"Do You Keep an Ugly Brush?" Topic

Do you have an Ugly Brush as part of your brush collection?

An Ugly Brush is an old brush long past its prime, good for applying glue, removing dust, and duties too hazardous for a 'good' brush.

Yes, until they no longer can be of any use.

I have several

Most of my brushes end up that way!

I have two jam jars full. I go through, perhaps, four brushes a week. One has small brushes in it 0 – 00000, which I use as one use disposable glue and silly things brushes (maybe x30 at present), and one with larger brushes I use for basing and terrain making (maybe 20 brushes in it).

My 'proper' painting brushes are kept in a pot 'brush holder' thing I picked up in a charity shop several years ago. There are currently 11 good used brushes and 12 brand new unused brushes in it.

Many.

+1 Glengarry5

many…

Wait, you mean that they are not supposed to look like that? Well, that may explain some of my paint jobs.

yes, several

A giant jar full of them

Yup an ancient plastic handled thing with bristles like a startled hedgehog, use it mostly when applying glue and paint for basing

Too many, I have a special box.

Have loads of them!

Tally Ho!

Yes, it is always good for something.

Lots

Two. A flat and a filbert. Mainly for broad area coverage of paint with texture (dirt, litter, glitter, etc.) mixed in.

Whenever I ruin a new one, one of the older ones become terrain bits. Ruined fans and rounds go straight to the beam bin. So, in a sense, I keep all my old destroyed brushes.

Based on the look of many of my figures that I painted all of my brushes must be pretty ugly. Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder, unfortunately my figures often look like they were attacked by a Beholder. I need to work on my painting techniques. Yes, I have a lot of ugly brushes for dry brushing to gluing, basing, etc.

Yes and when the brush is gone, I use the stick for stirring.

Yes, have saved all from the last 30 years. They are suppose to make good pine trees. I will try and make some
one day soon.

ALL, I keep the one or two good ones locked up to keep them away from the grandkids who seem to have taken up painting as late.

Not only do I keep old brushes for various other uses, I thank them when I finally throw them away. Same with empty paint pots that I have wrangled the last drop from.

Steve

Several of carious sizes for dry brushing.

For me a useless brush is one with no bristles, and then I use the handle to stir paint.

A few.

Is a carious brush one with a hole in it because it's gone rotten ?

Yes, several – all repurposed.

Yes, have a jar on the work table and the really ugly ones are in a drawer. I normally keep a brush until it is just a handle and even then I may keep the handle, cause you never know when it could come in handy for something.

Yep … many …

yes, many, for years, until their is nothing left, and then i use the stick to stir paint or mix.

of course!

Who doesn't?