Brushes & hobby stores?

[nailtech2890]

hi everyone. i have a brush that i love to use while doing nails..but its kind of getting alittle old..i need a new one..i got mine from my school. only 1 is handed out no more
& i was wondering if i can maybe go to a hobby store & find one..if i can, can it be any acrlic brush?
all sally's is currently closed all that is open is Hobby Lobby & Michaels.
thanks

 

[GTNKRISTI]

Do you need one right away?I personally would go to a supply store and invest in a quality brush- it is your most important tool, afterall!

 

[Eni]

You should try a beauty supply first...such as Sallys or nailite (in Ft Lauderdale, on the web I think its naillite.com, just google). Get yourself at least two extra GOOD brushes for your L&P. Kolinsky Sable is the best.

That being said, I have got Kolinsky red sable brushes from the craft store, but I use those for glitters and coloured acrylic work as I don't want to gunk up my good acrylic brush. I have two of those and frankly, they were dear (ie. I paid a lot of money for them cos I wanted quality brushes)

If you do want to go that route (and I'm not advocating it for your main L&P working brush) the brush you get MUST BE RED SABLE, Kolinsky is best. It cannot be boars hair, or synthetic if you are using it with L&P.

 

[nailtech2890]

You should try a beauty supply first...such as Sallys or nailite (in Ft Lauderdale, on the web I think its naillite.com, just google). Get yourself at least two extra GOOD brushes for your L&P. Kolinsky Sable is the best.

That being said, I have got Kolinsky red sable brushes from the craft store, but I use those for glitters and coloured acrylic work as I don't want to gunk up my good acrylic brush. I have two of those and frankly, they were dear (ie. I paid a lot of money for them cos I wanted quality brushes)

If you do want to go that route (and I'm not advocating it for your main L&P working brush) the brush you get MUST BE RED SABLE, Kolinsky is best. It cannot be boars hair, or synthetic if you are using it with L&P.

thank you soo much! ill be sure not to do anything im going to regret

 

[geeg]

Hobby store brushes (red sable or not) are not manufactured to the standard you need for nails .. for one thing the hairs are often glued into the brush and monomer destroys this glue and all the hair will fall out.

Most nail brushes have special adhesive that is resistant to monomer or in the case of CND the brushes are all hand tied.

 

[NoLimitNails]

I would buy pro brushes as Gigi says.
I have the CND brushes for everything including glitter etc. I simply save my old bruses to use for this, and it works a treat! (I don't ever get anything stuck in my brushes though, as I rinse with monomor each time I use it)
I mus say I have tried a lot of brushes ez-flow, nfu.oh, entity, and some cheap ones too, but always return to the CND ones, they just suits me the best:green:

 

[Eni]

FWIW Geeg, the brushes I bought in the craft store weren't glued, but crimped. Hence, why they were expensive. As in $65/each, and they are only #6's. I've had them for over three years and they are just as good as they were when I got them, so they definitely *are* quality brushes.

I probably should have told the OP to check that they were crimped and not glued, so my bad as far as that goes. Point noted.

Karen- I have an ancient (lol) CND brush and a new EZ Flow brush. Have to admit that the CND brush is the best of the two but I have babied it (and will need to be replaced very soon).

I don't gunk up my brushes (any of the five I have) either, but I'm a bit of a nut about having the regular and art brushes seperate.

Personal Preference I suppose.

Nancy

 

[NoLimitNails]

Karen- I have an ancient (lol) CND brush and a new EZ Flow brush. Have to admit that the CND brush is the best of the two but I have babied it (and will need to be replaced very soon).

:green: always exiting to breake in a new brush! Don't know how much CND-brushes is for you, but the crafts ones sounds a bit expensive?
I mark up my brushes for glitter, by making some kind of decoration on the handle, that way I don't mix them, as I agree about keeping a seperate brush eventhough they don't gunk up!:hug:

 

[nailtech2890]

Hobby store brushes (red sable or not) are not manufactured to the standard you need for nails .. for one thing the hairs are often glued into the brush and monomer destroys this glue and all the hair will fall out.

Most nail brushes have special adhesive that is resistant to monomer or in the case of CND the brushes are all hand tied.

thanks alot! because i can bidd KOLINSKY SABLE ACRYLIC SCULPTING BRUSH, NEW, # 8 is that a good one? for $6?
should i?

 

[Eni]

I wouldn't if its on an auction site. that is way too cheap for a quality brush (in USD)

You are in Mexico I see.....where exactly are you?

 

[Eni]

I got those brushes at Pearl Paint (artists supply) in Ft Lauderdale. For regular art, yeah they were pricey, but compared to the CND Ultra Sculptor, not so much.

Now that I am in NZ, everything is much more expensive because of the exchange rate so I've been saving my coin to get another brand new CND brush. Its about twice as much as it was in the US.

I can say that I have used my PP brushes as a one off to test my white powders (I did an experiment on white powders and how they react to the sun in NZ, which is uuber strong) and the brush worked, but it wasn't shaped right, I couldn't get a point on it. Hence why the PP brushes are relagated to colours and glitters.



Nancy

 

[nailtech2890]

I wouldn't if its on an auction site. that is way too cheap for a quality brush (in USD)

You are in Mexico I see.....where exactly are you?

im from mexico but in texas right now:green:

 

[angel fingers]

thanks alot! because i can bidd KOLINSKY SABLE ACRYLIC SCULPTING BRUSH, NEW, # 8 is that a good one? for $6?
should i?

it can be kolinsky sable but still not be good quality.

the hair can be taken from any where around the body of the animal to make into brushes.
the thing is, only hair from certain parts make really good nail brushes. some of the inferior hairs will be less smooth and not springy enough to perform well as a brush and especially as a nail brush since the way we use them is not really similar to the way a painter uses them.

i would either go for a brush that you could examine in person or on the recomendation of another nail professional.
the ezflow 508 is the perfect brush for me.