Lime Sulphur - application

Phil Koloi

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Oct 10, 2001, 1:54:34 AM10/10/01

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Hi all,

I have looked thru the archives unsuccessfully.

I have used old tooth brushes for the last few years but they are a bit
cumbersome and I am now looking for a finer "paint brush" to apply lime
sulphur.

Have any of you found a brush that is suitable to apply lime sulphur and
doesn't break up after the first use?

I have asked at the local paint store for "acid resistant brushes" but
they didn't have anything. Can anyone suggest a source for a TOUGH
(small) BRUSH?

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Sam Crowell

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Oct 10, 2001, 4:10:01 AM10/10/01

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Phil Koloi wrote:

>I have asked at the local paint store for "acid resistant brushes" but
>they didn't have anything. Can anyone suggest a source for a TOUGH
>(small) BRUSH?

Try finding the acid resistant brushes at hardware stores, or wherever
plumbing solder and fluxes are sold. Otherwise, purchasing inexpensive
(cheap) brushes at hobby shops might be an option?

Sam Crowell - Klamath Falls, Oregon
Zone 3
(but I bought a handy indoor outdoor thermometer earlier this week, that is
supposed to keep track of high and lows. It is supposed to get down to
about 23 F ( -5C) tonight...we'll find out!

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Billy M. Rhodes

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Oct 10, 2001, 6:24:47 AM10/10/01

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In a message dated 10/10/2001 2:38:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
p.k...@GBRMPA.GOV.AU writes:

> I am now looking for a finer "paint brush" to apply lime

> sulfur.
>

I use the small brushes made for cleaning small engine parts. I find them
at flea markets. They are a metal tube mashed at one end to hold stiff
bristles. They are frequently 10 for a dollar.
Billy on the Florida Space Coast

Craig Cowing

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Oct 10, 2001, 8:14:10 AM10/10/01

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Phil Koloi wrote:

Two things--for applying lime sulphur on a large area I have used an acid
brush--the disposable brushes with metal handles that are used in soldering.
They're dirt cheap, but can be re-used. For smaller areas I've used an artist's
brush--camel hair, sable, that sort of thing.

Craig Cowing
Monmouth ME
Zone 4b/5 sunset 38

Carl L Rosner

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Oct 10, 2001, 9:00:50 AM10/10/01

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Phil:
Being an oil painter, I use small round bristle brushes. Available at most art
supply stores. The trick on longevity of any brush is when you have finished with
it, is to wash it with Ivory soap and water, several good washings. After rubbing
the brush on the bar of soap, rub the brush in the palm of your hand back and forth,
rinse, rub back into the palm of your hand ontil there is no more soap suds
showing. Then, and this is the most important part:
Lay the brush flat, so that water drains out of the heal (its where the metal
ferrule is located) of the brush. It is the water that destroys the brush in the
heal (ferrule area).

By the way, this cleaning method is used with oil paints, water paints and alkyds as
well. (OK class dismissed)! Sorry, my teacher antannae went up!

Phil Koloi wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have looked thru the archives unsuccessfully.
>
> I have used old tooth brushes for the last few years but they are a bit
> cumbersome and I am now looking for a finer "paint brush" to apply lime
> sulphur.
>

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DouglasTaylor

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Oct 10, 2001, 1:11:55 PM10/10/01

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I have been using Q-tip swabs they work great and are cheep and disposable,
just don't put it in your ear when your finished, finishing. ; )

Doug

Jim Lewis

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Oct 10, 2001, 2:54:24 PM10/10/01

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>Otherwise, purchasing inexpensive
> (cheap) brushes at hobby shops might be an option?

This is the option I use. I go to Office Depot and buy a package
of mixed size watercolor brushes for a few dollars ($3.95, I
think) for my tiny trees. Then, A.M. Leonard (I think it is)
sells disposable paint brushes in 3 sizes (1/2 inch, 1 1/2 inch
and 3 inches) in boxes of 50, 25 and 10 for a _very_ few dollars
per box. I buy these fairly often for rough painting (and use
the 1/2 inch brush for lime sulfur on larger trees.

I clean the brushes (not as assiduously as Carl recommends) and
they last 6 months or so.

Jim Lewis - jkl...@nettally.com - Tallahassee, FL - He who sets
an apple tree will live to see it end. He who sets a pear tree,
sets it for a friend. - Anon.

NLYCETT

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Oct 13, 2001, 12:53:23 AM10/13/01

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Try a plumbers flux brush. It holds up to soldering flux and thats pretty
acidic.