Boar's Hair Brush

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Can anyone recommend a high quality boar's hair brush with a handle? I have already searched the archives and could not find anything. Thanks.
 
 
citizen arcane said:
Here ya go:



http://www.autopia.org/forum/car-detailing/87857-has-anyone-done-bhb-comparison.html

http://www.autopia.org/forum/car-detailing-product-discussion/113864-current-best-bhb-wheels.html

http://www.autopia.org/forum/car-detailing-product-discussion/97827-bhb-comparison.html

http://www.autopia.org/forum/car-detailing-product-discussion/39084-anyone-using-griots-boars-hair-washing-brush.html



and the rest:



- Google Search
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Thanks CA. I could not get anything to come up last night in the archives when searching for "Boars hair". I had saved some of Accumulator's postings from a while back. He has forgotten more about detailing than I could ever know.
 
You're welcome!



BTW the key to searching this site is using Google's advanced search and filling out "Search within a site or domain:" with whatever you want. Example: to search this part of Autopia place "http://www.autopia.org/forum/car-detailing/" in the search field or to search C&B place "http://www.autopia.org/forum/click-brag/" in the field.



I agree, Accumulator (among others) is a good source of info.
 
i got mine from Top-of-the-Line. Mine doesn't have the threaded hole for a handle but the link for the one provided does.

The quality of the one I got is just superb. Beautiful oak, finished like a piece of antique furniture. I feel bad using it really, it looks that good. The bristles are extremely soft too, I got lucky. They're as soft as a baby's sit-me-down, but you're looking for one you can attach a handle to.



Here's your link:



Boar Hair Truck & Van Brush



-John C.
 
So is the one from Detailer's Domain relatively safe for anodized aluminum Volk Wheels? I just want one that won't mar the finish. Can these be used with ONR safely and effectively?
 
A few sorta-random notes (and if anybody has specific BHB Qs I'll be happy to try to answer them):



BHBs don't work all that great with ONR, at least not in my somwhat limited ONR experience. BHBs seem to work best with a "dislodge and flush" technique whereas ONR works via a "contamination sticks to the wash medium" technique; two very different things.



Any BHB should be inspected for excess adhesive. Not just blobs on the bristles, but also excess at the base of the bristles near the block. As the bristles flex this adhesive will break loose and contaminate things...and man is it abrasive (gee, guess how I know).



CD-test any BHB before use. Soak it in wash solution first until it softens up. And keep testing it from time to time...my old faves (and I mean *old* ) turned into scratch-machines before I noticed (the flagged bristles finally wore down) and marred up the S8 a little bit.



Don't press hard with a BHB, but rather whisk it gently across the surface being cleaned. Used properly, it should actually be too gentle for efficient washing- you'll have to go over things a few times to get them clean and maybe (more like probably IME) go over it all again with a more aggressive wash medium once you've cleaned off the "big stuff" that's most likely to cause marring.



Rx8 Fanatic- Most anodizing is fairly hard. I used BHBs for wheels on my anodized HREs back when I had the Mallett 'vette and they were plenty gentle. But be careful and remember that it's usually the contamination that does the marring in cases like that.
 
citizen arcane said:
BTW the key to searching this site is using Google's advanced search and filling out "Search within a site or domain:" with whatever you want. Example: to search this part of Autopia place "http://www.autopia.org/forum/car-detailing/" in the search field or to search C&B place "http://www.autopia.org/forum/click-brag/" in the field.



I agree, Accumulator (among others) is a good source of info.
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Wow! Two major points that deserve a bump!:thx
 
Accumulator said:
Used properly, it should actually be too gentle for efficient washing- you'll have to go over things a few times to get them clean and maybe (more like probably IME) go over it all again with a more aggressive wash medium once you've cleaned off the "big stuff" that's most likely to cause marring.
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....wish I hadn't read this, now I'm thinking of adding another step to my wash routine :p
 
Don't get a BHB. I paid $60 for a pretty much top-of-the-line brush and it still scratches. Not worth it. Now, my $60 brush stays dry while my $2 grout sponge gets all the work.
 
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