Advice on brushes

[Olivier Gaudry]

Hello there.
Soon, i'd have to do signage for an hospital in my town. I'll use water-base paints (with low voc and good ability to washability).
The walls are dressed with "toile de verre" which i would translate by "glassfibre fabric" - see picture attached.
What kind of brushes you'll advise me ? I already have some 4031 (mack) ...
Thanks a lot for your tips !
Olivier.

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[Lee Littlewood]

Wow, that looks like a lot of texture.

If you are sure your paint will stick to the fabric then the next question is the size of the lettering. Big letters (15 cm or more high) should be easy to do with a flat chisel-edge brush (some artist suppliers call it a "brights" shape), but smaller letters are going to be hard to do by hand. My best advice is to use a chisel-edge brush, not too long hair; have the paint a little bit wetter than usual; and work off the tip of the brush (don't push it down) so the brush glides over the texture.
See if you can get a sample of the wall covering for practice.

[Olivier Gaudry]

I think the picture accentuates the wall's texture, this is quite soft (i try to reassure myself
And, yes the paint will stick easily, the wall has already been painted twice.
I have big letters but a bunch of little ones to do ... anyway, i think i have enough flats and fitches, time is against me now, don't have enough to order some new (i don't find those "bright" shape you're talking about from my supplier which is Wrights of Lymm).

Anyway, thanks a lot for your time and your advice !!

[Kent Smith]

Angular soft fitch.

[Olivier Gaudry]

Thank you Kent !
I finally used Fitches (angular's too) but because of the smallness of certain letters i was forced to take some Quills, taking me twice in the holes.
The result is correct (at least for me

[Lee Littlewood]

Looks good!

[Ron Percell]

good job Olivier.

[Kent Smith]

Looks good. Textures are always difficult to overcome and should be considered when pricing a project.

[Olivier Gaudry]

Looks good!

good job Olivier.

Thanks guys !

Looks good. Textures are always difficult to overcome and should be considered when pricing a project.

yes indeed, I'd have thought of that before, i'd spend twice as much time ^^ Thank you !