Paint brush confusion

djcla · 22 May 2015

Hi

I was looking to paint a primed flat piece of mdf using a wooster foam roller and then lay off with a profor picasso. My issue is I see many different brush types and no idea what I need. There are angled sash, angled oval, straight cut etc etc.. So it's just a say .5m square piece of wood I'm painting.

joe-90 · 22 May 2015

You just want a plain ordinary synthetic brush with white tips. Cheap as chips.

djcla · 22 May 2015

OK, but was looking for a decent brush anyway and just wondered what all these types are for?

footprints · 22 May 2015

djcla said:
OK, but was looking for a decent brush anyway and just wondered what all these types are for?

Mostly to increase the profit margins for paintbrush makers.

Nice Purdy Monarch can't go wrong!

djcla · 23 May 2015

http://m.screwfix.com/p/purdy-monarch-elite-synthetic-paintbrush-2/79505

Like this one?

footprints · 23 May 2015

Yes search the net for boxed sets usually better value.

joe-90 · 23 May 2015

It's almost impossible to get a bad brush these days. It costs the same to make a good brush as a bad one. No need to pay boutique prices anymore. It's technique that matters.

Newboy · 24 May 2015

So you think that you'll get the same results using this

http://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-bristle-paintbrush-2/91240

as using this

http://www.screwfix.com/p/purdy-monarch-elite-synthetic-paintbrush-2/79505

Really?

wv62 · 24 May 2015

newboy said:
So you think that you'll get the same results using this

http://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-bristle-paintbrush-2/91240

as using this

http://www.screwfix.com/p/purdy-monarch-elite-synthetic-paintbrush-2/79505

Really?

My wife would

You should see the job she did on our wardrobe

misterhelpful · 24 May 2015

newboy said:
So you think that you'll get the same results using this

http://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-bristle-paintbrush-2/91240

as using this

http://www.screwfix.com/p/purdy-monarch-elite-synthetic-paintbrush-2/79505[/QUOTE]

joe-90 could...sounds like he's wv62's wife!

Oops, now I've done it!!

In seriousness, I think he meant something like B&Q's synthetic brushes, which are surprisingly good (the 'white tips' comment was important)!

Hope I've saved my bacon there!

joe-90 · 24 May 2015

I won't mention the pink overalls now.

peterchichester · 24 May 2015

something like B&Q's synthetic brushes

Is that the Diall ones? I found them really nice to paint with

misterhelpful · 24 May 2015

I'm not sure about these Diall ones because they look different (lower quality) to the ones I used a couple of years back:

http://www.diy.com/departments/diall-fine-finish-soft-tipped-paint-brush-w3/174715_BQ.prd

The Harris ones they are selling now seem to be more like the B&Q brand I used back then:

http://www.diy.com/departments/harris-icon-soft-tipped-paint-brush-w3/971577_BQ.prd

I think that when they rebranded their own products as Diall a while ago they also changed some of them for inferior quality. Out of the two I have linked to, I would choose the Harris type, but only because they are of the same kind I have used before.

joe-90 · 24 May 2015

They are both good actually.

djcla · 24 May 2015

Ended up with water based dulux gloss as that's all they did in the mixlab. So I'm going to need a pretty fine / soft brush to avoid brush marks. Roller wise I was looking at a Wooster Jumbo-Koter Big Green Flocked Foam Mini Roller, and still like the look of theProform Picasso Oval Angled Paint Brush Beavertail as I'm not sure how suited the purdy is to water based gloss.

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