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Can we talk about the switch from steel brushes to poly bristles for flue liners?

I swore by steel for years, but after cracking a 20-year-old clay liner in Boise last fall, I switched to poly for anything pre-1980. Anyone else made the jump and had better results?
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alice991
alice99121h ago
Honestly, what's the oldest flue you've cleaned with poly and felt totally safe about it? I'm still nervous on the really old, soft clay ones. I had a steel brush catch and pull out a chunk in a 1920s farmhouse flue last year, scared me straight. But I worry the poly just isn't rough enough on some of that built-up creosote.
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avery_roberts67
My poly brush saved a 1902 Philly flue last month.
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