My honest take on using the Corona Chinex brush

If you've ever felt like your paint job was being sabotaged by your tools, picking up a corona chinex brush might be the smartest move you make this weekend. I've spent more hours than I'd like to admit standing in the paint aisle of a hardware store, staring at a wall of brushes that all look pretty much the same. You've got your five-dollar "disposable" ones that shed bristles like a golden retriever in the summer, and then you've got the high-end stuff. For a long time, I didn't think there was a massive difference, but after trying a Corona with Chinex bristles, I realized I'd been making my life much harder than it needed to be. ...

May 8, 2026 · 7 min · Ingoglia Iwa