Always a cynic?

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Well, always a doubter.  I would have shoved St. Thomas aside, even if he had already found out and swore to me the truth of the matter.  It is more than seeing with my eyes, too.  Only half of what I see with my own eyes is even believed.  I do not believe what I see on film of any type, not through a translational viewer of any type, but with my very own eyes.  What helps is, for example, my mother says she is coming, I see her and approach her, and she recognizes me.  Okay, now she is here.  See?  I can, and am, still fooled.  I like to think I am fooled less often than more, and less often than most.  I can't swear to it, but I am still alive.

In this case it is merely about paint brushes.  I had two 3" brushes.  I couldn't remember rightly, but I thought I had been using the "good" (expensive) one.  I doubted there was a lick of difference, in truth.  I had purchased them on a lark long ago.  It is just, until now, I had no means of testing them since I had nothing to paint.  I had purchased them to test the difference between dirt cheap and pricey.

As it turns out, the first brush was left out, with paint on it, overnight.  While the paint is interior, so water soluble, when it dries it seems not to be the case.  I don't have paint thinner, or other gunk, to try to clean the brush... and that would probably cost more than a new brush, which right at the moment I don't wish to buy as is.  So, it went into the trash (though it is on top, on a pizza box, if anyone knows an easy way to save such a brush!).  I went to the drawer, and, to my surprise, found the "good" brush.  I would, it seemed, finally get to answer my question, whether a cheap or fancy paint brush was the best, all around, in my opinion.

So, what is my conclusion, comparing pricey to cheap?  A cheap paint brush will do just fine.  Take your time, stretch out the paint, paint several coats to blend any possible edges, be careful while loading the brush with paint and then getting it to the wall, and it works swell.  If I had to paint a large area, that wouldn't be closely inspected (such as a fence or shed) with nothing but brushes, I would definitely go with cheap brushes.  However, if you want to enter the area of professional look, at speed, with less mess, and have the sense of doing professional work, a fine paint brush will lead you where you want to go.  I can't even fully incorporate the difference in words.  The way the pricier brush held paint, glided so very smoothly, and how the brush lines were almost invisible without much work... to how much paint the good brush held, how evenly it applied it, how easy in a few areas it was to apply a thicker coat... the thing is a dream to use, in every way.  I do believe, for my own purposes, if I need a number of small brushes for little areas, I will choose the more expensive brush.  Simply put it turns a chore into... the want of a hobby!

No, I wouldn't have believed it if some damn fool had told me that, either.  Ah well.  Live and learn.  Now I r a damn fool too.  And I'm telling you!  :p