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Offline Stinkhorn Press

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Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
« 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

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

Anyone?
A quality brush? A quality sponge?


Offline Gilligan

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Re: Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
« Reply #1 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.

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Re: Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
« Reply #2 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? 

Offline Zelko-4-EVA

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Re: Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2013, 01:30:07 PM »
we use the CPS brushes... 

havent bothered trying out anything else.

Offline Gilligan

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Re: Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
« Reply #4 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.

Offline balloonguy

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Re: Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2013, 02:18:39 PM »
I like the foam block from icc chemical.
When you dig grave will you make it shallow so that I can feel the rain?

Offline bimmridder

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Re: Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2013, 02:26:13 PM »
CPS here as well.
Barth Gimble

Printing  (not well) for 35 years. Strong in licensed sports apparel. Plastisol printer. Located in Cedar Rapids, IA

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Re: Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2013, 03:18:42 PM »
Never heard of these CPS brushes - look interesting.

Offline bimmridder

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Re: Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2013, 04:36:59 PM »
I think they have three different ones. I use the blue one.
Barth Gimble

Printing  (not well) for 35 years. Strong in licensed sports apparel. Plastisol printer. Located in Cedar Rapids, IA

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Re: Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
« Reply #9 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.

Offline Gilligan

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Re: Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2013, 08:40:45 PM »
What is the softest one (color)?

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Re: Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
« Reply #11 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.

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Re: Degreaser Brush that doesn't fall apart??
« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2013, 08:52:10 PM »
My mistake. I thought different colors were different bristles.
Barth Gimble

Printing  (not well) for 35 years. Strong in licensed sports apparel. Plastisol printer. Located in Cedar Rapids, IA