OH my bad!! You're putting an orange peel finish on them?Those are oranges!!
What's the hub bub with the green egg?
Very nice work Marc! I have a soft brass bristled brush I use for cleaning such things. Works very nicely! Not hard enough to damage the checking, yet harder than a soft nylon bristled brush. Was sold as a suede leather brush.
I need one....got a link to it?
I worked on my checkering skills some more today...
Before and after photos....
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I need one....got a link to it?
Marc - I don't understand at all how its done but the checkering in the last pic is amazing. Very impressive work!

Unfortunately no... I bought the one I have at a shoe store in 1980.
Wally World says they have one, and it's shown on Amazon too, but I'm not sure how stiff the bristles are. Since they are crimped, I'd guess they may be a little stiffer than the one I have. The bristles are quite fine on the one I have, and thus rather soft, but being really fine, they work their way into every little nook and cranny imaginable and work a lot of little bitty things out. Works fantastic refinishing because it'll drag the little remnants of oil/varnish/shellac/whatever in the checkering out when using paint remover.
You might try and find it at wally world, and see how stiff it is, but you don't want anything real stiff in there tearing things up on that open grain. You want a soft fine bristled brush, and you don't want to apply a great deal of pressure with it.
Brass Bristle Brush
Marc, I use some that I get at Harbor Freight that are decent and cheap. Tony
The ones I have are small toothbrush sized ones, I didn't realize Rock was talking about a big brush. Tony
I need one....got a link to it?

They're called tooth brushes....they come in three flavored; soft, medium, and gum bleed![]()
Might want to consider this one too mark, has two sets of nylon bristles, and the brass bristles. May be a better choice for the same money. But you'd have to be careful using the nylon bristles with paint strippers. I have seen Zip Strip melt some nylon bristles, back in the day. That was the beauty of the brass bristle, over parts cleaning brushes and such, it was Zip Strip proof.
Suede Brush II
I believe the term is 'bracelet helpers'...first popularized in the 60's. Must have been a lot of difficult bracelet latches introduced back then.I made a bunch of roach clips....
