RUTLAND PRODUCTS Chimney Sweep 6 in. Round Cleaning Poly Brush, Metal, Black, 15.72 x 15.72 x 24.45 cm

This brush did a great job cleaning out my 6 inch diameter stainless steel flue. I got on the roof and pushed the brush down the chimney into the stove and pulled it back up again a total of three times. It knocked out quite a bit a creosote. Some people here mentioned the bristles being stiff, which is true, but they clean better that way. I've only used it once so far, but I get the impression that the bristles should last for many years. You basically can't even tell from just looking at the brush that I even used it. Using this brush to clean the chimney myself is a much better use of time and money than paying a chimney sweep to come out a couple times a year.

Bought for stainless steel chimney so it won't scratch the pipe. Works good and worth buying one for yearly cleaning. The rod connection isn't the same as my square chimney so the rod didn't work. I couldn't find any easy way to make an adaptor. I just used this brush on a string and pulled it up and down the chimney. Worked great.

I purchased this to clean out some 6-inch double-wall stove pipe. This is a poly (plastic) brush and thus won't (shouldn't) scratch the inside lining of the stove pipe. Considering how expensive double-wall stove pipe is these days...best not to damage it. The end of this brush is 1/4 National Pipe Thread (NPT). If you want to make a run to your local hardware store, you can buy a cheap PVC adapter to make this work with with 1/2" PVC pipe, i.e. 1/4" NPT female to 1/2" NPT (male or female...whatever floats your boat). Anyway, I'm uber cheap so I rigged my own pole out of a 4' piece of 1/2" diameter oak dowel collecting dust in my garage. I drilled and tapped the dowel at one end and then screwed in the brush. Done! Anyway, it was a tight fit inside (that's what she said...sorry...it's late and I'm drinking). Because it was so tight, I could only clean in one direction - push in but not pull out (giggle). Two or three passes with a little bit of twisting cleaned several seasons worth of creosote. I could even see glint of stainless steel again. And no...I didn't use any water based cleaner. I did it dry, which is probably a good idea unless you have the patience to dry it all out. I don't. Like I said in my title, it's not rocket science so I don't really know how you screw this up.

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works great to snake my 20' wood stove chimney. bristles are stiff and flex just enough. cleans the walls of the pipe very well