An exterior material may be configured to form an exterior of a home appliance, the exterior material includes a base material having a hierarchical circular structure pattern on the surface. The hierarchical circular structure pattern may include a plurality of circular structures having diameters different from each other, and a pattern density may be, in percentage of area of the surface, about 20 to 90%.

A surface conditioning article is presented that includes a hub portion with a first material. The first material is free of abrasive particles. The article also includes a plurality of elongate abrasive elements, each extending along an element axis, and each of the primary elongate abrasive elements includes a second material.

A paint brush cleaning system includes a housing and a paint brush cleaner attached to the housing. The housing contains solvent that helps clean a paint brush. The paint brush cleaner rotates a wire brush against the bristles of the paint brush and actuates a pump to eject solvent drawn from the housing as the paint brush is moved in translation. The wire brush is coupled to a retractable cord, which rotates the wire brush. A holder is simultaneously coupled to the retractable cord and the pump. When force is exerted on the holder, the retractable cord rotates the wire brush and the pump ejects solvent. A user can insert a paint brush handle through the holder, thus actuating the pump and rotating the wire brush by applying force to the handle. The housing attaches to a user's belt, providing easy access to the paint brush cleaning system.

A wire-shaped grinding element (10A, 10B) is used as a grinding element for a polishing brush. The wire-shaped grinding element (10A, 10B) includes inorganic filaments and a resin that impregnates the inorganic filaments and is cured. The inorganic filaments contain 80 to 90% by weight of an alumina component and 20 to 10% by weight of a silica component. The crystal structure of the inorganic filaments includes intermediate alumina. The silica component is in an amorphous state. The BET specific surface area of the inorganic filaments is 30 m.sup.2/g or smaller.