Homemade Boot Brush

Homemade Boot Brush
Why would anyone ever want to make their own boot brush you ask? Well, for one they can be quite expensive if you don't shop around. Another reason is that many of the so called boot brushes don't work very well, such as the cutesy animal with bristles on it's back, or the brushes don't make good contact over the whole boot or shoe.

I had been searching for cheap brushes for a few months to complete this project, but I hadn't found any reasonably priced broom heads or scrub brushed until last week. I spotted some cheap scrub brushes at Target that I thought would work perfectly.

So this project cost me a grand total of $4, with a few scrap materials thrown in.
 
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Step 1Gather Materials and Tools.

Gather Materials and Tools.
Tools:
- Flat screwdriver
- #2 Phillips screwdriver bit
- 5/32" twist bit
- 1/8" twist bit
- Drill
- Circular saw (table saw, miter saw, jig saw, whatever your favorite tool is for cutting plywood)

Materials
- #12 x 3/4" pan head sheet metal screws
- 2" construction screws
- 4 cheap scrub brushes
- 6 x 30" piece of 3/4" plywood. (or scrapsin the range of 3 - 4x6" and 1- 6x15")
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4 comments
Jun 18, 2009. 1:15 AMabadfart says:
nice my dad had one of these when i was a kid
Dec 30, 2008. 6:09 AMxZCodmaNZx says:
nice im gona use it on my 130$ leather hikeing boots
Jul 16, 2007. 6:13 PMVertigo666 says:
pretty good for baseball/soccer cleats
Jul 16, 2007. 4:17 PMongissim says:
I bet you could also use this as a foot massager!

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