Every now and then you run into some thing that is really really neat. Now this is not a big deal like winning the lottery, but rather a simple thing - a paint brush. Not just a pile of junk like you see at the borg, but rather a Loew-Cornell artists brush.
Several years ago, my daughter took an art course and the Dallas Community College. Part of her supplies included a 3/4" natural bristle Loew-Cornell artist brush. Some how it ended up at our house. LOML took it and used it several times and liked it, but then one day she forgot about it after using it. The paint, either acrylic or latex, made the brush hard as a board. After soaking it in dish soap water, and giving it a through cleaning, it was good as new.
Not enough you say? A couple weeks later I used it to put on some latex on a project, and I also left it dry overnight. Same routine, soak over night, and wash in dish soap.
The other day I was painting my doors for the garage cabinet I am building. I needed a small brush to get in the "raised" part of the raised panels. Out came the brush that had been through 'two wars.' I was amazed at how it put the S-W latex on the panels. I couldn't make it leave a brush mark, it was simply amazing. When I was done, I washed it out and dryed it. It is ready for the next war, errr paint job.
I wish I had a whole set of these little gems, but since they are artists brushes, you can't get them any bigger than 1". It would be so nice to have a couple 1-1/2", and 3" brushes of the same quality. From what I can find of the Loew-Cornell site, the bristles are "chungking hog bristles."
The next question is where do I find a good quality paint/varnish brush? (First thing we do is rule out anything from the borgs.) I mean a brush that, when taken care, of will last 10 or 20 years.
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Originally Posted by Steve Schoene
Don't get 'em mixed up PLEASE.........
