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Title: Brushes - For Brushing Pressed Cheese's Natural Rinds?
Post by: Cheese Head on October 01, 2009, 02:17:17 AM

Member Daznz and I both have the same question in this thread (http://cheeseforum.org/forum/index.php/topic,2056.msg16813.html#msg16813), what are good attributes and what are some good examples for brushes for brushing pressed cheese's natural rinds?

Plastic or brass wire, stiff like a grill brush or softer like a toothbrush?

Title: Re: Brushes - For Brushing Pressed Cheese's Natural Rinds?
Post by: DeejayDebi on October 01, 2009, 03:02:57 AM

I use plastic for cleaning it a very soft brittle brush I got from Glengarry. Works better than paint type brittles and doesn't rent the skin.

Title: Re: Brushes - For Brushing Pressed Cheese's Natural Rinds?
Post by: linuxboy on October 01, 2009, 07:20:49 AM

Ditto on that. I think my brushes have nylon bristles that are rather stiff

Title: Re: Brushes - For Brushing Pressed Cheese's Natural Rinds?
Post by: Cheese Head on October 01, 2009, 11:00:08 AM

Thanks you two, are they paint brush style or kitchin scrub brush like option #1 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B00004OCL2/sr=8-7-spell/qid=1254394627/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=284507&s=kitchen&qid=1254394627&sr=8-7-spell) or option #2 (http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-89731-PARENT-Angled-Brush/dp/images/B001DGDL2Y/ref=dp_image_1_0?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen&img=0&qid=1254394627&sr=8-2-spell&color%5Fname=1)?

Title: Re: Brushes - For Brushing Pressed Cheese's Natural Rinds?
Post by: Boofer on October 01, 2009, 03:23:27 PM

I use an Option #1 variety. It's not too stiff and I can apply more pressure or less as the problem requires. Minimizes brush stroke impressions on my cheese face.

-Boofer-

Title: Re: Brushes - For Brushing Pressed Cheese's Natural Rinds?
Post by: DeejayDebi on October 01, 2009, 11:50:26 PM

I use these from Glengarry a very soft brislte.

Title: Re: Brushes - For Brushing Pressed Cheese's Natural Rinds?
Post by: Cheese Head on October 09, 2009, 12:53:42 AM

Still haven't bought any new clean brushes for my natural rind Havarti's so I used the green side of a new and thus clean Scrub-It scour pad from Dollar Store. Gotta buy some proper brushes!

Title: Re: Brushes - For Brushing Pressed Cheese's Natural Rinds?
Post by: Alex on October 09, 2009, 08:08:55 AM

Me too, a medium stiff nylon brush

Title: Re: Brushes - For Brushing Pressed Cheese's Natural Rinds?
Post by: Cheese Head on October 11, 2009, 10:27:04 PM

Picked up a small size, "medium" stiffness brush from Wal-Mart today for USD2.25.

Easy to clean in dishwasher versus green scour pad above which I only used once as can't properly clean.