Customer Reviews

Brush Bundle of 18 Hog Brushes in a Canvas Brush Holder

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1 star:		(2)

 

 

I picked these brushes up from Michael's for $4.99 - a great price for all the brushes. I highly recommend being very extra thorough in cleaning the brushes prior to first use as after a casual cleaning to get the starching agent out, the brushes lost quite a few hairs on the first use. This problem has since resolved itself and while they're not my favourite brushes by any means, they are decent. Great for a beginner or someone who just wants to play around. :)

I recently tested these brushes by doing two projects. One was an acrylic painting on canvas, and the other was doing acrylic dry brushing technique on hand carved wood. These brushes were perfect! No bristle loss while painting on canvas. They held their shapes very well. They "loaded" paint wonderfully. During the dry brushing technique on wood again they performed beautifully. On one of the pieces of wood I needed to scrub a little harder than usual to get into some deeply carved detail and the bristles held! No bristle loss and while they tended to flair a little bit during the process they regained their shape when cleaned, formed and allowed to dry. I highly recomend this set. Don't let the low price fool you, they are quality!

Though you may get what you pay for, these brushes are a steal for the price. They're cheap, and the quality shows the price...yet insofar, none have broken, and now that they're broken-in, they aren't terrible.

Bottom line: certainly not professional quality, but unmissable for the price.

Found this set in a craft store for a bit cheaper, in addition to the fact that I've used them twice and they're already falling apart. Acrylics are hard on brushes but this is ridiculous. Also, brushes shed quite a bit while painting.

for the price, these brushes are perfect! they are a lot better than my old ones that had fallen apart. really helped my painting skills out.

All you need from here is a 1 inch and a 2 inch to complete your set of brushes. Good value.

I have these same brushes and I picked them up from Michael's for about 4 dollars cheaper. These brushes are available at most art stores.

i'm just breaking into painting again, so this is a good starter kit. i really only use the tiniest flattened ones though. they arrived a little hardened, but with some maneuvering or water they were ready to go. the bristles however are a little like split ends, they're not very even throughout -- when painting mini figurines, the stray bristles kinda touch everything you're not aiming for, so that was annoying.

i ended up wanting even tinier brushes, and found a kiddie set (a dozen brushes) at the store for 24 cents (geez!!!), and just trimmed some down or into angles for different painting needs, and i like those a lot better!

They work, however started losing hairs pretty soon, and one of the brushes got blue paint up near the join to the handle, and I can't get it out.

For the price its not too bad, I might use the canvas bag for my knitting needles!
I don't want to keep the brushes in it as the hairs get all bent out of shape.

The brushes are not very well-made. I was disappointed by the poor quality. Lots of 'hair' came off while I was painting and cleaning the brushes.