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Had a talk with an old sweep who made me rethink my brush setup
Last week I was cleaning a flue for a historic house built in 1890 and ran into a retired sweep named Roy. He watched me struggle with my poly brush on a tight offset and just shook his head. He told me I was using way too much bristle for that narrow terra cotta liner and handed me a steel wire brush from his truck. I figured he was old school and wrong but after I switched brushes, I cleared that soot in half the time. Now I'm thinking about carrying a couple different brush types and not just relying on my standard one. Has anyone else switched brushes mid-job and gotten way better results?
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cooper.reese3d ago
Ngl, old heads like Roy usually know their stuff. Poly brushes aren't the answer for everything.
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