I did not purchase these brushes for their intended use. My home has an assortment of antique furniture and collectibles. I purchased these brushes with the intention of supplementing my dust cloths and getting into the crevices that a dust cloth can't reach. Being of natural bristles they do not scratch or leave marks on wood, picture frames porcelain and patinas on bronze art objects. Having the two sizes in bristles and an easy grasp handles I couldn't have chosen a better product.

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Used for a table project. Easy to hold in my hands. Haven't used all the pieces yet.

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Great value for the $$ , bristles coming out but expected on new, love the assortment. Have a brush for every task

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Soooo, I had this phenomenal idea to turn a 22 foot long wall in my home into our family picture wall. And to make it all gallery-like, it needed to be cohesive. So I decided to paint all the frames white. I decided on chalk paint since I had some for another project I had never gotten around to. Saw that it was recommended to use natural bristle brushes with chalk paint, so I ordered these. I started in on the project the next day just using a synthetic brush instead of waiting for my Amazon order, cause I figured it was just frames and I had, like a bajillion of the suckers to paint.....how much difference could a brush make??? The answer is a helluva LOT! There were streaks and drag marks and no matter how many coats I used, I couldn't get a decent finished product. I was cussing about the paint and the stupid synthetic brush and the mess and seriously thinking this project was just a bad idea......and then my Amazon order showed up with my natural bristle brushes. At this point I was ready just to scrap the whole idea because I really didn't think the brushes were gonna magically fix this mess I had created. The next day I opened the brushes and decided to try at least one coat on a frame before I gave it up as a lost cause. Well, the right brush actually makes a huge freakin' difference is what I found out. The picture of the brushes is after 17 of the frames have been painted with 3 coats each over 3 days. I still have 34 more to do, but I figured at this point I have a fairly good idea how these things perform. Here's the details. They hold and apply the paint incredibly well, almost NO shedding of bristles (2 hairs on the tapered round one came out), and they wash up AMAZINGLY easy (and that is my pet peeve about brushes, that crusty line of dried paint that happens when you're working on a project that takes hours and then no matter how you try to clean the brush you can never get that (@&*$(@! dried on paint line off at the top). Speaking of that pet peeve, apparently you're supposed to wet a natural bristle brush with water before you use it because the fibers are "natural" and therefore will absorb whatever color/stain you're using......I found that out after I had used these things for 2 days and finally googled how to care for natural bristle brushes (cause by that point I liked these things and wanted to take care of them forever). These didn't do that even though I failed to wet them before use. Like I said, I used them with chalk paint, so they cleaned up with water just beautifully. There is no fraying or stray bristles poking every which way after a few uses like most of the cheap brushes I have used in the past. The handles are solid and comfortable to use, and the leather straps on them are actually kind of handy. I wasn't sure if they would get in the way and I would be dragging them through paint and my project and over the counter. They didn't at all.....I hardly noticed them when I was using the brushes and they are perfect to hang them while drying (or storing too, I guess) so you don't damage the shape of the brush. The round tapered (pointed?) one was so handy for the picture frames and getting into all corners and detail work on some of the more ornate frames I'm using. I honestly don't have one bad thing to say about these. I obviously have a LOT to say in general, though. Good grief, this was a long review but in this case the product was totally worth it!!! Oh, and I can't believe I got this kind of quality at such an amazing price point.....that's kind of the best part of the whole thing, I think.

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I purchased some pretty pricey chalk paint and couldn't justify another $35 for a brush from that same company so I ordered these instead. They work pretty well. I only used them for one project so far. The bigger brush started losing some bristles after a few minutes. When I went to rinse them out after use the paint would not wash off the outside bristles; like it permanently stained them. I also had to trim flyaway bristles after washing them out. They are a good value for the price but if you want a long term brush that you will use for many projects over and over again then you should get something higher quality.

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I was pleasantly surprised when I received my brushes. I love the different handles and shapes. It has worked perfectly on the different pieces of furniture I’ve repainted.

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Good brushes for the price!

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This is a handy set of boar
hair brushes. I bought them for scenery work on my model railroad and am very satisfied with the product.

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I am so totally happy with this set. Perfect for all my specific paintings.
Nice handles on them, very comfortable. I personally couldn’t be happier with them !

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Brushes are excellent quality, I like the different sizes. Good quality bristles.

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The product is difficult to clean, I have bought similar, the other ones seem better. I will use them.

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Love my brushs