Thread: First brush re-knots...Hey, this is pretty simple!

Originally Posted by RoyalCake

Lookin good there! It is satisfying, isn't it. So what's your trick to getting the knots out without damage to the handle? IME some come out easier than others. Some on the other hand can be a pain...

As HARRYWALLY says, I didn't muck about with finesse. Cut the old bristles flat, and drilled three or four 3/16" holes down through the flush surface of the knot and just through the old epoxy. Commenced digging out guts with needle nose pliers and various scraping tools. Once the bulk of the old material was out, I used a Dremel with various attachments to extract the really stubborn chunks and then I kind of cleaned up and "uniformed" my newly made orifice. Gauged how far down into the brush I wanted to recess the knot, dremeled more where necessary, in two cases built the bottom of the inside of the orifice up with flat solid wooden washer "wood nickel" looking thingies I found at Lowes while on a quest for cork stoppers for some ED Pinaud bottles I'd just scored. Apply obscene amounts of epoxy just to the point of overflowing over the sides of my seated knot, made some mai fun, and they were ready to make lather.

Easy-Peasy!