, 4:20 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/144-Acid-Flux-Br...item588200ef9d

Ebay Item # 38013822146
144 1/4" wide, 6" long brushes running $9.99 shipped. Costs @ 7 cents a brush.

**glenn bradley** · 10-12-2009, 5:52 PM

I have the LV spreaders and am still using the first one I tried so I would call them very economical. I always have a small cup of water standing by when I use an acid brush. If you keep knocking these over, hot glue the cup to a heavy board. I have packs of acid brushes I bought for a few cents apiece that have yet to be opened. A few moments at the sink can keep a brush going for a long, long time. Maybe I am just cheap. I reuse disposable gloves quite a few times as well before I recycle them.

**Gene Howe** · 10-12-2009, 7:04 PM

If you use credit cards for glue spreaders, cut them with the wife's pinking shears. Spreads better, IMHO.

**Rick Gifford** · 10-12-2009, 7:16 PM

I use these all the time for glueing.

They go on sale for $1.99 often, thats about 5.5 cents each:

36 Piece 1/2" Horsehair Bristle Acid Shop Brushes

Acid brushes
Save by buying in bulk.

Heavy duty horsehair bristles handle everything from glue to oil to flux
Metal tubular handles

7/8" bristle length; 6-1/8" overall length; 1/2" wide

ITEM 41338-4VGA

$3.99 normal price

**Scott Hildenbrand** · 10-12-2009, 8:09 PM

That is indeed a good price, so long as you don't have to pay tax or shipping. Still though with tax the most is around 6 cents.. Nice nice.

**Lee Schierer** · 10-13-2009, 11:36 AM

Used tooth brushes do an excellent job of spreading glue. They are easy to come by for most folks as they wear out for tooth use about every 4-6 months. I leave mine soaking in a glass jar in the sink in my shop between uses. If I forget and one dries out, I just toss it and get another.

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