1" Purdy 144024010 Adjutant Angled Sash Paint Brush, Black China Bristle

I only buy Purdy Brushes. Take care of them and clean them properly when your painting project is completed, and they will last a very long time. Highly recommend Purdy Brushes.

The 1.5" size black natural angled Purdy brush is the ONLY brush I use for poly, laquer, linseed oil varnish, shellac. Anything bigger doesn't work well because you will have a hard time controlling build up of applied product in the corners, and overapplying on the edges - causing drips on the bottom side of your piece. Maybe there's a better brush out there - but use it for a decade or so before you come and prove it to me!After several uses the brush will be a bit stiffer, but this is more or less what you want for poly - it will also shed less hairs - SEE NOTE BELOW!!! You need some stiffness to work the thicker poly down so that it flattens properly and gets into the grain of the wood. For the last coat(s), use your newer (but not newest!), more supple brushes with a thinned poly. In my experience the stiffness of the brush overall has little impact on the smoothness of the outcome. Achieving the correct flow of the poly and working at cool temperatures is much more important in achieving a flat, even finish.Clean by working in a small amount of mineral spirits three times (just enough to partially soak the brush), then finish up with two goes of laquer thinner. That last step is essential! Strike the brush smartly on your foot to remove any thinner that wasn't wiped off between each rinse step. Don't complain if you don't clean your brushes right! I'm telling you - 15 years of using these brushes has shown me that they last dozens of cleanings before I worry about demoting them to my "first-coat" brushes.ABOUT THE HAIRS COMING OFF: Pretty much any new brush will do this - this is why I DO NOT like breaking in a new brush! I always break in a new brush on the FIRST coat of a project. By the third coat, and two vigorous cleanings, minimal hair comes off. However, the brush isn't really great until the second or third project. I really hit a new brush on my workbench hard trying to work out any loose hairs before I use it. You want to be real "unkind" to the brush during cleaning, working the thinner in real well with your gloves on, helps to get those loosey-goosey hairs off.They seem to have replaced these with the XL line at my local building supply. Just for fun, I tried one a couple months ago; what a mistake!!! The bristles do not load or release the poly anywhere as effectively as the natural bristles. Absolutely horrible, will never use again!

Great

You can't beat this price for a Purdy White China bristle brush. The bristles are very coarse, so by design, the brush strokes are very visible. You'd only want to use this brush on intricate wood work or trim using oil-based paint.However, we found that some of the cheaper brushes laid a more even coat of paint, while still tackling the details of the trim. Thus, we haven't found much of a need for this brush for indoor painting.

I own a number fo Purdy brushes, some of them over 20 years old. If you take care of them, they will last. High quality bristle brushes give a superior finish with solvent paints and lacquers over any other brush. The bristles are not affected by harsh solvents in lacquer and brush cleaners like synthetic bristles. Natural bristles are not suitable for water based paints, however. They get limp in water.

I was pretty excited to try this brush out. First brush stroke... the paint went on silky smooth. I was only painting the base of an end table... my initial bliss was replaced with annoyance, then anger. The brush sheds bristles more than our dog sheds hair. Imagine picking out bristles out of the paint, well more than a dozen times per coat. Very much contemplated returning the brush as defective to get my money back. Ended up throwing it away after 3 coats on a 15” x 30” end table. Worthless.

I ordered Purdy brushes on line because my Home Depot stopped carrying them - big mistake Home Depot! They replaced them with Wooten brushes. Purdy is a much better brush. I tried the Wooten brush and was very disappointed. You just can't beat a Purdy brush for painting!

Reliable product is what I want, highly recommended

received brush at specified date, brush was nice to hold and good for cutting a straight line, however when in use the hairs constantly came out into fresh paint work, after cleaning with white spirit, they still constantly shed.I have used this brush now several times and the hairs are still coming out into the newly painted surface.This is something you don't expect with a genuine Purdy brush.Other Purdy brushes I have are okay don't purchase this brush

I am sending it back, a cheap brush at a very expensive price.

Not good for cutting in and details

Simple - Purdy make some of the best brushes going.Buy it - look after it - and it'll serve you for years.

i chose this rating because Purdy is arguably the best brush to buy.i found painting with this brand is most rewarding.Aiso the Adjutant was helpful to, as i expected it to be.