Mack/Tidwell Broken Pinkies Scrubby

Scrubby packs short bristles onto a 1/4-inch flat — a blender and all-around useful brush for scrubbing in tones and softening edges.

Six brushes worth losing a finger over — the Broken Pinkies are Steve Tidwell's answer to everything he felt was missing from his first two sets, wrapped in fluorescent pink handles you cannot misplace. Scrubby runs a full synthetic filament mixture that works with 1 Shot, acrylics, oils, and any paint you can dream up.

Fluorescent pink means Scrubby is easy to find on a crowded bench; a mineral-spirits rinse and a dab of brush oil keep the synthetic filaments in shape between jobs.