Thread: Looking for advice on brush restoration

Originally Posted by gssixgun

And I learned it from a Total Newb on here a few years back, funny as heck he had no idea what he was doing, but it worked and he took pics because he thought he broke it

Sure works easy when it works,,, No bristles all over the shop from cutting them down and drilling it out

Thanks for showing me the brush subforum. I really enjoyed looking through the razor forging/restore subforums in the past and this looks like the equivalent. And, glad you are still keeping busy here as well, doing your good work.

Can't find my vise grips atm and the channel locks aren't quite cutting it (although I am getting some of the cracking sound from the glue breaking). Will resume my brush quest in the near future.

After I get the knot out, my next step will be to buy the right sized knot. I do have some calipers to help with the measurement.

I tried twisting the knot loose, but it turns out the cracking I heard was the hairs and not glue. This is where I'm at and will now have to drill out somehow:


edit: Now, I've cleaned out the inside with a dremel and measured. It's about 7mm deep and 20mm diameter. I understand the insides of these are hollow? That's what it feels like. I'll probably drill out the top part and fill with epoxy.

Polished it up with some blue magic and it looks cleaner - but can't get the dirt out of the lettering on the bottom yet. Any tricks to getting in those tiny grooves? Just using a microfiber cloth atm.