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Two silicone pastry brushes beside a bowl of egg wash and a tray of glazed pastries

How to Choose a Silicone Brush That Doesn’t Shed

A silicone brush does not shed hairs, because it never had hairs. When one fails, it is almost always one of two things: an inserted bristle block working loose from its socket, or a one-piece head tearing at the base of a bristle. Both are decided at the mould, months before the brush reaches a kitchen. This guide explains what to look at, why pastry work exposes the problem first, and what to specify if you are buying by the thousand. What “shedding” actually means in a silicone brush Two constructions, two failure modes There are only two ways to attach a silicone bristle field to a handle. Inserted head. A separately moulded bristle block is pressed — sometimes glued — into a socket in the handle or a PP collar. Cheap to tool, and one handle can carry several head shapes. Its failure point is the socket: repeated flexing

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