Paint Brushes and Applicators Specifications

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Type


	Type / Shape:
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	Acid Brush		Acid brushes have bristles that are corrosion resistant and are suitable for handling acids. They are either disposable or require frequent rinsing.
	Angled Taper / Sash Brush		Sash brushes are noted for their fine filaments and angled taper allowing the capability to make sharp lines as needed for trim and molding applications.
	Artist (Detail, Forensic)		Artist brushes typically consist of fine sized natural or synthetic filaments for part marking, lettering, selective coating or painting, stencil marking, striping, forensics or fingerprint dusting, cleaning electronics, and application of conformal coatings and other laboratory and industrial chemicals. Some brushes are constructed with chemically-resistant adhesives for use with solvents, conformal coating resins, and other aggressive chemicals.
	Block / Pad		Abrasive pads or blocks consist of abrasive grain adhered onto the surface of a cloth, film, paper, non-woven, or other backing usually with a die cut square or rectangular shape. Hand pads may have a round or contoured shape. Hand pads, blocks, or sticks usually are thicker than an abrasive sheet and often have an integral loop or handle to help the user hold and use the pad. Block brushes consist of a brush core, handle or backing with a series of holes with hold tufts. Tufts are bunches of bristles, filaments or wires (brush fill). The size and spacing of the tufts can be varied depending on the specific application. The space between the tufts provides clearance for the removal of dirt, scale, rust or other debris removed by the tufts. Paint pads are absorbent pads that can be used to create texture patterns, or fill paint or coatings in hard to reach areas.
	Cylinder / Roller Brush		Roller brushes have bristles or filaments extending radially from the outer diameter of a central cylindrical hub. Examples include paddle wheel cylinder, spiral wound - core mounted, spiral wound - radial coil / wound strip. Coating rollers or paint rollers consist of cylindrical tubes covered with fiber, filament, and sponge or foam material. Coating rollers are rotated over a surface transferring paint, primer, or other coatings to the substrate.
	End Brush		End brushes or stem brushes have bristles that are mounted parallel to the bore or shaft, and extend off the end of the brush.
	Glue / Adhesive		Glue or adhesive brushes are suitable for viscous substances and resist adhesion to solvents.
	Handheld Brush		Handheld brushes are designed or suitable for handheld use. This category also includes brush products that are not specifically designed for mounting on a powered holder, back-up pad, or a contact wheel.
	Micro / Miniature Brush (Instrument)		Instrument, part or miniature and micro brushes are used for precision or fine cleaning and brushing applications.
	Paint / Coating Brush		Painting or coating brushes are used to apply paints or coatings onto a surface. There are a wide range of bristle or filament types, from synthetic fibers to horsehair, that are each beneficial for certain applications.
	Strip Brush		Strip brushes are narrow, elongated brushes that are used universally for many different applications. Strip brushes are used to fabricate brush seals or weatherstripping. Strip brushes are mounted onto roller-shaped cores to form cylindrical roller brushes. Conductive strip brushes are also mounted over a conveyor belt to continuously remove debris and dissipate static charges.
	Twisted-in-Wire (Tube / Bore)		Twisted-in-wire brushes have bristles mounted to and extending radially from a center twisted wire. According to Gordon Brush Mfg. Co., Inc., "A twisted in wire brush is known by many names, such as spiral, tube, flue, bottle, pipe, boiler or power brushes."
	Other		Other specialty, proprietary or patented abrasive or abrasive product.
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	Brush Filament Type
	Your choices are...
	Abrasive Filament		Abrasive-filament surface conditioning and finishing products consist of fine abrasive particles within or on the surface of a brush's bristles.
	Metal Wire		Metal wire is a stiff, hard material used for aggressive brushing applications where surface material or other residue needs to be removed.
	Natural Bristle / Hair		Natural bristle or hair filament is a classification of organic filaments that have been derived from living tissue (either plant or animal).
	Synthetic Filament		Synthetic filaments are man-made materials such as polymers, plastics, elastomers, glass, and carbon fibers.
	Sponge / Foam		Foam or sponge abrasive grains are bonded onto a foam layer, sponge, felt, or other soft materials. The soft materials can provide a cushioning action and allow the abrasive product to conform to contours and/or improve surface finish quality.
	Specialty Blend / Other		Other unlisted, specialty, or proprietary materials or blends of metal wire, abrasive, natural fiber and/or synthetic filaments.
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Dimensions


	Outer Diameter (OD):		The product's outer diameter (OD). This measurement applies to end brushes, twisted wire brushes, cup brushes, disc brushes, rotary brushes, and power brushes such as wheel brushes or roller brushes.
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	Width		The width or face width of the brush product. Face width is the edge width of a power brush or wheel brush.
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	Shank / Bore Diameter:		The shank diameter is the diameter of the integral shank, pin, shaft or mandrel on mounted points or wheels. The bore is the inner diameter (ID) of the product's center mount. The bore is used to mount or hold the brush on a spindle or mandrel.
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	Length		The product's length.
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	Trim Length		Trim length refers to the length of the bristles or filament extending from the base.
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Applications


