Wire Wash Brush and Cleaning Method

Abstract

The present disclosure pertains to a wire wash brush with wire type tufts extending from a head and a handle. The brush can be connected to a water source at the handle of the brush, and when the water source is pressurized, water will flow through the handle of the brush, and out through the head of the brush, flowing through the wire type tufts. When the user wants to clean a paint brush, the user will connect the water source to the water connection via a hose and pressurize the water sources so that water flows through the channel extending through the brush body and through the plurality of micro channels, flowing water through the wire tufts. Once water is flowing through the wire wash brush, the user will grip the handle and run the wire tufts though the bristles of the paintbrush as water flows through the brush.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of removing paint from the bristles of a soiled paint brush comprising:
 providing a brush with a brush handle, a brush head, a hose connector on the brush handle, a valve with a fluid passageway integrated into the brush handle, a main passageway travelling laterally through the brush from the hose connector, though the brush handle, the valve fluid passageway, into the brush head, and terminating in the head of the brush;   said brush having a plurality of wire type tufts extending downwardly from a bottom surface of the head;   said brush having a plurality of micro passageways located in the brush head extending downwardly from the main passageway to the bottom surface of the head;   said brush having nozzles located in the plurality of micro passageways;   said valve having an actuator with variable positions integrated into the valve that enables a cross dimensional area of the valve fluid passageway to change from 0% open to 100% open;   providing a water source which can be turned on and off, said water source being in the off position;   connecting the water source to the hose connector on the brush handle with a hose;   moving the actuator into a position where the valve fluid passageway to change is 0% open;   turning the water source on;   using the actuator, open the valve fluid passageway to a point between 0% open to 100% open so that water travels from the water source through the main passageway and ejects from the brush head through the nozzles;   while water is ejecting through the brush head nozzles, run the plurality of wire type tufts through the bristles of a paint brush soiled with paint;   once the paint has been removed from the bristles of the paint brush using the actuator to close the valve fluid passageway to 0% open.   
     
     
         2 . The method of removing paint from the bristles of a soiled paint brush of  claim 1  wherein the plurality of wire type tufts are oriented into linear rows aligned longitudinally along the head of the brush with linear rows of spaces aligned longitudinally along the head between the linear rows of wire tufts. 
     
     
         3 . The method of removing paint from the bristles of a soiled paint brush of  claim 2  wherein the nozzles are oriented between the linear rows of wire type tufts. 
     
     
         4 . The method of removing paint from the bristles of a soiled paint brush of  claim 3  wherein the nozzles emit water in a fan pattern and the fan pattern is aligned between the linear rows of spaces aligned longitudinally along the head. 
     
     
         5 . A paintbrush cleaning apparatus comprising:
 a brush handle, brush head, a hose connector on the brush handle, a valve with a fluid passageway integrated into the brush handle, a main passageway travelling laterally through the brush from the hose connector, though the brush handle, the valve fluid passageway, into the brush head, and terminating in the head of the brush;   said brush having a plurality of wire type tufts extending downwardly from a bottom surface of the head;   said brush having a plurality of micro passageways located in the brush head extending downwardly from the main passageway to the bottom surface of the head;   said brush having nozzles located in the plurality of micro passageways;   said valve having an actuator with variable positions integrated into the valve that enables a cross dimensional area of the valve fluid passageway to change from 0% open to 100% open;   
     
     
         6 . The paintbrush cleaning apparatus of  claim 5  wherein the plurality of wire type tufts are oriented into linear rows aligned longitudinally along the head of the brush with linear rows of spaces aligned longitudinally along the head between the linear rows of wire tufts. 
     
     
         7 . The paintbrush cleaning apparatus of  claim 6  wherein the nozzles are oriented between the linear rows of wire type tufts. 
     
     
         8 . The paintbrush cleaning apparatus of  claim 7  wherein the nozzles emit water in a fan pattern and the fan pattern is aligned between the linear rows of spaces aligned longitudinally along the head.