Brushes
Pinnacle Brush™ Beaker Brushes
Constructed on galvanised steel wire handle. Pinnacle Brush™ Beaker Brushes have nylon bristles for gentle cleaning.
Reitenspiess™ Hose Cleaning Brush with Eyelet
The Hose Cleaning Brush with Eyelet features a twisted galvanized wire handle with eyelet. Available with with nylon or natural bristles.
Pinnacle Brush™ Dusting Brushes
Metal-mounted brush. Pinnacle Brush™ Dusting Brushes are perfect for delicate tasks.
Pencil Brush
Features natural hair bristles. Pinnacle Brush™ Pencil Brush is metal mounted with a wood handle.
Pinnacle Brush™ Test Tube Brushes
Excellent for cleaning out narrow test tubes and other hard-to-reach instruments. Pinnacle Brush™ Test Tube Brushes are supplied in packs of 10.
Fisherbrand™ Sieve Brush
A double-ended brush for use with Fisherbrand™ Stainless Steel Test Sieves.
Fisherbrand™ StaticAway™ Antistatic Brush
Will not scratch critical surfaces
Fisherbrand™ Flexible-Handle Brushes
Soft, single row of bristles fits easily into flask necks
Fisherbrand™ Heavy-Duty Brushes
Fisherbrand™ Heavy-Duty Brushes have spiral-wound bristles for cleaning beakers.
Cole-Parmer™ Anti-Static Dusting Brushes
Use this brush for a variety of brushing applications.
Cole-Parmer™ Universal Foam Brush Set
Clean a variety of interior surfaces without absorbing water. Universal Foam Brush Set includes 9 in. and 18 in. length washing brushes and a 15 in. length universal glassware brush. Long-lasting brushes last up to 20 times longer than sponges.
Cole-Parmer™ Nylon Utility Brushes
These low-cost, quality brushes are perfect for general-purpose cleaning. Cole-Parmer™ Utility Brushes feature a white plastic handle that won't support bacteria or hold water.
Cole-Parmer™ Sampler Cleaning Brush
Keep your Sludge Judge Samplers working properly with this Sampler Cleaning Brush.
Cole-Parmer™ Natural Swivel Head Flask Brush
Easily clean bottles and flasks with this Natural Swivel Head Flask Brush.
3M™ Scotch-Brite™ Diamond Floor Brush
Scotch-Brite™ Diamond Floor Brush is designed to clean and polish uncoated concrete, terrazzo and potentially other stone floors in one step.
Fisherbrand™ Anti-Static Static-Away™ Handle Brushes
Designed with the softest hairs available to prevent scratching
Fisherbrand™ Stainless-Steel Handled Brushes
Fisherbrand™ Stainless-Steel Handled Brushes feature stiff, white nylon bristles for cleaning test tubes.
Fisherbrand™ Brush with Extension for Flask Curves
For cleaning bottom curves and inside shoulders of flasks and bottles
Cole-Parmer™ Foam-Tipped Short Glassware Brush
Foam-Tipped Short Glassware Brush - Excellent for all wide mouth bottles, culture, volumetric graduated, filtering and many other kinds of long flasks, jugs and cylinders. Brushes are tough, yet non-abrasive, and dishwasher safe. It works equally well on both plastic and glass bottles. Use with hot water. No detergents needed.
Cole-Parmer™ Utility Brush with Handle, Polyester Bristles
This Utility Brush with Handle and Polyester Bristles is effective cleaning for a variety of applications.
Fisherbrand™ Tube Brush
Tapered brush for 15mL centrifuge tubes.
Bel-Art™ SP Scienceware™ Cleanware™ Bottle Brush
Attached to hardwood handle. Bel Arttrade; SP Scienceware™ Cleanware™ Bottle Brush's swiveling pivot head on thoroughly cleans bottles and flasks with difficult inside curves and corners.
DWK Life Sciences NMR brush, for cleaning NMR tubes
Stubborn soiling and deposits in NMR tubes can be removed with the NMR brush.
Buerkle™ Tube Cleaning Brush
The Tube Cleaning Brush is ideal for cleaning zone samplers.
Micronova™ Floor Drain Brush and Handle
A stiff bristle, replaceable brush head and threaded plastic handle, specifically designed for cleaning floor drains. The brush head features black bristles for color coding and the handle is printed with 'For Floor Drain Use Only' to keep separate from other cleaning brushes.
Azpack™ Tube Cleaner Brush
Cleans small bore tubes, stopcocks, and pipettes. Azpack™ Tube Cleaner Brush is available in a range of styles to meet a variety of cleaning needs.
Pinnacle Brush™ Burette Bristle Brushes
Excellent for cleaning out narrow burettes and other hard-to-reach instruments. Pinnacle Brush™ Burette Bristle Brushes are supplied in packs of 10.
Micronova™ M-Zone™ Bottle Brushes
A range of color-coded bottle brushes with rounded, stiff polyester bristles for versatile and aggressive cleaning of bottles and various equipment in production and in the lab.
Laboratory brushes are used regularly for the thorough, manual cleaning of lab glassware and plasticware. They typically have a handle with terminal bristles, set centrally or laterally, and come in a range of sizes and styles for the effective cleaning of most types of vessel without leaving scratches or other damage. Most laboratory brushes are autoclavable or washable so that they can be used time and time again. They are sold individually or as sets with different dimensions to allow for effective cleaning of a wide range of vessel sizes.
What are laboratory brushes made of?
Brush handles can be made of wood, of durable plastics such as polypropylene, or of metals such as brass or stainless-steel wire.
The bristles can be made from a range of materials depending on the brush type:
- Nylon bristles, which are tough and hard wearing and very resistant to aggressive chemicals
- Natural bristles (for example goat hair) are softer for more delicate cleaning
- White silk bristles for general use
- The brush may be tapered, or tipped with a cotton wad or fine bristle tuft for effective cleaning of tube bases
What types of laboratory brush are available?
Users can choose from a wide range of brush types:
- General purpose cleaning brush
- Test tube brush
- Beaker brush or bottle brush
- Burette brush or pipette brush
- Flask brush, with a bent handle for easy access to awkward corners
- Measuring cylinder brush
- Chromatography brush for injector and detector ports
- Centrifuge brush
- Sieve brush
- Square tank brush