Practical painters' work : with numerous engravings and diagrams (1906)
Hasluck, Paul N. (Paul Nooncree), 1854-1931 · Philadelphia : David McKay · leaf 34
get too dry. Distemper brushes must not be used for scrubbing off old distemper ; only a worn-out brush, or a fibre brush, should be employed for such rough work. In a wire stock distemper brush the bristles will be found sometimes to get loose. Before use, the bristles are held tight against the… … absorbed by the wood and the bristles evaporates, the bristles contract and the wire does not, and so the bristles get loose. Copper-bound and tin-bound distemper brushes, which are not subject to this failing, are obtain¬ able (see Figs. 26 to 28).
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