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The earliest mention of the word ‘brush’ in the written English Language was in 1377 and the ‘bottle-brush’ was first mentioned in 1713.
Originally, pipe-cleaning brush bristles would have been made out of animal or plant fibres. Pigs, oxen, horses, badgers and even squirrels have provided bristles for brushes throughout the centuries and in all corners of the world.
Before twisted wire was used to make the pipe-cleaning brush head, bunches of bristles would have been glued into holes around a shaft of wood in a very similar way to that of modern wooden brushes.
Because brushes were developed in different communities as needs required them, it is difficult to define when the introduction of twisted wire cores and the use of metal bristles first occurred. All we know is that these days they are a very important part of large-scale and small-scale processing of parts and surfaces.
What is a pipe-cleaning brush?
A pipe-cleaning brush is a set of bristles organised around a central stem. It is used for cleaning the inside of tubes or hard-to-reach areas of an object.
A tool of many names, pipe-cleaning brushes are also known as tube brushes, cylinder brushes, twisted brushes, pipe brushes, spiral brushes, twisted-in-wire brushes, bottle brushes and internal or interior-cleaning brushes.
Pipe-cleaning brushes come in lots of different shapes and sizes so there is always a brush for you!
Most pipe-cleaning brushes are designed to be used manuallybut some fit into power tools to tackle tougher jobs.
What is a pipe-cleaning brush used for?
Pipe-cleaning brushes are designed to clean any tube or pipe that needs sediment removed from the internal surface.
They are also used to polish and prepare the internal surface of a pipe.A wide range of shapes and sizes exist to be used in countless tasks from unblocking the kitchen sink.to cleaning copper joints in preparation for soldering to cleaning out the water filter system in your fish tank!