Tools of the Painters trade
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Prev...The ground brush, also known as a pound brush, was a round or elliptical
brush bound by wire, cord or metal. They were generally heavy to use, and
required considerable
usage to break them in. These brushes were predominantly used in the days
before modern paint manufacture techniques; hand mixed paints requiring
more working to
create the finish. These brushes still have use in applying primer; the
brushes are useful in working the primer into the grain of the wood. Pound
brushes required an even
breaking in to create even bevel on both sides of the brush minimizing the
formation of a point which would render the brush useless.
Sash tools were smaller brushes, similar to a ground brush, and used
mainly for cutting in sash or glazing bars found on windows.
Sash tools and ground brushes generally required bridling before use, and
a painter's efficiency in this skill was generally used as a guide to
their overall ability. Both these
brushes have largely been superseded by the modern varnish brush.
Varnish brushes are the common flat brushes available today, used for
painting as well as varnishing. Brushes intended for varnishing typically
have a beveled edge.
Distemper brushes, used for applying distemper, were best made of pure
bristle and bound by copper bands to prevent rust damage. Styles differed
across the world, with flat
nailed brushes popular in the North of England, a two knot brush (a brush
with two ovular heads) popular in the South of England, and three knot
brushes or flat head brushes
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preferred elsewhere. In the United States distemper brushes were known as
calcimine, kalsomine or calsomine brushes, each term being the U.S.
variant of distemper.
Fitches are smaller brushes, either ovular or flat and 1 inch wide, used
in fine work such as to pick out the detail on a painted molding.
Stipples come in various shapes and sizes and are used to apply paint
with a stippled effect.
A duster or jamb brush was used to dust the area to be painted before work
commenced.
Limewash brushes were large brushes with a triangular head used to apply
limewash.
Stencil brushes, similar in style to a shaving brush and used for the
purpose of stenciling walls or in the creation of hand-made wallpapers.
Brushes are best stored in a purpose made brush keeper, a box on which a
wire could be suspended: the wire would be threaded through the hole in a
brushes handle so as
to suspend the brush in a cleaning solution without allowing the brush to
sit on the bottom of the container and thus cause spreading of the
bristles. The solution would also
prevent hardening of the brushes and oxidization. These were generally
rectangular and stored several brushes. A lid would enclose the brushes
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