Paintbrushes

[Dale W. Verts]

Any brands or styles ya'll prefer? Especially for fine, detail work. Thanks in advance.

Dale

[jwrass]

Dale, I do freehand pinstriping and lettering so my brush collection is quite eclectic not to mention that I'm kind of a brush freak. I use allot of my brown and grey squirrel hair brushes for modeling however these brushes can be tricky to work with. The last few years I have been using some synthetic brushes and I really like them. One brand that I really like is the American Painter Taklon line that is sold a Michaels, I use the 4050 series script in various sizes and I can write my name between double pin lines with ease. American Painter has many types and shapes of the Taklon brushes and I use them all but a script type brush is what I would use for fine detail. I got turned on to these brushes at a Panel Jam 15 years ago and all of the painters I know have these in their arsenal.

I have a brother of the brush who has a signature series of brushes that are killer. His name is Alan Johnson and his signature series come in sizes 0000, 00 & 1. You can put a dot on the head of a pin with the 0000.

When you store these brushes lay them flat and oiled with linseed oil or a good brush oil, I know this may sound counter intuitive because oil and paint usually equal fish eyes. You just need to make sure you double wash your brush before you dip them in paint. These brushes perform best when they are oiled when not in use, you will find that the more you use them the better they perform, then they die but treated well they last a very long time. You can buy Alan's brushes through Coast Airbrush. Do Not use any oil that has detergent in it as you will find you will only have a stick with no hair. your best bet is a good brush oil Coast has this too.

I hope this helps, jwrass

[Dale W. Verts]

Excellent sir! Just the kind of info I needed. I used to be able to free-hand anything with a brush. But a stroke four years ago has change my talent-grade some, and bad brushes are killin' my work. Thanks a bunch!

Dale