Picked up this little StrongSet brush at a local shop for $1. I liked the Art Deco pattern and I figured it would make a good first restore project. Starting a thread on it just to show how it went.
It was pretty dirty and grubby and the knot was definitely pretty dang gross.
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They weren't lying about it being a strong set. I drilled out the middle of the knot and tried to use pliers to pull out what remained and ended up using a dremmel to cut the remains of the knot out. The well measures 25mm at the top and looks to taper down to about 23mm at the bottom. I may remove more to get the replacement knot to have less loft, but I want the knot in hand before I remove anything else.
Now to pick the replacement knot...
It was pretty dirty and grubby and the knot was definitely pretty dang gross.
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They weren't lying about it being a strong set. I drilled out the middle of the knot and tried to use pliers to pull out what remained and ended up using a dremmel to cut the remains of the knot out. The well measures 25mm at the top and looks to taper down to about 23mm at the bottom. I may remove more to get the replacement knot to have less loft, but I want the knot in hand before I remove anything else.
Now to pick the replacement knot...