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Rant: People keep using the wrong brush for their liner and it drives me nuts
I was on a job in Portland last month and the homeowner showed me the brush they'd been using for their own 'maintenance'. It was a standard poly brush, the kind you'd use on a clay tile flue, but they have a full stainless steel liner. That stiff bristle can't possibly get a good seal on the smooth metal surface, so you're just pushing soot around. I see this all the time, folks think a chimney brush is a chimney brush. It matters because you need the right bristle material and shape to actually scrape the creosote off the liner walls effectively. A steel wire brush for a steel liner, a poly for masonry. Using the wrong one means a half clean job and a bigger fire risk. Has anyone else had to explain this basic tool choice to a customer more than once?
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finley_craig537mo ago
How many times have you seen that poly brush mistake?
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the_thea6mo ago
Count it as one mistake, not multiple. People just keep making the same one. It's always the wrong brush for the first coat.
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wyatt8517mo ago
That one time at the Miller job still makes me cringe lol
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