[Jakey boy]

What's the difference?

[Plankton]

I think Alex G referred to the flocked as being like a micro fibre effect. The ends of the bristles are split into smaller fibres giving it a softer feel. There are videos on Gardiners website regarding brushes if you've not seen them there worth a look.

[CleanClear]

Flocked=great for maintainance rinse down.

Unflocked (known as mono) great for extra scrubbing, to remove stubborn dirt, bird crap etc.

[DeLuce]

You'll find the flocked, those with splayed bristle ends,tend to hold the dirt a bit more than the unflocked. need a brush off more regularly.  a bit of a softer feel to 'em.

[Dave Willis]

Flocked=great for maintainance rinse down.

Unflocked (known as mono) great for extra scrubbing, to remove stubborn dirt, bird crap etc.

Errr, wrong way round I feel.

[DeLuce]

Flocked=great for maintainance rinse down.

Unflocked (known as mono) great for extra scrubbing, to remove stubborn dirt, bird crap etc.

Errr, wrong way round I feel.

  +1

[gary999]

Flocked=great for maintainance rinse down.

Unflocked (known as mono) great for extra scrubbing, to remove stubborn dirt, bird crap etc.

Errr, wrong way round I feel.

  +1

+2

But prefer mono or mixed as they dont hold the crap as much

[soapsudtw]

Mono for the above reason..

[CleanClear]

Flocked=great for maintainance rinse down.

Unflocked (known as mono) great for extra scrubbing, to remove stubborn dirt, bird crap etc.

Errr, wrong way round I feel.

Hmmm. You feel the Flocked has more scrubbing power? And so do a few other, as they agree.
There's a very simple way for anyone to find out. Go clean some leaded windows. One of them brushes is soft and cleans without any noise as it flows over the leaded strips. The other brush is hard and makes a terrible noise, and in fact almost feels like its going to push the lead strips off the windows it scrubs so well.

[gary999]

That's the stiffness of the mono bristle,it doesn't mean it gives you
extra scrubbing power especially on leaded windows when you need
a softer bristle which enables you to put more pressure on without
causing any damage.

[Dave Willis]

Flocked brush has split ends on the bristles which probably doubles the bristle contact. Mono brushes tend to cut through the film in lines as they don't cover so much glass in one sweep.

Disadvantage of flocked brushes are they tend to drag a bit more on the glass so don't feel as fast plus the dirt doesn't rinse through the bristle tips so fast which means rinsing with the brush on the glass probably isn't a good idea.

[Plankton]

Flocked brush has split ends on the bristles which probably doubles the bristle contact. Mono brushes tend to cut through the film in lines as they don't cover so much glass in one sweep.

Disadvantage of flocked brushes are they tend to drag a bit more on the glass so don't feel as fast plus the dirt doesn't rinse through the bristle tips so fast which means rinsing with the brush on the glass probably isn't a good idea.

If you were to clean a section on your van you would see the difference between bristles. Like you said with the lines. Mono will rinse better on the glass which suits me but is one better than the other.

[Dave Willis]

Flocked - better on first cleans.
Mono - better for fast maintenance cleans and high windows (rinse on glass)

[CleanClear]

So you guys would use a flocked brush to remove say...bird crap and tree sap ?

[gary999]

no i would stick with my mixed bristle brush

[mufcglen]

i had a commercial job this morning that hadnt been cleaned for a long time and tried the black gardiners flocked brush and have to say i prefer the medium mixed black and white brush, i couldnt dig the spiders eggs out as the bristles were too soft and as said above it doesnt glide on windows as well as the other type,ended up swapping brushes half way through so i knew the job got done perfect.
i will use the soft brush again but probably for regular cleans rather than first cleans.