Boar’s Hair / Hog’s Hair Brush

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Any boar’s hair brush users I’d love to hear some feedback:
I’ve found the pure nylon brushes don’t seem to cut it for most of my first time cleans or ccu jobs. Thinking of grabbing a full boar’s hair brush, (not just the hybrid) for my WFP this season.
Does anyone have success using this brush on really dirty windows with baked on debris? I know there’s a lot more drag but are the results really that much better?

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Yes. Hogs hair works great on nasty, baked, debris ridden glass…up to a point. Like everything it has it’s limits which you will only find through experience. WFP with any brush on CCU is basically waste of time. I do use a hand held hogs hair for CCU and love it, but I also use razors, magic pads, steel wool and barkeeepers friend…

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So would you say for first time cleans a hogs hair with WFP is enough? I’ve heard some guys say they even use it for all their ccu jobs

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You could always put a bronze wool pad adapter on the back

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It varies from job to job or even window to window. Those p.i.t.a. yellow dots from nearby pine trees don’t seem to come off with anything but elbow grease and nose to glass steel wool work.

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It all depends…some first time cleans need a razor and steel wool in addition to HH because they have been neglected for so long. I always use HH on CCU, as well as other weapons of mass destruction.

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As long as people are on the topic of wfp brushes, are all standard wfp brushes tint safe or do they need to specifically say that they are in order to be certain?

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I’m curious if wfp brushes are safe on the exterior LOW-E glass??

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Tints supposed to be on the inside of the window. So it shouldnt be an issue.

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And no…ive never had a problem but I remember seeing a post a while back from Mark the windowcleaner ( not sure what his screen name is) where he left scratches with his brush o. Exterior low e glass.

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@Beautiful_View ^^^

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Nope, not me.

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Then I stand corrected. Any one else remember that thread?

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I saw a custom home where the giant windows were installed inside out. Didn’t scratch it with the WFP, but they sure weren’t coming clean either.

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The absolute best brush I’ve ever used , imo of course, was the Unger hogs hair. I used it until there wasn’t much left to use on it!
They do take some getting used to with the extra drag and the need to keep the bristles totally off the glass when rinsing.

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Back In 1970 a bucket hog, hair brush was all you had. We have used an hog hair brush all the time for 20 years with wfp. Its the only way to go.