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Hi guys, first let me tell you the wall we were working on came out good (our first).
One thing that was a pain, though, was that we didn't really have anywhere to put the brushes as we were changing from one to another. I saw several people in Waukesha with some aluminum trays & a little spring on it to hold the brushes in place. Could someone tell me where to get these?
Thanks, Felix
-------------------- Felix Marcano PuertoRicoSigns.Com Luquillo, PR
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Felix, I bought one from N. Glantz & Son. I found out the hard way to keep them flat especially when you have a bunch of brushes in there loaded with oil.
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Felix, I personally remove all the springs that suspend the brushes when I used to use those aluminum boxes. What I do now is cut 2 pieces of thick foam rubber about 1/2 inch high to fit a tray in my paint kit. With one on bottom I add enough brush oil to just about cover the foam then put the brushes on top of the foam. The second piece of foam goes over the brushes and when I close the top the brushes get oiled.
I'm sure you can figure it out without the expense of adding more things to carry.
Hope this helps
-------------------- HotLines Joey Madden - pinstriping since 1952 'Perfection, its what I look for and what I live for'
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Joey, Are you saying the hairs of the brush are floating suspended in the oil? In other words, is the foam cut in 2 strips for the bottom and 2 strips to clamp on the brush handles? I was thinking of a couple of ice cube trays for all but my longest brushes but without foam.
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Felix- I bend my own boxes out of .040 aluminum. If you break open the old pull down window shades they have some great springs in them. Stretch two across the box and there you have it, a pretty cool brush box. Give me you address, I'll make you one...no charge.
-------------------- Rob Larkham Rob Larkham Signs & Lettering 21 Middlefield Road Chester, MA. 01011
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Can you post a photo of your home-made brush boxes Rob? We just purchased several of the factory made brush boxes to give away in our monthly Resident Draws. I find the springs a pain in the butt myself.
I've tried Joey's method too. So far I have not been able to find the right type of foam, but I do believe he is on to something.
Some people use coroplast strips to hold their brushes in place. They just slide the handles into the flues. Works great for small sizes, but the big flats are still a problem.
-------------------- Steve Shortreed 144 Hill St., E. Fergus, Ontario Canada N1M 1G9 519-787-2673
We were just discussing this in our shop the other day, I never had a nifty brush box but now more than ever it is important to keep your brushes in great shape.
Just one question, why would the spring be a disadvantage?
and Rob I'd love to see that design also.
-------------------- Bob Rochon Creative Signworks Millbury, MA 508-865-7330
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Hello, It seems there are two discussions going on: one about brush storage (after oiling) and one about brush storage during a job when you don't want to oil a brush because you want to use it again.
For this second purpose, I use an old aluminum ice cube tray, the type that used to have metal dividers inside. I just pour a bit of reducer in the tray and prop the brushes in for future use during the day. I do mostly vehicle lettering, which commands the use of numerous brushes throughout the job. This tray method keeps the brushes ready to use and never allows them to dry out.
Bruce Deveau
-------------------- Bruce Deveau 331 Main St. Amesbury, Ma USA 01913
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I'm assuming the brushes you are talking about are fitches and cutters. What has worked the best for me for about fifty-years now, is to make wash/storage cans out of square 1-gallon thinner cans, with little plates riveted to the ends to make them taller. To hold the brushes up off the bottom of the can, you just slide a small rod through the plates and the holes in the brush handles (You'll have to drill holes in fitches.
We used to make a set of three of the cans and kind of sort the brushes by color (red/blue/white)and it was seldom we ever had to wash a wall brush. If they rode around in a truck, they worked even better as the road vibration really shook out the color. Every so often you'll need to scoop out the muck and change the thinner. Kerosene is my favorite for brush storage/wash.
-------------------- Jerry Mathel Retired Grants Pass, Oregon signs@grantspass.com
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1- Jerry Mathels brush can is a beatiful way of cleaning and storing Fitches and those kind of brushes. I've seen his method and its just beautiful.
2- Santo, I basically sandwich the stripers and quills between the foam. Since I use one of those aluminum signkits with the pull out trays, I just cut 2 pieces of foam which is 1/2 inch thick to the fit of the tray then pour the oil in until the foam is satuated and the foam sort of glistens. Another piece of the same foam goes over the top. When I put a brush between I just push on the top foam and it oils the brush.
-------------------- HotLines Joey Madden - pinstriping since 1952 'Perfection, its what I look for and what I live for'
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Dick Blick. They make one 10" for quills that sells for around $9.00 and a 14" one for fitches that goes for a couple bucks more.
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Well guys, last night I tried to build something to put in my Pat King Good Luck Art Bin. I worked for 2 hrs. & nothing worked.
My mom was a florist and we have always fixed everything with floral wire & other floral stuff. I looked in my tool box and there was the answer. Floral clay! Yep, that simple. I rolled out a few small logs and placed in the bins. One for the tip to rest on and one at the other end for the ferrule. I used light pressure on the brushes to "set" them and voila! I can turn the boxes upside down and they stay in place. The oil will not hurt the floral clay and it takes it a couple of yrs to dry out.
-------------------- Kathy Joiner River Road Graphics 41628 River Road Ponchatoula, La.70454
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Hey Mad Man Joey. I like your idea!, and will put it to use in the near future. Holds the brushes in place as well as lubricating them at all times. Good One. Thanks!
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