Show BUY A GOOD BRUSH point about the selection of an tn yin clement of the painting trade when a painter bays buys a poor brush he be is very much like the man who takes in counterfeit money for the genuine article lu either a poor judge or too careless of his own interest or too confiding in his fellow clinto man to look at it closely now my boy here are two propositions which I 1 wish to impress upon your mind piret that it is of the utmost importance to you that you buy and use the best brushes in the market second fie cond that nine tenths of the brushes kept in the retail isto astorca r es are not worth fak ing 1 g as a tree T gift girt wc a 1 e no mailer matter how we well 11 skilled you may be a poor III shaped brush will retard your progress and in a measure spoil your work I 1 hato have no doubt but brushes are often ruined by careless and improper usage but judging from long experience and observation I 1 am led to believe that more of them a are res spoiled in the making than by improper handling h an adling there are two very important points to bear hear in mind aheu electing selecting a brash first is i it well made nod and second is it good meter lal here is a alno looking brush brash with long heavy bristles buy it for you no my lad in this case beauty is only skin deep demp and the yme ainie of the maker or reco dation 0 of the salesman is nob not safe to go by trust doiy to your own judgment or to the judgment of some one qualified to buy for you open thia this brush arid look at the filling what ia is it echo answers ans wera what it certainly is not good honest wearing bristles it if you soak this filling in water it willlia will iio more stand alone than a wet rag the question whether it is hair wood filler florida grass or what not cuts no figure because it water soaks and works more like a mop than like a good bristle brush it has a good fringe of good bristles on the outside but they fail fall to do their own part of the work and at the same time furnish the spring for the worth less filling and the result is it splits an and d wears to a saw tooth edge I 1 am speaking 9 now of the whitewash and calcimine brushes there is not enough good stock in such a brush ten inches wide to make a good 3 inch wall brush and yet they A are re sold at prices which ought to buy a fairly good brush if there is any one poor brush which I 1 despise more than another it is a shedder which like a sick cat keeps keep on shedding the year round it Is surprising to sec see how many hairs such a brush can shed and seem to grow no smaller if it you find a brush has many loose bristles in it just make up your mind that there are more to follow and dont buy it dont delude yourself with the idea that you can soak it up and make it hold such a EL brush will go back on you sooner or later one of the most desirable things about a brush is a IL good point to hold bold a it good point a brush must have good filling take for instance a flat chiseled brush its chief value is a good edge or point but as wj they are usually made with all the good bristles on the outside and the poor ones in the center the poor stud forms the point except a little on the corners the soft stuff in the center will wear down faster than the good fetock on the outside and the brush will soon become a stub unfit for cutting in colors or for anything else A brush of any kind should have lave a good cutting edge and to do good durable service r should have good stock in the center because whether grou ground nd down or cb chiseled iseley by wear the center makes the point when the point is gone the brush Is a stub and that will soon happen when a brush la Is filled like this with short uneven inferior every evere painter should be a good judge of a brush and exercise his judgment and take no mans word for it it is well to remember my boy that it costs you more in time to wear out a poor brush than it does to bum it up and buy a goodone good one it brush makers a must use short uneven stuff in their brushes I 1 prefer to have it anthe on the outside and the good bristle in it a body across the center to give me an even and good wearing point we are using too many poorly filled and badly made brushes which are dear to us at any price let us kick painting and decorating |