A hand tool familiar to home masters is, of course, a paint brush. The great variety and variety of types of tools makes the flute brush completely round, and the fly brush on the maklovice. How should I choose a brush for finishing work?
For what kind of work are the brushes
Paint brushes are widely used for finishing works: priming, painting with paint or varnish. Any master before choosing the repair or finishing works chooses the appropriate size paintbrush.
Therefore, it is recommended to choose a paint brush for work, depending on the material of the proposed finish. For example, brushes made of artificial bristles can be considered ideal for varnishes, paints and impregnating materials. They are not afraid of the composition of solvents and do not lose positive performance for the period of finishing works.
But you need to choose the type and size of the paint brush with knowledge of the features and capabilities of the tool. Therefore, brushes are used from animal bristles, which is subjected to technology, a certain finish.
Types of paint brushes
When carrying out self-finishing work, the following types of paint brushes are used:
• Handlebar
• flat
• Round
• flywheel
• Flanged
• Mackerel
• peeling
• file.
hand-held
Brush handle marking KR, KRO, cattle is the most common species. Produced by industry in three sizes. The length of the bristle bundle can reach 60 mm.
Brush handle is used for priming and painting with oil or glue paint surfaces of minor area - window binders, skirting boards, door elements and radiators. The size of the brush and wooden handle of the handle is small: the diameter of the hair can reach 54 mm. Manufactured hand brushes from animal bristles with the addition of hair. The bristles are fixed in metal rings, therefore it is suitable for painting works and work with oil paint.
flat
Paint brush flat, marking KP, is intended for painting the surface in order to obtain a glossy or smooth coating.
With the use of a flat brush, you can make a primer, paint and varnish. It is an independent paint unit, with the use of which you can achieve a quality protective coating twice.
The industry produces nine standard sizes. The total length of the brush, including the hair, can be up to 23 cm.
Paint brushes wide have a working width of up to 100 mm.
For the production of flat brushes, bristle of pigs is used, which has a specific shape and bifurcated tips of the hairline.
A kind of a radiator brush is used as a kind of flat brush, which is used for painting the joints of pipes and radiators. The curved shape of the radiator brush on the long handle allows free entry into hard-to-reach places.
round
Paint brush round, marking KK, is intended for carrying out of painting works on joints and corners of working surfaces. Used for painting wooden window and door covers, as well as skirting boards.
The total length of the brush along with the wooden handle reaches 250 mm. For the hair of the brush, a drawn bristle of animals is used. Recall that brushes made of natural bristles are preferable to use with water-based paints, which do not contain aggressive and toxic impurities.
flywheel
Brush flywheel, marking KM, is intended for finishing works of large working surfaces. This is the coloring of walls and ceilings, so the instrument comes in impressive sizes: a diameter of up to 60 mm and a hair part up to 100 mm. Brushes are released in the form of a bundle of bristles, which requires subsequent fixation of the hair, and in a cartridge with a wooden handle. Choosing a hand brush for oil or enamel color, it is recommended that the length of the bristles reach 8 cm.
fluting
Paint brush flasher, marking KF, this brush is flat with a width of 25 to 100 mm. Make flat brush flutes of animal bristles with the addition of badger hair. The handle near the flat brushes is short, the bristles are fixed in a metal frame.
For the manufacture of the flute brush, a drawn bristle of excellent quality is used. The total length of the brush reaches 100 mm with a width of the working part of the brush to 18 mm. Available in nine sizes. Working with the flute brush requires a certain skill of work, because it is recommended to drive the brush along the paint layer without pressure, almost the very tip of the bristle, squeezing the excess paint with rags.
maklovica
Brush Maklovitsa, marking KM, is used to apply primers and impregnants in large areas. For comparison with tufted brushes, maklovitsy are a more productive tool for decoration. At the same time, the quality of painting works does not suffer. The shape of the brush of the mackerel can be round, rarely rectangular.
In this case, the working diameter of the bristles reaches 170 mm, and the length of the bristles reaches 100 mm. The handle of the brush is attached to the center of the shoe. Brush maklovitsa is recommended for painting with glutinous solutions or paints on a casein basis. Subsequent final fluting coloring using this type of brush does not require.
whitewash
Brushes whitewashing, marking KP, are designed for white work. They have a hair length of up to 100 mm, a width of the working part up to 200 mm. Brushes are used for glutinous and casein solutions.
A kind of whitening brush is a rakla. Raklya is designed for washing out whitening solutions and applying primers, adhesives and paints. The ruckles are equipped with a plastic handle, which can be hung on a bucket, on a special fastening.
filed
Brushes filenochnye, marking KF, are designed to guide narrow strips of paint in places of decoration, where it is impossible to use another tool. Thin strips of paint - panels are obtained after drawing by a brush, in which the diameter does not exceed 18 mm. Brushes are made of stiff bristles, firmly fixed in a frame.
Care for paint brushes
Every home master knows that paint brushes always require careful care "before" and "after" the work.
Before the work, new brushes are lowered into warm water for a short time. From the presence in the water of bristles and hair, the brush softens slightly and swells, slightly increasing in volume. Such a water procedure to exclude further loss of bristles or hair during finishing painting works.
If, during trial painting, the brush leaves traces and strips with protruding hairs, the brush can be slightly trimmed on a coarse base.
At the end of painting works, the brush is washed, it is wiped dry with a rag and stored in a container with water, linseed oil or turpentine in a suspended state. This rule of storage eliminates the deformation of bristles and hair, and the paint brush will last a long time.
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