Cheap Paint Brushes vs Expensive - Arroworthy Classic 8820 

Phil, thank you for all the great videos, we exchanged on our property today, should be getting the keys tomorrow, I'm going to use all the knowledge, tips and advice that I have accumulated during the past few months from watching your videos and put all that I have learned, into making our new home look fantastic! You've convinced me to spend the money on the good stuff, so I won't be skimping on the brushes or the paint and that's coming from a tight fisted Yorkshire man.

Impressed with the Arrowworthy brushes phil, i would recommend all painters to store there brushes in a holder to keep from losing shape etc, i did just store mine in my scuttle along with all my scrapers large & mini rollers & caulk gun etc when travelling to jobs, but i just purchased a bargain heavy duty canvas knife holder by OUTSTANDER that takes all size brushes & scrapers etc there's even a large zip opening that takes lightweight dust sheets, comes with fasteners & rolls upi highly recommend after looking for ages to find the right one & it is perfect, looks professional too, give them a try, great for storing, let me know what you think , 👍

Staalmeesters all the way for me. I've tried corona, arroworthy, purdy's, Hamiltons, fox and a few others not even worth a mention. I always end up back on my Staalmeesters. The synthetic ones are like velvet to the touch and the pure bristles are just perfect. Not too soft and not too harsh. I'm very precious with them on storage and clean up as they seem to get better with age. I can't recommend them enough.

Just popped in to crown and bought some Arrowworthy brushes. Always looking for better products so thanks for that .. I do like the fossa brushes.

I flip between the Arroworthy and proform blaze brushes for woodwork. I put the blaze ahead of the classic for laying off. You can’t go wrong with either though.

After handling brushes for several decades I’ve come to the conclusion that there’s no such thing as the best brushes. There are good ones and crappy ones but the ‘best’ brush is very much an individual thing. Hand size, how much pressure you apply naturally and how you feel using it. Personally I never get good enough results with Purdy but pretty much everything else works fine. Hamilton Prestige, Perfection and Trade and Harris Trade are fine for me but my favourite are Arroworthy Classic. I’d recommend anyone to just try different brushes until you find the one that suits you best .

I've just bought a box of arroworthy classics from crown, got them for £17 and also bought a box of arroworthy Rembrandt for £30 while both on offer. Both are really impressing me.... Rembrandt are way stiffer, but I like that for oil and the classics are really soft, but are amazing for water based. A heavy favourite brush now.

The hamilton 2 inch perfection angled is probably the best, I'm using them now. Hamilton sleeves are great too 👍

my old man always told me in the trade you are only as good as your tools 👍

Proform blazes are excellent on waterbased Woodwork topcoats

Great brushes like you say Phil. You certainly get what you pay for. I like the Classics for most paints but I love the Finultra for that top class finish with quality paints like BM. Another good video 👍

Phil you should try fossa viper trim angled brushes, they are the best I've ever used in 40 years in the trade,they only have them at decorating direct only around a fiver each

Great vid Phil, 👌 screwfix Harris trade are another cheap alternative to them lidl brushes 👍

I was disappointed with the standard Arroworthy brushes, the filaments kind of rough and poor quality to me. Personally I think the Prodec Ice Fusion are better ; I'd include Purdy in that as well. Obv everybody gonna be different. Just ordered a box of Rembrants to see if they're any better.

Phil great vid I’m a convert to these brushes for cutting in emulsion. There great for most WB products but I do find them a little soft when applying Johnstone Aqua Guard, which is more like an oil based paint, I get better results with my Hamilton perfection pure bristle brushes. How about doing a review on the Arroworthy Rembrandt and Finultra brushes? Thanks for all you do on the channel 👍

2 inch flat is the best for painting doors or a 3 inch flat. angle brushes leave waves

Try proform contractor brushes amazing

Whilst i agree that higher priced brushes are of better quality. One thing to remember is that not everyone is a decorator and, to that end, more likely to be an occasional paint-it/retouch-it kind of person. I've always used cheap brushes and still using them yeeaaaars later! They do have there place, but not for you pro's, of course, as you use them on a daily basis and require the longevity and repeat-finish they provide. Horses for courses me thinks.

Hey Phil, slow amateur here with so many questions and comments to make. Been painting 8 doors today and didn't stop but the brush went a bit gummy and I was wondering if you wash out during a session, sorry I couldn't work out from the video if you do or don't. I've used Bedec MSP, what a revelation that is, have I used some cheap and expensive rubbish in the past. I had 2 of the doors already painted with a homebase brand paint and they were terrible, each coat the brush stuck to the coat beneath. The Bedec went on lovely, I've certainly never painted with anything like it before. When second coating with it (after 24hrs) it was like painting on a drum, the surface was hard and the brush made a different sound to when I was painting over the homebase. I have sealed that in and will re-coat those 2 tomorrow for a better finnish. One last thing, have you tried washing down with Magic Sponges, I used one with a bit of sugar soap and the paint went on well even a kitchen door. You'll probably have a giggle at my crappy choices but this is so much better than anything before, cheers.

Try the pioneer spirit renaissance from toolstaion amazing synthetic brush for the price

you speed up and didnt show how to lay on and keeping wet edge also laying off ? good you showed the numpties how to use a kettle

Can these brushes be used on water-based and oil-based

Also he did not clean his paint bucket out if you don't clean your paint bucket out regularly then when you go to change a different color paint it will mix with the old crusty dry paint and change to A different colour than the new paint you put in So it is highly recommended to clean your paint bucket or pot thoroughly after use even including cleaning your paintbrushes You should never let your paintbrushes dry out completely with pint on you need to clean them otherwise they will cust up and will be unusable

Ice fusions any cop?

It's an interesting video but it is a bit irritating hearing someone's phone notifications in the background of the video

Boring