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If you spend too much time cleaning, and not enough working in your shop, this may be for you. They sell commercial versions of these type of brushes, but I bet this retrofit is a lot cheaper. This is a nice little DIY project that could save you a lot of time. The drill brush
Cleaning with power tools
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
Mar 19, 2008 01:00 AM
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I've used this trick for /years/. After my kids ruined the twentieth cheap, non-stick pot while learning to cook, I finally bought good quality stainless steel. After that, whenever they would charcoal something, I would hand them my drill and a brass* cup brush. Forty-five minutes later, the pot would shine like new, and the lesson would have sunk in. None of them have burned anything in a *looooong* time. :)
*It's important to use actual brass, *NOT* 'brass coated steel', as the brass is softer, and, while it will take off /any/ food stuck to the stainless steel, it won't scratch the metal.
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*It's important to use actual brass, *NOT* 'brass coated steel', as the brass is softer, and, while it will take off /any/ food stuck to the stainless steel, it won't scratch the metal.
i've learned this after making a mistake with the brass coated ones.
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^ honestly, they are really misleading.
BTW,
thanks for posting this article.
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wow. i thought i was the only one who mistakes the fake and the original one.
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