That old timer who told me to skip the wire brush on flue tiles

Met a retired sweep at a trade show back in March who swore I was wasting time with wire brushes on glazed flue tiles. Said I'd scratch the surface and cause more buildup. I ignored him for months until I noticed one of my regular jobs was getting rougher every clean. Tried a poly brush on that same chimney last week and it came out way smoother with less soot stuck. Anyone else made the switch from wire to poly and notice a difference?

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fisher.mason12d ago

Man I was totally in the same boat, thought the wire brush was the only way to go. But yeah after trying poly on a few tough jobs I'm completely converted, stuff works way better on glazed tiles.

faithb7812d ago

My buddy Mark tried using wire brushes on his bathroom remodel last spring. He spent like 3 whole weekends scrubbing these ugly glazed tiles and barely made a dent. His arms were killing him and the grout still looked terrible. I told him to try the poly stuff and he laughed at me at first. Then he finally gave in and texted me a picture of the result like 4 hours later. He said it was the easiest job he'd ever done and that he'd wasted so much time being stubborn.