Hog's Hair Brush Question

[mjwalsh]

Has anyone experienced a strange matting & knotting within their hog's hair brushes. We have used extra long hog's hair brushes for over 20 years to provide something better for our customers compared to nylon & we have never encountered this problem before.

MJ

 

[DiamondWash]

Yeah it was because some dummy decided to wash his floor covering truck that somehow had glue on his truck then onto my foam brush

 

[Randy]

I’ve never seen one do that and we’ve been using them for over 25 years. Who are they made by? Have you contacted the manufacture?

 

[mjwalsh]

I’ve never seen one do that and we’ve been using them for over 25 years. Who are they made by? Have you contacted the manufacture?

Randy & others,

Erie --- we have not contacted yet but something is causing this problem or there is a defect. We may have got a bad batch? They look perfectly OK when we first install them. Does anyone notice any difference between the brands?

At first we thought it was a prankster but now we are not so sure.

MJ

 

[dcarwash]

That happens if the motorcycle guys try to brush there hot pipes. Do they look melted?

 

[ken-pro]

Erie had a hogs hair supplier issue in brushes built around 2-3 years ago. We returned for exchange about 300 of them no problem.

 

[Bubbles Galore]

I see the same thing when they get used on engines or motorcycles...

 

[MEP001]

That happens if the motorcycle guys try to brush there hot pipes. Do they look melted?

I wouldn't think natural hog's hair bristles would melt, but since it's hair it would definitely burn.

 

[mjwalsh]

I’ve never seen one do that and we’ve been using them for over 25 years. Who are they made by? Have you contacted the manufacture?

Ken-Pro, Randy & others,

Thanks Ken I did talk to Erie --- the most expensive 5 inch did have an issue. Too bad I didn't post or call them earlier because we threw some of them out.

Anybody compare the quality of the 2 brands (Universal & Erie) & the plastic vs aluminum heads. I know over 25 years ago we had an issue with some plastic heads but I think those might have been nylon bristles at that time --- so maybe I should reconsider always using aluminun heads???

MJ

 

[soapy]

I have found the plastic heads get broken much more often than aluminum. It happens a lot in winter with the plastic heads. I have also had several plastic heads get stripped out. The brass bushing stays on the handle but the head no longer stays attached to the brass threaded bushing. I was told by one mfg. at the ICA show that the longer the brush the less friction gets created for scrubbing so they only make theirs one length. I in the past have alwasy bought the longest brush so that it would last longer. A good brush is now around $40 each.

 

[rzeavy]

We had the same problem a few months ago and returned them to Erie for an exchange. It is not any of the reasons given before, it was just a bad batch.

 

[MEP001]

The brass bushing stays on the handle but the head no longer stays attached to the brass threaded bushing.

I've had that problem with Universal heads, but Erie plastic heads don't have any fitting inside. It's all plastic.