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screen printing => Screen Making => Topic started by: Stinkhorn Press on October 03, 2013, 01:07:10 PM

Title: Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
Post by: Stinkhorn Press on October 03, 2013, 01:07:10 PM
Anyone have a good degreaser-applying brush (sponge? stick???)?

We've used the "chemically resistant" brush (we like the blue better than the red) : http://www.silkscreeningsupplies.com/product/CCDB (http://www.silkscreeningsupplies.com/product/CCDB)

THEY SUCK. They leave brush hairs on clean screens from the very first use.

Anyone?
A quality brush? A quality sponge?
Title: Re: Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
Post by: Gilligan on October 03, 2013, 01:11:51 PM
We have S-Mesh and were told to use Natural Sponges from Murakami... we haven't looked back since.
Title: Re: Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
Post by: Stinkhorn Press on October 03, 2013, 01:20:51 PM
Natural sponges, you mean, the [no longer] living creatures? They mostly seem pretty fru-fru - where do you source yours? Does the pricing difference reflect quality? How long before they start falling apart? 
Title: Re: Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
Post by: Zelko-4-EVA on October 03, 2013, 01:30:07 PM
we use the CPS brushes... 

havent bothered trying out anything else.
Title: Re: Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
Post by: Gilligan on October 03, 2013, 01:32:34 PM
I'd have to ask the wife where she found them... she's the natural guru around here.  We aren't a high production shop but they have been holding up for us for a while.

Like I said, we have S-Mesh, so we aren't looking to dig into the screens when we clean them.  We try to let the chemicals do the work and we just spread them around/agitate it all a bit.
Title: Re: Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
Post by: balloonguy on October 03, 2013, 02:18:39 PM
I like the foam block from icc chemical.
Title: Re: Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
Post by: bimmridder on October 03, 2013, 02:26:13 PM
CPS here as well.
Title: Re: Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
Post by: Stinkhorn Press on October 03, 2013, 03:18:42 PM
Never heard of these CPS brushes - look interesting.
Title: Re: Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
Post by: bimmridder on October 03, 2013, 04:36:59 PM
I think they have three different ones. I use the blue one.
Title: Re: Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
Post by: Rockers on October 03, 2013, 08:34:38 PM
we use the CPS brushes... 

havent bothered trying out anything else.
Same here,
we are using the color coded CPS brushes. Top quality. Never had to replace them.
Title: Re: Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
Post by: Gilligan on October 03, 2013, 08:40:45 PM
What is the softest one (color)?
Title: Re: Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
Post by: Rockers on October 03, 2013, 08:49:20 PM
As far as I know CPS does only do 1 type. The color coding has only one purpose so you don`t confuse you brushes. We use the yellow for degreasing, red for haze removing and white for stencil removing, we had the matching CPS buckets too.
Title: Re: Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
Post by: bimmridder on October 03, 2013, 08:52:10 PM
My mistake. I thought different colors were different bristles.