Thanks, HCF. Heh heh, hitting this thread is starting to feel like narcissism
So I just happened to get a bhb ordered the other day. So what are the tricks to other than soaking for bout 15 min before use and reg rinsing
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512detail said:
yea with a family of foam guns presoaking the panel..
And that presoaking isn`t the half of it! Which brings us to why my BHB-centric stuff won`t be for everybody:
1) inspect (no excess adhesive at the base of the bristles) and CD-test (wet) the new BHB to make sure it`s OK
2) reinspect/retest it regularly and replace it when the flagged bristletips start to wear down
3) don`t press hard enough to bend the bristles over, just use the tips
4) don`t expect it to get *all* the dirt off, just use it for the "big stuff" then follow-up with something else
5) don`t use it to speed things up even though that can be tempting; do small areas
6) don`t use long, sweeping motions (just in case it catches something abrasive and causes marring)
7) minimize such threats by always spraying foamgun output at the point of BHB-to-paint contact
FWIW, the last time I compared a bunch of BHBs the only (regular/big-size) ones that passed muster where from Universal Brush (also sold as the "Montana").
The foamgun helps immensely with the need for (relatively constant) rinsing and flushes away the dirt that the BHB dislodge (especially if you jiggle the BHB while moving it). IME the dirt doesn`t really "migrate up the bristles away from the paint". (Hence my reliance on the foamgun.)
There, if that was helpful then maybe something actually *productive* might`ve come from this group hug

Not that I`m complaining!