Friday, November 19, 2010

All About Brooms

Date: 2010-11-19


A broom is a cleaning tool consisting of stiff fibers attached to, and roughly parallel to, a cylindrical handle, the broomstick. Brooms have a very long history.

The old form of broom was the besom, fashioned by tying something on a stick or handle: straw, hay, fine twigs or corn husks. They were relatively inefficient as a cleaning implement and subject to self-destructing after a few uses. It wasn't until 1810 that a Massachusetts farmer named Levi Dickenson invented the foot-treadle broom machine and brought about a broom that didn't fall apart. Around the middle of the 1820's, the United Society of Believers (also know as the Shakers) made the first flat broom, what we call a corn broom today.

Using 21st century technology, the basic design of a head and handle can be transformed so it meets a wide range of requirements and working conditions.

Tip of the month: Regardless of the design, always hang your broom with the bristles pointed up. It not only preserves and extends the life of the broom, supposedly, an upward pointed besom (bristles up), especially over or near a doorway, will help protect the house from evil spirits or negative energies.

Natural bristle brushes are manufactured from genuine bristle and natural materials, friendly to the environment. Our Natural bristle brushes vary in shape and size according to the task chosen. Natural bristle brushes, whether using the long-handle brushes for those hard-to-get-at spots or the smaller brushes for the areas that need more detail, will hold more paint than an artificial brush and are longer wearing.



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