wire brushes

Abrasive cleaning tools

Wire brushes are cleaning tools with stiff metal bristles, used for scrubbing rust, paint, or debris from surfaces: He attacked the grill grates with a wire brush.

In music, wire brushes are percussion implements with fan-shaped metal bristles that drummers sweep across snare drums for a soft, swishing sound characteristic of jazz: The drummer switched to brushes for the ballad.

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rust removal · crimped · scour · power tool · angle grinder · twisted · files · jazz drumming · snare drum · rasps · brass · metal · bare metal · sandpaper · grime · paint stripping · sparks · elbow grease

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material hardness/abrasiveness

wire brushesmicrofiber cloths

Fine synthetic cleaning fabric

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drumstick type (percussion)

wire brushesdrumsticks

Percussion striking tools

wooden sticks · mallets · bare hands · hot rods · rods

Family

brush, wire, wired, wires, wiring, brushes, brushwork, rewire, rewiring

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G