Has anyone successfully repaired a shedding Striping brush? I recently found a few new brushes and they are all dried out and shedding like crazy. Just sliding a brush across the back of my have results in a few loose hairs. Any hope, or just discard them? I thought maybe I could inject a small amount of superglue near the handle but the glue may capillary up into the hairs. Then I thought about soaking them in oil for 50 years!
Posted by Michael Boone (Member # 308) on :
send them to NY We will bury them properly for you
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
Superglue them to your cheeks, Ron-they'd blend in with your goatee!
I wish I knew the answer for you. I'd be inclined to try the oil or the glue, with whichever consequences arose-either should be better than what you have...
Posted by Preston McCall (Member # 351) on :
I knew an old sign guy in the mid 70s who told me a trick that I never tired, but it might work. He used a hypodermic needle to inject down into the ferrule some shellac. Shellac is not misible with water or lac thinner and is reduced with alcohol. He swore by the stuff and claimed it made his quills last alot longer. I personally just kept them clean and when they either split-tailed or started shedding, broke down and bought some new ones. You might try this tick on one and see how it glues it back together? I think the superglue sets up way too fast and too easy to get some into the upper bristles causing additional pproblems. but who knows with a syringe.
Posted by George Perkins (Member # 156) on :
These are new old brushes that have laid around for a long time, correct? I've run across a few in my day. Like you said they shed like crazy. I've found if you vigorously clean them in lacquer thinner and oil them, some will be suprisingly useable after the initial shedding and some, unfortunately just keep on shedding. I don't thing gluing is going to solve the problem. If you looak at the hairs that are coming off the the brush, I think you'ss see they aren't pulling out of the ferrule but breaking off at the ferrule. All brushes loose some hair over time. You see it when you use them. These haven't had any useage to kick those broken hairs out.
Posted by Ron Costa (Member # 3366) on :
You're spot on, George. I thought of soaking in a hair conditioner but neetsfoot or olive oil may do the trick I'll experiment and get back here with the results.
Posted by bill riedel (Member # 607) on :
If the hair is breaking off at the ferrule, they may be the victims of hair eating bugs. New brushes should be kept in air tight containers or at least with some camphor balls. Bill
Posted by Bobbie Rochow (Member # 3341) on :
Hair eating bugs? Really?
Posted by Joey Madden (Member # 1192) on :
Oh yeah Bobbie Posted by Len Mort (Member # 7030) on :
quote:Originally posted by Joey Madden: Oh yeah Bobbie
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