Squirrel Pencil Brush
Price range: £4.95 through £27.95
The Squirrel Pencil Brush is a high-quality detailing brush crafted with soft natural squirrel hair bristles — ideal for fine finishing, applying stains, sealers, shellac, lacquer and other wood finishes with excellent control and a smooth result.
Perfect For
- Fine woodworking projects
- Antique and furniture restoration
- Applying shellac, lacquer & varnish
- Detailed and hard-to-reach finish work
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Description
A Squirrel Pencil Brush is a fine, soft brush designed for precision application and detailed restoration work. Its pointed shape makes it particularly useful when working in small areas where a larger brush or mop would be difficult to control.
Squirrel hair is naturally soft and fine, making this type of brush well suited to delicate finishing work where a smooth, controlled application is required.
Uses for a Squirrel Pencil Brush
This specialist restoration brush is useful for:
- French polishing
- Applying shellac and French polish
- Fine furniture restoration
- Detailed finishing work
- Applying finishes to small areas
- Working around intricate details and mouldings
- Touching up difficult-to-reach areas
- Other precision restoration applications
French Polishing & Fine Finishing
The Squirrel Pencil Brush is a useful addition to a French polishing tool kit, particularly when working on smaller or more detailed areas of furniture and other wooden objects.
For larger areas and traditional French polishing work, our Squirrel Mop provides a larger soft head designed for applying and working with French polish.
Detailed Restoration Work
The fine pointed shape allows you to work accurately around carved details, mouldings, edges, corners and small decorative areas where precision is important.
It can also be useful when applying small amounts of finishing product exactly where required, helping to avoid unnecessarily disturbing surrounding areas.
Brush Care
As with any specialist restoration brush, proper cleaning and storage will help maintain the shape and condition of the hairs.
Clean the brush thoroughly after use with the appropriate solvent for the product applied. Allow it to dry naturally and avoid crushing or permanently bending the fine hairs.
For French polishing work, keep the brush specifically for suitable shellac and finishing applications rather than using it for unrelated decorating products. After French polishing, clean using Methylated Spirit.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Squirrel Pencil Brush used for?
It is a fine precision brush used for French polishing, detailed restoration, applying finishes and working in small or difficult-to-reach areas.
Is it suitable for French polishing?
Yes. Its fine, soft hairs make it suitable for detailed French polishing and shellac application.
What makes a squirrel brush suitable for fine work?
Squirrel hair is particularly soft and fine, making it useful where a controlled and delicate application is required.
Can it be used on carved furniture?
Yes. The fine pointed shape is particularly useful for working around carved details, mouldings and other intricate areas.
What is the difference between a Squirrel Pencil Brush and a Squirrel Mop?
A Squirrel Pencil Brush is a smaller, pointed brush intended for precision work, whereas a Squirrel Mop has a larger head and is better suited to applying and working with finishes over larger areas.
Additional information
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| Size | No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6, No. 7, No. 8, No. 9, No. 10, No. 12 |
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