Appreciation post: The old wire brush method I thought was bunk

I used to laugh at this old timer who swore by scrubbing my brush heads with a wire brush after every job. Told me it'd double their life. Figured he was just stuck in his ways. Then I tried it for a month straight on my stiff bristle brush. That thing is still going strong after 60 cleanings. My last one gave out at 30. Guess I owe him a beer.

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valc911mo ago

Heard a buddy tried this and got three more months out of his brush.

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annajenkins1mo ago

Did you ever ask him how long he'd been using it before trying that? My friend Sarah swore by the baking soda trick on her old orange-handled one, and she claimed it kept that bristle block from getting that funky mildew smell for a good two months after she usually would've tossed it. She'd just mix a little paste in a cup and work it in with her fingers (which did get a bit messy, not gonna lie).

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