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feva
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 Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:49 am Post subject: brush mate 20 |
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i bought one of them after hearing such good things about them of sites like this one, been using it since i bought it, got a good amount of brushs in there, say two brushes for gloss, two for satinwood, two for eggshell, two for undercoat, then a few others, but you get my point, ive kept it all in order, making little note on the side, like GW, for gloss white, EW, egg shell white, SW satinwood white, then the other day i knocked it over!!! im gutted, i havent got a clue what brush has what on!  |
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Welsh Decorator
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Location: Cheshire
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Hoovie
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:06 am Post subject: |
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cruel b****** 
If you are using something like a Brushmate where you end up with sets of brushes for diffeent paints, would you not also mark the brushes themselves in someway to show that 
(ain't hindsight a wonderful thing  )
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Welsh Decorator
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:18 am Post subject: |
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Must admit, I've used one for quite some years now, and never bother about different finishes, only colours, as the brush will work in the next finish very quickly. 
But it did give me a bit of a laugh |
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Hoovie
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:35 am Post subject: |
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I only ever use one brush for one finish
usually coz I don't clean it out properly so have to bin it when I next pick it up 
Hoovie, Master P&D (  )
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Welsh Decorator
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peter c
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For one offs like Zinsser BIN and Hammerite I use throw away brushes far cheaper than buying the solvent/thinners.
As I have said before I am a tight and sometimes lazy individual.
Peter C
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feva
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Location: middlesbrough
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:21 am Post subject: |
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| i had marked two of the brush, but its different from the marks ive put on the outside of the brush mate, and i cant for the life of me remember what it means! looks like il have to get a job lot of white spirt |
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Telmay
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Location: Worthing, West Sussex
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| I used to work with a bloke who used to identify his brush by the bite marks he would put in it |
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Have Brush Will Travel
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Joined: 23 Mar 2007
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Location: Wales
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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I used to keep one side for dark brushes one for light.
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tim'll fix it
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Location: Leicestershire
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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mines a mess
I have
2 x 2" white brushes one for gloss or u/c one for satinwood
1 x 11/2" white
1 x creamy colour
1x green
1 x blue
1 x black
1 x grey
1 x varnish
1 x brown stain
and a gloss roller
a few fitches just chucked in
etc, etc
1 can never remember which type of paint is one which but just give them a quick swill in some spirit before use and off you go
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