diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 009f3e6..7025dd5 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -97,8 +97,10 @@ detection, `filament_error_sensitivity`), iHeater chamber heater.
   13-18 s, peak 64-181; empty nozzle about 30 ms. A real failed load in a
   print start (AFC reported the lane loaded, nothing reached the nozzle):
   longest 1915 ms, peak 45, caught by the 5000 ms limit.
-- Nozzle guard (bdp_guard): reading at rest and in travel peaks about 2; a
-  light finger push on the cold nozzle gives 41 (threshold 30).
+- Nozzle guard (bdp_guard): peaks 1-8 in home_xy, QGL, Z homing, mesh and
+  the Z check; the brush scrub 47 (4 reads above 30 in a row, so it runs
+  in log mode); a light finger push on the cold nozzle gives 41
+  (threshold 30).
 - Z check after a contact homing: Beacon vs Klipper Z about 0.06 mm.
 - XY drift check: endstop noise about 0.01-0.02 mm; limit 0.1 mm (one motor
   skipping one cycle = 0.4 mm shows as 0.2 mm in X and Y).
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d59471b..1c89067 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ everything below, grouped by topic. Comment out what you do not use there.
 | `pause_resume.cfg` | `PAUSE`, `RESUME`, `CANCEL_PRINT`, `M600` (RESUME also handles a running `HEAT_SOAK`, and after a PAUSE purges 40 mm with `BLOBIFIER_CHECKED` first: a failed check keeps the print paused, `RESUME PURGE=0` skips the purge; CANCEL_PRINT runs the same cleanup as `PRINT_END`) | `heating/heat_soak.cfg`, `leds/`, `blobifier/`, `afc/purge_check.cfg` |
 | `filament.cfg` | `LOAD_FILAMENT`, `UNLOAD_FILAMENT` | — |
 | `homing.cfg` | `HOME`: X/Y, then Z always with Beacon contact (also when already homed); `_Z_CHECK`: stops the print when Klipper's Z and the Beacon reading differ (run in `PRINT_START` after the soak) | Beacon |
-| `nozzle_guard.cfg` | `[bdp_guard]`, `_GUARD_ON PHASE=<name>`, `_GUARD_OFF`: bd_pressure watches the nozzle force during print-start moves where nothing should touch it (QGL, Z homing, mesh); `mode: log` only reports the peak per phase, `mode: stop` shuts Klipper down on a touch | `extras/bdp_guard.py` + bd_pressure load-check firmware |
+| `nozzle_guard.cfg` | `[bdp_guard]`, `_GUARD_ON PHASE=<name>`, `_GUARD_OFF`: bd_pressure watches the nozzle force during print-start moves where nothing should touch it (QGL, Z homing, mesh); `mode: stop` shuts Klipper down on a touch (the brush runs log-only), `mode: log` only reports the peak per phase | `extras/bdp_guard.py` + bd_pressure load-check firmware |
 | `test_speed.cfg` | `TEST_SPEED`: skipped-steps test for speed and acceleration | — |
 | `idle_timeout.cfg` | `[idle_timeout]`: heaters, chamber heater and motors off | iHeater macros |
 | **heating/** | | |
diff --git a/macros/print/nozzle_guard.cfg b/macros/print/nozzle_guard.cfg
index 0a79f00..c12c75b 100644
--- a/macros/print/nozzle_guard.cfg
+++ b/macros/print/nozzle_guard.cfg
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 # that must not touch anything (needs extras/bdp_guard.py and the bd_pressure
 # load-check firmware). See extras/bdp_guard.py.
 #
-# mode: log only measures and reports each phase (console and klippy.log,
-# "bdp_guard:"). Run a few print starts in log mode, set threshold well
-# above the peaks the phases show, then switch to mode: stop.
+# mode: stop shuts Klipper down on a touch; log only measures and reports
+# each phase (console and klippy.log, "bdp_guard:"). A phase can override it
+# with _GUARD_ON MODE=log (the brush does).
+# Measured 2026-10-18: peaks 1-8 in all phases except the brush (47); a
+# light finger push on the cold nozzle gives 41.
 
 [bdp_guard]
 sensor: bd_pa
-mode: log
+mode: stop
 threshold: 30
 samples: 3
 interval: 0.02
diff --git a/macros/print/print_start_end.cfg b/macros/print/print_start_end.cfg
index b9365ce..6e806cf 100644
--- a/macros/print/print_start_end.cfg
+++ b/macros/print/print_start_end.cfg
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ gcode:
     # Only to get the toolhead over the bed for the soak; the Z that counts
     # is the contact calibration in PRINT_START on the soaked bed
     _STATUS STATE=homing
-    _NOZZLE_CONTACT_TEMP
+    # HOME homes Z with Beacon contact: wait for a steady nozzle temperature,
+    # a nozzle still heating spreads the contact samples (6 restarts seen)
+    _NOZZLE_CONTACT_TEMP WAIT=1
     RESPOND MSG="homing"
     HOME
     {% if target_chamber > 30 %}
@@ -193,8 +195,9 @@ gcode:
     _GUARD_ON PHASE=z_home
     G28 Z
 
-    # Own phase: the bristles press on the nozzle too
-    _GUARD_ON PHASE=brush
+    # Own phase, log only: the bristles press on the nozzle (peak 47,
+    # 4 reads above 30 in a row), stop mode would shut down every start
+    _GUARD_ON PHASE=brush MODE=log
     BLOBIFIER_CLEAN
     _GUARD_OFF
     _STATUS STATE=calibrating_z