Well I finally finished my first restore. I had a very easy candidate as this brush the knot popped right on out with little effort leaving me a nice handle to work with, and very little work. Just clean it up a bit, and polish it with some Flitz, then get the knot and some epoxy and done.
I went with a 22mm Super Silvertip knot for this restore as I already have some brushes with other knots, and I have to say initially it seems very promising. I kept the knot hole the same size and so it's a little loftier than some might want at about 53-54mm, but the density doesn't seem to suffer at all. Just a new beautiful lucite handled brush I can use and look at!
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Thread: My first restoration
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07-17-2011, 06:26 PM #1
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My first restoration
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07-17-2011, 06:31 PM #2
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That looks great!
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07-17-2011, 06:35 PM #3
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Very nice
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07-17-2011, 06:51 PM #4
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A very nice restoration. Thanks for the pic.
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07-17-2011, 07:12 PM #5
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07-17-2011, 08:32 PM #6
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07-17-2011, 08:36 PM #7
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Very Cool
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Great job!
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07-17-2011, 09:46 PM #9
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That's some very nice work!
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07-18-2011, 05:06 AM #10
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Looking nice and excellent job done. Thx for sharing.
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07-18-2011, 05:40 AM #11
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Very impressive...congratulations on rescuing a great brush!
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07-18-2011, 02:19 PM #12
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Excellent restore!
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'Tis a fine looking brush!
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07-19-2011, 09:21 PM #14
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very nice brush there man.
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07-19-2011, 09:31 PM #15
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07-19-2011, 09:38 PM #16
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I love the old lucite handles. I'm waiting for one myself in the mail and I hope that the knot in my brush comes out as easily!
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07-19-2011, 09:46 PM #17
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A thing of beauty!
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07-20-2011, 05:46 AM #18
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By the way, which handle is that? Is the name and model # listed on the bottom?
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07-20-2011, 03:25 PM #19
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The handle is an Ever Ready 500N, and thank you all for the comments! I got around to using it here just a little bit ago and it was very nice! Could use a little more backbone I think, but it still works very well! Very pleased with it! I'll try to get a post bloom up sometime soon.
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07-20-2011, 08:09 PM #20
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Lucites can be a challenge. And nylon can be a headache. Nice job!
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