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I've been using my Cadman Guinness 24mm silvertip badger brush for a couple of years now, on and off in my rotation, but I never did take to badger brushes. They always feel a bit mop-ish to me. So I thought I'd give it a new life as a synthetic.
Off I went and ordered a 24mm synthetic knot from Maggard's Razors.
Today I un-knotted the old badger by steaming for about 40 mins in a saucepan (brush stood inside inner glass bowl floating on saucepan's water). After taking out the brush I was able to extract the knot by hand using firm force.
The bore hole was pretty clean but I used Dremel to clean off any remaining glue from the base of the hole.
Then used ultra-strong epoxy resin (not the 5-min setting stuff) to glue the new knot in.
Looks ok and fingers crossed it'll be stuck in there forever. I'm going to give it a couple of days to set properly before giving it a workout.
Da-dah! The final brush.
Off I went and ordered a 24mm synthetic knot from Maggard's Razors.
Today I un-knotted the old badger by steaming for about 40 mins in a saucepan (brush stood inside inner glass bowl floating on saucepan's water). After taking out the brush I was able to extract the knot by hand using firm force.
The bore hole was pretty clean but I used Dremel to clean off any remaining glue from the base of the hole.
Then used ultra-strong epoxy resin (not the 5-min setting stuff) to glue the new knot in.
Looks ok and fingers crossed it'll be stuck in there forever. I'm going to give it a couple of days to set properly before giving it a workout.
Da-dah! The final brush.
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