7 Unexpected Uses for a Silicone Brush

Must Have Tools: Rockler Silicone Brush

8/15/2016

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On our first trip to Rockler (best woodworking shop!), we purchased a bunch of stuff including this $5.00 silicone glue brush. In the short time I’ve had it, it’s become an essential part of my “tool box” although I have found several “off-label” uses for it.

This is what the product description says about it:

"This brush features silicone bristles that are easy to wash with water, and quickly shed dried glue for long-lasting service. They're also spaced to hold plenty of wet glue, meaning less time dipping and more time spreading. Use the narrow dimension for edges and the wide dimension for faces. The paddle end opposite the bristles can be used like a pen for finer detail work such as mortise and tenon, dovetail, and boxjoints, or like a spatula for spreading glue into grooves and mortises."

It’s definitely designed for the workshop, but I haven't used it for its intended purpose yet, with the exception of DIY projects with craft glue! Take a look at some of the ways I’ve used it:

7 Ways to Use the Gluing Brush

1) First off, it's the BEST DIY project gluing brush. If you don’t like to get glue on your fingers, this is the tool for you. It precisely delivers glue to where you need it without a mess and clean up is a breeze!

(click a pic to see videos using the brush)

I’ve found it to be an effective cleaning tool too. The spatula end is rigid and strong to resist bending and shredding at the tip. So far I’ve used it to clean the following:

2) Gunk that builds up in small areas like my dryer top

3) Hard to clean area under the lip of my drop in sink

4) Scrape burned on stuff from under my burner grates

5) Scrape cooked on foods gently from my cast iron pans

6) Brush end to clean down into the kitchen sink drain

7) I’ve also used the spatula end to precisely spread caulking into an awkward repair on the baseboard in my bathroom. It can be used to apply the caulk and to smooth it out!

I haven’t noticed any degrading of the tip since using the tool. Basically, anywhere you find yourself using your fingernails (come on, we all do it) is where you can use the spatula end of this tool.

The brush now lives in my kitchen to aid in cleaning rather than in my “tool box.” Next time we’re at Rockler, I’m getting a bunch to have at my house and to give to friends—yes, it’s that good!

Where would you use the Rockler gluing brush? Have you used it for woodworking projects? Leave ideas and comments below!

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FYI: We are not professionals, and we don’t claim to be. This is what we found worked for our project. Yours may need a little different approach. Safety first!

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