My first restoration...

[stuart12dz]

I won this Ever-Ready brush on eBabe along with a puck of Williams and an Ever-Ready SE razor all for the princely sum of $16.

Thanks to all of you who contributed to the restoration posts and for pointing me in the direction of TGN.

It's not perfect, but I am really going to enjoy using this boar bristle brush that I restored with my own two hands, a little patience and a lot of cleaning and polishing. I have attached some before and after photos.

 

[QuarkVI]

Nice job on the polish.

 

[Dacol]

That turned out geat!

 

[KM-instructor]

Wicked job, love that style of handle and you bought that back to life.

 

[DDH]

Nice job!!

 

[FL shaver]

Love the knot choice! Back to its original glory!

 

[CubReporter]

Excellent work! Did it just need a little clean up, or did you get more involved with the polishing?

 

[Trenton]

It looks great, nice to see it with a Boar knot.

 

[stuart12dz]

Excellent work! Did it just need a little clean up, or did you get more involved with the polishing?

After the initial clean & scrub with a toothbrush and dish washing liquid, I used some very fine 800 and then 1200 wet/dry paper to remove some nicks and blemishes (being careful not to delete the lettering). Next, I used Mother's Plastic Polish (available at your local auto supply) and hand polished. I did some final polishing using a buffing wheel on my bench grinder and then a final hand polish using the Mother's. The knot was purchased from The Golden Nib and in my opinion is nearly identical to the original. The knot was set in place using marine epoxy which has a curing time of 72 hours. I am going to take this brush on its trial run Saturday morning.

Thank you all for the positive comments.

 

[Greyfox]

Congrats.

 

[FL shaver]

One more question! How big is the knot? Twenty-two?

 

[noahpictures]

After the initial clean & scrub with a toothbrush and dish washing liquid, I used some very fine 800 and then 1200 wet/dry paper to remove some nicks and blemishes (being careful not to delete the lettering). Next, I used Mother's Plastic Polish (available at your local auto supply) and hand polished. I did some final polishing using a buffing wheel on my bench grinder and then a final hand polish using the Mother's. The knot was purchased from The Golden Nib and in my opinion is nearly identical to the original. The knot was set in place using marine epoxy which has a curing time of 72 hours. I am going to take this brush on its trial run Saturday morning.

Thank you all for the positive comments.

Well done and thanks for sharing. Let us know how it performs.

 

[stuart12dz]

One more question! How big is the knot? Twenty-two?

Twenty

http://www.thegoldennib.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=9_45&products_id=194

 

[FL shaver]

Thanks!

 

[Snargle]

Terrific job!

 

[GrandeVT]

Perfect!

 

[jcrparris]

Did you have to touch-up the lettering or is that the original color?

 

[stuart12dz]

Did you have to touch-up the lettering or is that the original color?

The lettering is original.

 

[stuart12dz]

Well done and thanks for sharing. Let us know how it performs.

I used it for the first time this morning with TOBS Sandalwood Cream and it performed wonderfully. The bristles are quite soft and it has good backbone. It will now take its place in my rotation. I am going to try it tomorrow with the "Fat", and see how it performs with soap.

 

[DarbyRides]

Nice!