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Tried a polypropylene brush on a heavy creosote job and it melted
Was cleaning a fireplace insert last Tuesday and the brush bristles started fusing together on the second sweep. Learned the hard way that polypropylene can't take the heat near a firebox, so now I only use steel wire for the heavy stuff. Anyone else run into this with certain brush materials?
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leep332d ago
Ah, poly melts way too fast near any real heat source
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grant_cooper2d ago
Man I learned that one the hard way, stick with nylon if it's gonna be near ANY heat.
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grayperez1d ago
Not quite right actually - "poly" usually means polyester in fabric talk, and that stuff can take quite a bit of heat before it gives up. Maybe you're thinking of polypropylene or something? That stuff melts if you look at it wrong.
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