When you first receive a brush, the tip is usually glued on. In this way, it is easy to pack without damaging the bristles, and can also make the bristles straight and solid. When using, gently pinch the pen bristles with your hands, soak the pen bristles with clean water (cold or warm water), spread out all the pen tips, rinse out the glue in the pen, and remove the floating hairs that are not glued at the root. , then squeeze out clean water, straighten the brush hairs, and then you can use it for inking.
Let’s talk about how to open a new brush.
1. Tool preparation: a bowl of water (warm water can be used in winter), a new pen
2. Put the new brush into a bowl and let the water submerge the entire pen tip. The water should not be too shallow. Let the pen tip be suspended in the air to prevent damage to the pen tip.
3. Press the tip of the pen lightly to touch the bottom of the bowl (use force, do not use too much force)
4. Take it out and gently twist it (some floating hair is normal)
5. Press the tip of the pen lightly again to touch the bottom of the bowl (use chocolate, do not use too much force and repeat several times until it blooms)
4. In this way, the new brush is unsealed and can be used after absorbing the excess water.
When using a brush for the first time, soak the pen tip in ink for a while to allow the pen tip to absorb enough ink before using it again. Especially for large pens, the soaking time should be longer to allow the pen tip to absorb enough ink. Because the hairs inside the pen head cannot be completely soaked by ink in a short period of time, even if the surface of the pen hairs is covered with ink, the pen hairs are still not firm and swollen, and the use effect is not ideal. After using the brush several times, the tip of the brush will be completely saturated with ink, and it will become straight, solid, and integrated into one body. The elasticity will be slightly greater, and the best effect will be achieved.
Tip: Before each use of the brush, it is recommended to reopen the brush, soak the brush in clean water, gently swing it to let all the bubbles in the brush escape, and then hang it for a few minutes to allow the brush to be fully moistened, and then use paper to absorb the water. , then touch the ink to test the thickness of the ink.
Reason: After re-watering the pen, it is easy to get wet with ink, and it is also easy to clean when washing the pen (the bristles absorb water first and then ink)! Because the ink is sticky! It often looks like you’ve absorbed enough ink! In fact, the middle of the tip of the pen is still dry, and Fengying has not been able to fully come together.
If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools. The writing brush, the beloved "weapon" of literati, must be properly preserved and treated with tender care.
