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Update: I've been using the wrong brush for flue tiles for 15 years
I was cleaning a 6 inch clay flue in a 1920s house in Portland last month and the homeowner asked why I wasn't using a poly brush. I told him wire was standard, but he showed me a photo of the tile damage from his last sweep. I switched to poly on the next job and the difference in scratch marks was huge. What's the oldest habit you've had to break in this trade?
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felix_fox6mo ago
Wait, fifteen whole years with the wrong brush? That's a crazy long time to be accidentally scuffing up old tiles. The poly switch must have felt like finding a cheat code. Hard to imagine going back to wire after seeing that difference.
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the_spencer6mo ago
Right? "Finding a cheat code" is the perfect way to put it. I had the SAME thing with using the wrong blade on some old trim, felt like a total facepalm moment after I switched.
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