Hyde Tools 35789 Vinyl Smoothing Brush, 12” | the Hyde Store
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№35789

Hyde Tools 35789 12" Vinyl Smoothing Brush

BEST FOR · Smooth wallcovering during application. One-piece hardwood handle with single row of polypropylene bristles. Measures 12" overall.
MODEL 35789 · SKU H-35789 · UPC 079423357893
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Smooth wallcovering during application. One-piece hardwood handle with single row of polypropylene bristles. Measures 12" overall.

Official Hyde specifications

Polypropylene bristles
PRODUCT FIT · IS THIS THE RIGHT TOOL? Straight answers. If it's the wrong tool for your job, we'll say so.

Choose this when: Smooth wallcovering during application. One-piece hardwood handle with single row of polypropylene bristles. Measures 12" overall.

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Is this the right tool for your job?

✓CHOOSE THIS WHEN
  • Smooth wallcovering during application. One-piece hardwood handle with single row of polypropylene bristles. Measures 12" overall.
✕CHOOSE A DIFFERENT TOOL WHEN
  • It is not a texture brush — the exact opposite.
  • Where the 09880/09885 texture brushes deposit a raised stomp pattern, this brush removes raised features (air, paste ridges) to lay the surface dead flat; using one for the other's job makes no sense at either end.
  • It is not a trim tool — it has no edge to crease a corner or guide a blade; creasing and cutting belong to a hard smoothing/trim tool or a broad knife.
  • It is not the fast choice on tough vinyl, washable, or non-woven stock — there a hard poly smoother seats faster and flatter, and the relief you'd protect with bristles isn't there to protect.
  • And it carries no coating — it is not a paint or paste applicator; it applies pressure, nothing else.

For these jobs—use this instead

THE JOB, THE REASON, AND THE BETTER TOOL
Depositing raised texture Where the 09880/09885 texture brushes deposit a raised stomp pattern, this brush removes raised features (air, paste ridges) to lay the surface dead flat; using one for the other's job makes no sense… BETTER TOOL Single Texture Brush 09880

How the pros run it

01

Center-out, always

spine first, then diagonal strokes to the edges, each one giving air and paste an escape route. Firm enough to move paste, light enough not to stretch the strip or squeeze the bed dry — you are relocating material, not compressing paper. Chase to the nearest edge, never inward. Keep the face clean — wipe paste squeeze-out off the paper the instant it shows at an edge, with a clean damp sponge, blotting not scrubbing. Test on a scrap when unsure whether a stock wants this brush or the hard smoother — a pasted offcut answers the question before the wall pays for it. Finish under raking light — a flashlight held flat to the wall turns every surviving bubble into a shadow while there's still time to fix it.

Asked before buying

BUYER QUESTIONS, ANSWERED BEFORE YOU ORDER
The name says "vinyl" — is it only for vinyl paper?
The name is inherited from the vinyl-wallcovering era. In practice its soft bristle field makes it the delicate and embossed smoother — the working rule is smoother for vinyl/washable/non-woven, brush for delicate/embossed.
Why bristles instead of a plastic smoothing blade?
Because bristles spread the pressure. A hard blade concentrates force on a line and will burnish flock, shine matte stock, and crush embossing; the brush seats the strip without flattening the relief.
Does it take an extension pole?
No — it's a one-piece 12" hardwood handle, a hand tool. (The texture brushes in this sub-line are the Acme-threaded pole tools.)
Can I trim with it?
No. It smooths only; it has no edge for creasing or a knife to follow. Use a hard smoother/trim tool or a broad knife for that.
Is it a texture brush?
No — the opposite. It lays covering flat; the 09880/09885 create a raised texture.

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Model & SKUModel 35789 · SKU H-35789 · UPC 079423357893
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Specs & documentation

Full specification details
catalog product name
12" Vinyl Smoothing Brush
official family claim
Polypropylene bristles.
official variant identity
35789
official description
Smooth wallcovering during application. One-piece hardwood handle with single row of polypropylene bristles. Measures 12" overall.
corroborated construction material
Retailer/distributor listing independently repeats: polypropylene.
corroborated construction material
Retailer/distributor listing independently repeats: wood.
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