	Applications
	Your choices are...
	Dry		Products are designed or suitable for dry applications.
	Wet / Waterproof		Waterproof brush products are designed or suitable for use with a water or water-oil coolant mixture.
	Blending / Intermediate Cutting		Products are designed for blending or removing parting lines, seams, or other significant surface imperfections. Medium or medium fine grit abrasive brush products are used typically for light cutting or intermediate material removal applications.
	Cleanroom / Heat Tolerant		Cleanroom and heat tolerant products are used to clean or remove contaminants from surfaces of critical parts such as wafers, storage discs or other electronic components, biotechnology devices, or pharmaceutical equipment parts. The smallest amount of remaining contaminants on the surface can result in a defect causing the scrapping of the products. The heat tolerant nature of the brushes allow the brushes to be subjected to high temperature cleaning for removing contaminants that would otherwise influence the critical cleaning application.
	Cleaning / Surface Preparation		Products such as wheels are suitable for cleaning, stripping coatings, descaling or other surface-preparation applications.
	Contour / Edge		Products are designed or suitable for profile, contour, molding or edge sanding applications the belt or specialty abrasive product must conform to the pattern of the wood molding or metal contour to be finished.
	Cylindrical / Centerless		The brushing or finishing between the centers of shafts, threaded shafts, large rolls, cams or similar components is cylindrical. With centerless machine tools, cylindrical workpieces are placed between a power brush (brush wheel) and regulating wheels. The latter causes the part to rotate, producing precision cylindrical parts. For the faster and easier insertion and removal of the workpiece, parts sit on a work rest instead of on centers. Cylindrical or centerless products are used primarily in large-scale production applications. Centerless brushing takes various forms, including through-feed and plunge-feed processing.
	Dusting / Wiping		Dusting or wiping applications typically require less aggressive or soft brushes with flexible, fine bristles or fill materials.
	Finishing / Deburring		Products are designed or suitable for fine-grit finishing or deburring applications.
	Internal / Bores		Internal brushes use smaller diameter wheels or twisted wire brush products for cleaning or finishing the inner diameter (ID) surfaces of parts.
	Material Removal / Roughing		Coarse-grit abrasive brush products are designed for heavy cutting or material-removal applications.
	Polishing		Products are designed or suitable for polishing, lapping, honing or other high-precision surfacing applications.
	Portable Power Tool		Products are designed for use on portable or handheld grinders or sanders, such as weld finishing on a large fabrication.
	Stationary Machine Tool / Bench		Products are designed for use on fixtured workpieces on a stationary machine tool and/or on bench or backstand machines with offhand (handheld) presentation of the parts to the brush bristles.
	Specialty / Other		Other unlisted, specialty, or proprietary application.
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	Products / Materials Worked:
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	Metalworking		Metalworking abrasive products are designed for metal grinding or finishing applications.
	Woodworking		Woodworking abrasive products are designed or suitable for woodworking applications.
	Automotive / Paint		Automotive abrasive products are designed or suitable for applications such as part or weld grinding and paint sanding.
	Ceramics / Glass		Ceramics or glass abrasive products are designed or suitable for ceramics and glass grinding or finishing.
	MRO / Construction		MRO or construction abrasive products are designed or suitable for cutting, grinding or finishing in maintenance and repair operations (MRO), such as the grinding of repair welds.
	Ophthalmic / Optical		Optical abrasive products are designed or suitable for cutting, grinding, or finishing applications in optical lens or component fabrication, as well as for eyeglass or ophthalmic production.
	Plastics / Composites		Plastics abrasive products are designed for or suitable for cutting, grinding, or finishing plastics or composite materials.
	Specialty / Other		Abrasive products are designed or suitable for cutting, grinding or finishing other unlisted specialty or proprietary materials.
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Features


	Features:
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	Anti-static		Anti-static abrasive products consist of or are coated with an additive chemical to reduce or eliminate static charge generation. This is an important feature for certain wood sanding applications. Anti-static brushes are fabricated from materials that are neutral or near neutral on the triboelectric chart.
	Conductive		The tape, film or laminate can conduct electricity and protect from electrostatic discharge (ESD) or provide EMI / RFI shielding. The brush is electrically conducting with a surface resistivity of 10² to 10⁴ ohm.
	Hand Laced		Hand laced brushes made with the fill material manually laced into a metal, wood or plastic handle, block or split core. Each tuft of fill material is sewn in place with a wire or nylon cord. Hand laced or hand drawn brushes are typically viewed as the high quality end of the hand held brush range.
	Static Dissipative		Static dissipative products are partially conductive (semiconductive) and slowly remove built-up electrostatic charges. The brush is electrically semiconducting or dissipative with a surface resistivity of 105 to 10¹¹ ohm.
	Sanitary / Hygienic		Designed and constructed for use with food and beverage, medical, pharmaceutical and other cleanliness intensive applications. Sanitary indicates the brush can be easily cleaned or sterilized for critical food, medical or pharmaceutical processing applications.
	Vacuum		Product has larger integral holes for vacuum dust, dirt, rust, and other removed debris.
	Specialty / Other		Other specialty, proprietary or patented features.
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Base / Handle Material


	Core / Handle Material:
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	Cloth		Products use a cloth or fabric base or backing.
	Metal		Brush filaments are bonded to a metal base, core or handle. Steel, stainless steel, aluminum, brass and bronze alloys are commonly used for brush handles and bases.
	Plastic / Urethane		Brush filaments are bonded to a plastic base, core or handle.
	Wood		Brush filaments are bonded to a wood base, core or handle.
	Other		Other specialty, proprietary or patented base or handle material type.
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Paint Brushes and Applicators Specifications

Type / Shape:

Brush Filament Type:

Outer Diameter (OD):

Width:

Shank / Bore Diameter:

Length:

Trim Length:

Applications:

Products / Materials Worked:

Features:

Core / Handle Material:

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