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A breakthrough brush for all media, Bristlon is a stiff white synthetic designed for use in oils, water-mixable oils, caseins, and acrylic colors. Each brush has bristles with long-lasting interlocked construction and finely chiseled tips, providing excellent resiliency. After every stroke the brush returns perfectly to its original shape.

Bristlon Synthetic Bristle Oil/Acrylic Brushes, Set of 4 — This set contains one Series 1900 Bristlon Round size 6, one Series 1901 Bristlon Flat size 6, one Series 1902 Bristlon Bright size 6, and one Series 1903 Bristlon Filbert size 6.

Note — Brush sizes are not standardized. The length and width of a brush of a given shape and size varies considerably by manufacturer. Since fine art brushes are handmade, expect some variation even among brushes from a given manufacturer.

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4.9

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7/14/2012

4.0

Bristlon bright synthetics for oil paint

By The distracted painter

from New zealand

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Comments about Silver Brush Bristlon Stiff White Synthetic Brushes:

This is a crisp edged brush with enough flexibility to create a varied stroke should you wish. I am an oil painter and like a " blocky" style, so thef lat, clean edges are great and they seem to hold their shape well with cleaning. So far, so good!

6/12/2012

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

MY SEARCH FOR THE IDEAL BRUSH IS OVER

By Jim F.

from Phoenix, AZ

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Comments about Silver Brush Bristlon Stiff White Synthetic Brushes:

I paint in acrylics and am a brush's worst nightmare. I abuse them, leave them in water for days but these Brislons don't seedm to notice. They keep their shape and stiffness and give me more painting control than I've ever had before. You've got to try these and see for yourself.

4/19/2012

5.0

I love these brushes!

By Maria

from Maurice, Louisiana

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Comments about Silver Brush Bristlon Stiff White Synthetic Brushes:

I'm primarily an oil painter and usually prefer bristle and red sable brushes. A friend recommended these brushes because of the sharp chisel edge. The chisel edge is wonderful and I love the snap this synthetic brush gives me. I have been painting many years and have quite a collection of brushes but these are the first ones I pick to paint with.

2/19/2011

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

best oil/acrylic brushes, by far

By Tyler

from Houston, TX

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Comments about Silver Brush Bristlon Stiff White Synthetic Brushes:

I've been a fan of Silver's Ruby Satin line of Brushes for years but I never tried these due to the fact that I prefer short handle brushes, and because I already have a large collection of long handle hog bristle brushes made by Silver which I rarely use.
I really wish I had not waited so long to try these. Simply put, they are the best brushes on the market. They have incredible stiffness, spring and resilience, better than the finest bristle brushes. They have good loading capacity and a natural feel unlike many stiff synthetic brushes. They are also virtually indestructible, the filaments have good heat and solvent resistance and the ferrule is triple epoxied like all silver brushes, I am very rough with my brushes and I have never had one fall apart on me.
I just wish they made these in more styles and in short handle like they do with the Ruby Satin line. For now, Ruby Satin remains my favorite go-to brushes but I find myself using Bristlon more and more.

12/28/2010

(1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Perfect Brushes

By beth claire

from Monmouth, Oregon

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Comments about Silver Brush Bristlon Stiff White Synthetic Brushes:

The Bristlon brushes from Silver Brush stand alone in their class far above the rest. They are as stiff as the best hog bristles without the annoying habit of getting out of shape once the bristles have absorbed water. I no longer have to rotate through my brushes during a painting session to let the bristles dry to return to their original shape and size.

The brushes also survived two 10 year olds playing artist (much to Mom's horror when she discovered her precious brushes attacking cardboard boxes), some of my other brushes sadly did not survive the battle.

They work brilliantly for water based oils and acrylics straight out of the tube as well as thinned down for glazes. I could go on and on but just let me say try them, you won't be sorry.

10/25/2010

(1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Oh what a feeling!

By moi

from Australia

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Comments about Silver Brush Bristlon Stiff White Synthetic Brushes:

This is a beautiful "swingy" brush while it's nice and strong enough for water-based oils in particular.

5/13/2010

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

A unique product

By Geezer

from Eastern North Carolina

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Comments about Silver Brush Bristlon Stiff White Synthetic Brushes:

Over the past few decades I have tried oil/acrylic brushes from many of the major manufacturers. Bristlon are the stiffest I have found and provide me with excellent control. I'm using them more and more for general painting needs.

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Item	Series	Brush	Width	Length		Price Prices, promotions, and availability may vary by store, catalog, and online.	Qty
06697-1000	1900	Round, Size 0	2.0 mm	10 mm	List $11.20	$5.60
06698-1000	1901	Flat, Size 0	4.0 mm	10 mm	List $11.20	$5.60
06800-1000	1902	Bright, Size 0	4.0 mm	6.0 mm	List $11.20	$5.60
06697-1001	1900	Round, Size 1	2.0 mm	12 mm	List $11.95	$5.97
06698-1002	1901	Flat, Size 2	6.0 mm	15 mm	List $12.95	$6.47
06800-1002	1902	Bright, Size 2	6.0 mm	10 mm	List $13.00	$6.50
06697-1002	1900	Round, Size 2	3.0 mm	17 mm	List $13.00	$6.50
06699-1000	1903	Filbert, Size 0	4.0 mm	10 mm	List $13.95	$6.98
06699-1001	1903	Filbert, Size 1	5.0 mm	13 mm	List $14.35	$7.17
06699-1002	1903	Filbert, Size 2	6.0 mm	14 mm	List $15.10	$7.55
06697-1004	1900	Round, Size 4	6.0 mm	21 mm	List $15.75	$7.88
06800-1004	1902	Bright, Size 4	10 mm	13 mm	List $15.75	$7.88
06698-1004	1901	Flat, Size 4	10 mm	21 mm	List $15.75	$7.88
06699-1004	1903	Filbert, Size 4	10 mm	19 mm	List $18.40	$9.20
06800-1006	1902	Bright, Size 6	12 mm	17 mm	List $19.50	$9.75
06698-1006	1901	Flat, Size 6	13 mm	25 mm	List $19.60	$9.80
06697-1006	1900	Round, Size 6	7.0 mm	27 mm	List $19.95	$9.98
06699-1006	1903	Filbert, Size 6	12 mm	22 mm	List $22.25	$11.12
06698-1008	1901	Flat, Size 8	16 mm	29 mm	List $25.10	$12.55
06800-1008	1902	Bright, Size 8	16 mm	22 mm	List $25.25	$12.63
06697-1008	1900	Round, Size 8	9.0 mm	32 mm	List $25.40	$12.70
06699-1008	1903	Filbert, Size 8	15 mm	29 mm	List $27.95	$13.98
06697-1010	1900	Round, Size 10	10 mm	38 mm	List $31.25	$15.63
06698-1010	1901	Flat, Size 10	21 mm	35 mm	List $31.25	$15.63
06800-1010	1902	Bright, Size 10	21 mm	25 mm	List $31.40	$15.70
06699-1010	1903	Filbert, Size 10	20 mm	33 mm	List $35.95	$17.97
06800-1012	1902	Bright, Size 12	25 mm	32 mm	List $40.95	$20.48
06697-1012	1900	Round, Size 12	12 mm	41 mm	List $40.95	$20.48
06698-1012	1901	Flat, Size 12	25 mm	40 mm	List $41.10	$20.55
06699-1012	1903	Filbert, Size 12	24 mm	40 mm	List $47.55	$23.78
09229-0049	1940	Bristlon Synthetic Bristle Oil/Acrylic Brushes, Set of 4			List $76.95	$38.48