Cleaning Brushes: How To, Or Not
APRIL 19, 2008
Ivory soap, Mineral oil, Flea comb, WD 40, and a pressure washer. Why not?
some dirty brushes. I havent cleaned any brushes for months, Im beginning to run out....time to clean them.
brushes with dried paint are soaked in mineral oil. Surprisingly, letting paint dry in a brush helps it keep it's shape...
brush is washed with ivory bar soap until dried paint loosens.
I use a flea comb to get out the dried paint now. Then I wash it again with soap until most of the pigment is out...
Things get a little unorthodox here. I spray the brush with w-d 40 to loosen up any residual pigment.
...Then I blast each brush with a pressure washer! This gets out all traces of soap and paint. One must be careful doing this. And don't try it indoors, kids!
...after the better part of two days, I've brought hundreds of my little friends back to life, ready once again to get down to business. Again, it's better to clean them as you use them. Someday I'll try that.
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