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Wash brushes are great for applying large areas areas large applying for great are brushes Wash Nylons come in many different shapes and styles Pronounced like "hockey". Hake brushes are used used are brushes Hake "hockey". like Pronounced The best of both worlds… get great rounded A mop is a round, full-bodied version of a wash Provides lots of color capacity and easy maneu Great for smoothing, blending and creating special special creating and blending smoothing, for Great evenly. A good brush would have flags on at least half of its bristles. Siberian region of Russia is soft, forgiving and carries tons of color. Just paint and paint and paint. Red Sable - as not is and ones heartiest the necessarily not but performance. in pronounced Black Sable (a.k.a. Fitch) - the same quality as Red Sable with very similar charac teristics. Blended Brushes - sable with the durability and spring of a golden nylon provides the best of both worlds in a lower priced brush. FLAGGING BRUSH Usually split ends are considered a bad thing, but in the paintbrush world, split ends are known as "flags" and actually help your brush hold paint and spread it more and color that you get when making delicate lines. Scrubber - area of your painting the to white surface underneath. BRUSH HAIR 101 Nylon - and have no real texture, which is why they aren’t noted for their color holding capability, but noted fortheir resiliency. White Nylon - treated in any way. Golden Nylon - treated not only make to it look more like natural hair but also behave to like it. The color treatment pits the surface of the filament allowing it be to more absorbent. Kolinsky Sable - like painting with a flat, all in one brush. Oval Wash – just an oval-shaped version of a wash brush. Round - Rigger /Liner /Script /Signature - and long continuous lettering, highlighting, outlining strokes. Great for signing your “John Hancock” when finished. you’re Wash - of color, for wetting a surface or for absorbing excess necessary. when Angle Shader - an angle. A favorite among decorative painters because of the variety of shapes that can be made with just a flick of the wrist. Great for making sharp clean lines. Egbert - shape. Dagger Striper - Dagger stripers were used sign by painters and auto de tailers for pinstriping because of the amount of control Cat’s Tongue - the end, which is great for creating a variety of shapes within one brush stroke. Filbert - creation of great organic flowingshapes. Fan - effects and textures. Bright - Flat – verability. Flats are great for creating bold sweeping shapes, edges or fine lines. Hake - much like a wash brush. Their soft bristles are very forgiving and the handles are extra long. Mop - brush. Oval - shapes like using a round and bold shapes with one pass BRUSH SHAPE101 Fan Flat Mop Oval ture Hake Wash Bright Round Egbert Filbert Scrubber Cat’s Tongue Cat’s Angle Shader Angle Script/Signa Dagger Striper Dagger Rigger/Liner/

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