I am having a devil of a job cleaning crown gloss off my brushes. The tin says use hot detergent, washing up liquid has removed most but doesn't seem to be doing the job.
Any ideas?
KI am having a devil of a job cleaning crown gloss off my brushes. The tin says use hot detergent, washing up liquid has removed most but doesn't seem to be doing the job.
Any ideas?
K
What does white spirit do?
Christian.
In message , anon writes
Have you cleaned in white spirit first?
White spirit doesn't wash out so well. If I have a problem I dunk the brush in a bit of 'brush cleaner' and wiggle it about a bit. Then wash out. This stuff does seem to wash out a bit easier
P.S. It may be too late...
Christian.
Soaking in brush cleaner for a few days will rescue all but the most fossilised brushes.
That's because it doesn't work! They say that so as to make you believe that their oil-based paint (Dulux is no different) suddenly somehow kinda magically stops being oil-based once you've finished painting.
Oil-based paint needs white spirit to clean the brushes. End of.
MM
Wash them out with white spirit or brush cleaner then soak in Jeyes fluid
But a bottle of paint brush cleaner. It will last for years .
I never heard of hot detergent being recommended before. Certainly washing-up liquid will do the job but it is best to remove excess paint first and swill brush in appropriate thinners
Some of the "one-coat" oil paints appear to be water borne, if that makes sense. The solids with a small amount of solvent are emulsified in water so, providing the solvent hasn't started to evaporate, brushes will wash in hot water and detergent. You need to work it into the bristles neat.
Cleaning brushes is simple.
Wash the piant out wih appropaiate thinners
Emulsify thinners with detergent and wash THAT out with water.
Blow dry to stop hairs stiking together.
If old and hard, buy new brush, cos its cheaper than Nitromors!
Hi,
Squeezing the excess paint out with some newspaper or magazine is a good way to do it.
cheers, Pete.
Lay the brush on some old newspaper and use the back edge of a table knife to squeeze out the excess. (Clean knife and return to drawer before trouble starts)
Get one of these and stop cleaning them
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