Best Brushes for Detailing?

[JohnnnyD]

What are the best brushes for detailing? The ones I have aren't doing it for me. It was the pack of 3 different sized white brushes from hobby lobby for like 4 bucks... the bristles on the small brush are alllllllll over the place and I keep them clean...

Any suggestions? or amazon links?

Thanks in advance!

[JunkPile]

I've got a couple of rather fine brushes that I use. One is a 10/0 and the other is a 3/0. The #'s don't tell me much as to they are both so small. They come even smaller. Either of these seem to work well for me. The brand is Atlas Brush Co. Tamiya makes nice, small, pointy brushes also. Good luck!

[camarofreak82_427]

U could also use a tooth pic instead of a brush. I have the same brushes u to n they rnt the best in the world so somtimes I grab a toothpick to do some detailing

[Scuderia]

I'm quite the fan of the tooth pick, especially if shaved down to a point. Also the brushes i use i picked up at Riders, they are a wooden handle with various sizes as Chuck mentioned before. (maybe same ones?) Also if you have a good wooden handle brush thats wore out you can cut some hairs out of it.

[mnwildpunk]

I am also a fan of the toothpick but I also have some very fine tipped brushes. I got them from a couple different places michael's chain stores and a local art supply store.

[38 Crush]

Many years ago I switched from small brushes to Liner brushes. They work much better. I also shop at Michaels they usually have a good supply.

[JunkPile]

Come on Harold, your gonna have to tell me what a liner brush is

[Harry P.]

The best brushes are sable hair; they hold a point well and the bristles are just "springy" enough for a good feel.

[cobraman]

I think a liner brush is just a thin brush with longer bristols is it not ?

[Chief Joseph]

Natural animal hair brushes generally work better for enamel paint, and synthetic bristles work better with acrylics. The solvent you clean the bush with usually causes the most damage to the bristles... something like lacquer thinner absolutely kills nylon-bristle brushes! You can get a good brush cleaner & conditioner at art supply stores like Hobby Lobby, Michaels, and Dick Blick. If you use a lot of different kinds of paint, divide your brushes for use with solvent-based paints and water-based paints; don't use the same brushes for both paints.

Austin, you can try soaking your frayed brush in some very hot water for a few minutes and then re-shaping the bristles with your fingers. It might go back into shape.

[Skip]

A liner brush is one that has a short dagger tip like a short pinstriping brush the hair at the tip will be around 1/2" tapering down to around 1/4" inch or so has a lot of "belly" in the brush that can be loaded with paint flowing down to the tip for line work. Not to be confused with an actual pinstriping brush where the brush itself is around 1/4"- 1" wide and around 2-1/2 to 3" long with tapered tip.

As Harry said the best brushes to get are sable, Kolinsky sable is the best and is priced accordingly, I get a lot of my watercolor brushes from Cheap Joe's Art Stuff in Boone NC, cheapjoes.com they are cheaper than Dick Blick, dickblick.com and have a better selection. (that's just my oppinion.) I've got a few of my detail brushes at Cheap Joe's look for watercolor or acrylic brushes. Some of the synthetic/sable blends are pretty good as well the sable holds the paint and the synthetic gives it a snap (spring back)

[mnwildpunk]

after replying last night I was thinking if it were me people tell me this and that and I'd still be lost when I went to the store. The upper brush is my favorite because of the soft grip and it's a 20/0 the lower is even finer at a 10/0 as you can see it has seen more then it's fair share of use and needs to be replaced. Both are great for dry brushing. The upper brush was just used to on the 1/25 scale hard hat that comes in the 65 Elky kit. There is a tiny J.H. on the hat which I was able to get N.P. Also I learned something tonight about the sable brushes and such thanks guys.

Take care and hope this helped