Paintbrush

A brush is a tool that can be applied with ink or paint. In digital image processing (eg in digital painting or Photoshop, GIMP, etc. ), one speaks also of brushes with which to draw on the screen. Brushes are also used for hair care and cosmetics. Glass-fiber brushes and some other types of brushes are used for cleaning surfaces.

Production

Brushes are handcrafted in either the industry or by machine as before by so-called brush-makers. The latter is especially true for brushes that have to meet special requirements, such as in porcelain painting. As the founder of the German fine hair brush craft applies Johann Caspar Buhler, who. Around 1790 in the parish register of Königshofen, today a district of the market Bechhofen, enters as a master carpenter and brush maker As early as the mid-19th century fine hair brush from Bechhofen are offered directly on the world market. Even today, there is a public vocational school for the brush-makers craft and the German Brush Museum.

In the artisanal production of brushes of the brush maker takes depending on the size of the brush, an appropriate amount to the correct length tailored animal or synthetic hair or bristles and introduces them to a suitable, sealed at the bottom of the metal cylinder, which he long aufklopft on the bench until all the hairs or bristles touch the ground. The tuft is removed from the cylinder and out in a thread loop. By Engziehen the loop and turning the pencil between his fingers reached the brush-makers that the tuft forms a peak. The tuft is securely tied down with another thread loop and then inserted into the ferrule, the later the tuft is attached to the brush handle. The ferrule is a suitably shaped, often cylindrical or conical metal sleeve into which the tufts must match exactly. The tuft is bonded with an adhesive on the inside of the clamp with this. Finally, the clamp is pushed onto the handle and, if necessary, pressed together with the latter.

Molding

Paint brush consist of three parts: the hair, the handle and the ferrule, the grip and hair connects. Brush can have three forms:

• Round: The long, closely spaced bristles brush this can hold more paint than other forms. Therefore, they are preferably used for large areas. By the rotation of the brush, a uniform application of color is possible.
• Flat: Flat brush spread the paint well and can " cross " used well for relatively narrow lines and corners ( " Ixel " ) can be used.
• Fan Shape: Fan-shaped brush can mix very good color.
• Features: The coarser the shape of the hair the more color can be added

Special brush

• As a stain brush brushes are called, are particularly suitable due to their condition for pickling. These are very high quality, non-shedding brush border. Because stain with metal reacts, stain brush should be metal-free.
• Writing brushes are used in East Asian calligraphy.
• A brush is a broad brush with a thick, soft bristle location, which is suitable for large-scale application of paints, for example, as "white brush " to the White (white paint ) or wetting ( in preparation of masonry ) walls.
• Books A brush is used to free books from dust.
• A cowl Delicious is a cranked brush for painting corners and angles.
• For very fine paintings such as in the oriental miniature painting also squirrel hair brushes are used.

Care

Brush must be cleaned after use immediately. This is particularly true in acrylic paint or oil paint, as these can be hardly dry and thereby remove bristles can be pulled out or the shape of the brush is destroyed.

Brush must never stand still for long periods with the bristles down in water, turpentine or other solvents. The bristles are pressed against the bottom of the vessel and the brush loses its shape.