Thread: Drying brush after use

Originally Posted by RichZ

I rinse shake it out and hang it upside down to dry. No problem so far.
P.S. Brush is about 40 years old and has always been treated like this.

Sounds like the definative long term experiment to me!

Ed

Originally Posted by superfly

...The point with the capilary action is that it keeps the water penetrating downwards to the knot of the brush...

Because while the hairs themselves may taper off toward their tips, the spaces between actually increase. We see this in the fluffy splaying out of nearly all our brushes. This has been bouncing around in my head for the last 24 hrs along with all the other loose marbles.

Originally Posted by ForestryProf

Sounds like the definative long term experiment to me!

Indeed, and I have seen split wood brush handles that weren't properly cared for.

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