Step-by-step Ever-Ready brush restoration

Discussion in 'The Brush' started by mercV12, Aug 16, 2008.

  1. mercV12

    mercV12 Member

    OK. Here it is.

    1.) cut the bristles down
    2.) drill out old bristles
    3.) light grit fingernail file (I use my wife's from Creative Nail Design)



    .....(more to follow).
     

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  2. Queen of Blades

    Queen of Blades Mistress of Mischief Staff Member

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    Very cool!

    Thanks! :happy088
     
  3. mastermute

    mastermute FatBoy

    Indeed! Looking forward to the coming installments! (An old boar brush is already on it's way :p )
     
  4. rwb

    rwb Member

    if you wont to do it easier put the brush in boiling water for one minute wrap the handel in a towel and pull the hair out with pliers it works for me.
     
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  5. Gillette_Man

    Gillette_Man New Member

    Oh, you just make this look so easy you smug little so-and-so! :mad:

    Seriously, I gotta buy a crap brush and try this! How do you glue the new hair in, and what kind of glue do you use? And where are you buying your knots?
     
  6. Gillette_Man

    Gillette_Man New Member

    Oops, I just saw the "more to follow" part. Must show patience. :ashamed001
     
  7. mercV12

    mercV12 Member

    I get my knots from www.thegoldennib.com, they are also available at www.blankity-blanks.com. This one will take a 20mm silvertip badger. When it arrives, it's really just a matter of mixing up a little marine epoxy and gluing it in.
     
  8. mercV12

    mercV12 Member

    The hot water and torque works with solid handles, but with non-solid handles I have experienced disfiguring of the handle. Waves form and the handle gets thrashed.
     
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  9. Queen of Blades

    Queen of Blades Mistress of Mischief Staff Member

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    Define solid and non-solid handles, please? :confused:
     
  10. mercV12

    mercV12 Member

    The Ever-ready brushes are actually hollow, and the black part can be destroyed with high temperatures. Heres a picture of what I mean by solid:
     

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  11. Queen of Blades

    Queen of Blades Mistress of Mischief Staff Member

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    The non-solid is the one that has me confused actually. :o
     
  12. mercV12

    mercV12 Member

    Sorry. The Ever-Ready brushes being hollow, I categorized as non-solid. Maybe I should have just called it hollow. :ashamed001
     
  13. Gillette_Man

    Gillette_Man New Member

    Okay, I need to badger you with a few more questions (Get it? Badger? Ha, Ha, Ha!). Seriously, what brand of marine epoxy are you using? At the risk of sounding totally clueless, I have never heard of "marine epoxy". Got a brand name, so I know what to look for?
     
  14. mercV12

    mercV12 Member

    Any Tru-Value / Arrow Hardware Store has it. It's epoxy for boats and it is like 2 colors of play-dough that activate when you mix the 2 together.
     
  15. mercV12

    mercV12 Member

    polishig the handle with Flitz while waiting for the bristles to arrive.
     

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  16. xChris

    xChris Member

    Very cool DIY/resto thread! Thanks for posting your process, Larry.
     
  17. Single Wedge

    Single Wedge New Member

    Very cool. I plan on buying a couple of lots at a local antique store. Thanks.
     
  18. mercV12

    mercV12 Member

    The knot arrived and all I need to do now is mix up some epoxy (I've learned to use black epoxy rather than white (see the Fuller Brush posted earlier in this thread.))and glue it in!!
     

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  19. Queen of Blades

    Queen of Blades Mistress of Mischief Staff Member

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    Those are a great group of handles! :happy088
     
  20. Gillette_Man

    Gillette_Man New Member

    I'm all over this one! I gotta search out some cool looking handles so I can get busy! Thanks for posting these instructions, Larry! :signs097
     

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