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Old 09-26-2006, 09:46 PM   #1
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Man's Best Friend: Favorite Paint Brush?

Some of the earlier threads got me thinking... what's your favorite brand of brush for latex and/or oil? Not all brushes are created equal... what's your opinion?

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When i'm brushing my oil base stain it's Purdy China bristle brushes for me.
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Wooster firm... for fine trim purdy, for oil yachtsman.

Dude, you are a frikking sponge.
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I use Woosters for everything.
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M-m-m-my Corona!
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Purdy xl pip when ever possible, and the new purdy's with the blue bristles for finer cutting.

Never found an oil brush i liked.
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Dude, you are a frikking sponge.

haha!!
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I told ya before, you guys are my heros!!

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And no, I'm not sending you any money... so stop begging!!

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Interior- 3" Purdy -Extra-Glide, angled, 2.5" for trim

Exterior- depends on what I'm applying...Paint or solid stain gets a 4" Corona -Toledo

Anything oil gets- white china bristles...we all know how black china's spread like crazy, and are a thing of the past.....
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Search function......old topic.
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I used Purdy and Wooster but since I try PROFORM OVAL I have a fatal attraction with it.

http://www.proformtech.com/
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Steve, you've had one too many tonight, and I'm going to have to cut you off.

Ok, now that I'm sober... too many swallows of the 80 proof last night... about you guys being my heros... um... I sorta meant it... kinda... I think...

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Walmart brand...5 assorted for $9.99


Jus kiddin
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Darned right you're kidding. Everyone knows that the 'Martha Stewart Living' brushes from KMart are superior in every way.
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Purdy's for latex, Super Brush 50% ox,50% china for oil...
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Darned right you're kidding. Everyone knows that the 'Martha Stewart Living' brushes from KMart are superior in every way.
I actually prefer the brushes that Sears sells... you know, the ones with the little stubby laquared handles that have "craftsman" engraved on them. They rock!!

Second best is the sponge-foam brushes that Lowe's sells in bulk. Works well on trim and general cutting.

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wooster all the way int and ext
got a best leibco #10 (i think)for windows, very nice

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Wooster for oil based and Corona for latex. I might try the Corona oil based but I have never seen them for sale here...


Sherwinn Williams owns Purdy and Besst Leibco(SP?) now, for anyone who cares. I have tried the Besst oil brushes and they shed bristles like crazy, I don't like em.
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