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I am aware of the multitude of people that restore razors and hone, etc. Who does brush restores? I have today found a great vintage Rubberset handle that is going to need a new knot. It's a thick one though. The knot is around 28-29mm. I was thinking a high lofted finest knot or a lower lofted silvertip. I would like it to have nice backbone. Anyone have suggestions who I could talk to?
The pics:
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Most guys order a knot from the golden nib and replace the know them selves.
Is in most cases pretty easy to DIY.
Really? I don't have a way to get the knot out of the handle. That's really the only thing I need to get done. Is it hard to do this? I don't have a lot of power tools.
I believe gsixgun.restores brushes.. and he also posted a way to remove the brush do a search.if u stick the bristles in a vice and twist it removes them. Glen explains it..
Well after some motivation here I took some pliers to it and the hairs came out very easily but the hole is not very deep. Is this normal? I assumed that the hole would be quite a bit deeper than this. Am I correct?
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Looks like you have epoxy left in the hole nothing a spade bit and drill won't take care of.
So here is how it looks now.
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The handle is hollow.
Should I fill it with something before I install a knot?
What type of knot is recommended? I like a little scritch but hate floppy.
How high should set the loft?
Now you at the point were you need to determine knot size,diameter at the base of the knot,go no further until you have the knot in hand,than you can adjust the loft,wait until you have the knot JMO
If you face lather,about 50MM loft,bowl lather about 55mm
The opening is 28mm. So I think i'm going to go with a 28mm Finest from TGN. Does that sound right?
Research says that it's soft but good backbone. Sounds perfect.
What he said /\Quote:
Originally Posted by pixelfixed
I wouldn't fill it with epoxy, that would add a lot of weight. I would set my loft using a cork as a base and adjusting by cutting down the cork, then epoxy it all together.
Eric
Edit, I see you didnt mention filling it with epoxy, just my suggestion.
What he said but you need the knot in hand to get it perfectQuote:
Originally Posted by epd
I do brush restores.
Understood guys. I'll order the knot and then pick this up again. Thanks for the help.Quote:
Originally Posted by epd
Can you show us your work??Quote:
Originally Posted by JoeLowett
Well here is the great reveal. It took a while to get the knot but it's epoxied and set now. I'm looking forward to using it tonight and for many years to come.
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Very nice! Congrats on the restore.
Can u explain.what u did looks great what type of epoxy?.now i wanna do one lol
For sure!!
I found this brush in an antique store. Once I got it home I used a pair of pliers and and grabbed the old knot perpendicular to the direction of the hairs and twisted. Most of the hairs came out and then I just cleaned up the rest. I found out that the brush had a false bottom under the hairs so I drilled through that and pulled it out. Then I measured the hole diameter and ordered the knot that I wanted. I put a quarter into the handle as a false bottom and epoxied it in. Once the knot got here I soaked it so it bloomed and then began to test fit it to determine the loft I liked. I filled the rest of the handle with marine epoxy and installed the knot to the desired height. Let it dry for 12 hours and viola!!
It was a fun project and I love the result.
