Showerthought: I switched from wire brush to poly brush for flue cleaning

Used to swear by the old stiff wire brush for years. Every sweep in my crew around Cleveland did it that way. But about 6 months back I tried a poly brush on a tricky clay liner job. It didn't scratch the surface up and still got the creosote off fine. Now I'm the odd one out at meetups telling guys to make the switch. Anyone else run into pushback from old timers on this?

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anthonynelson12d ago

Old timers hate change, what's new?

gavin_kim12d ago

Read something the other day about how every generation thinks the next one is ruining things... turns out people have been saying that since ancient Greece.

amy_martin12d ago

My grandpa used to say the same thing about rock music in the 50s, and I just ignored him until I caught myself thinking the same way about TikTok dance trends (which, okay, are pretty cringey, but to each their own).