They look like any other paintbrush to me. I fully intend to clean them and reuse them!
Promoted yourself I see.
The hairs soon start to come out and it's a bloody nuisance picking them off the wet paint.
^^^This.
My method of cleaning brushes:
That's what I find - hence the recommendation I've seen in some places to use new brushes for undercoating first and keep the older brushes for finish coat. If you're doing that you want brushes which don't wear out too soon. The other problem with cheap brushes is that they just don't have as many bristles as higher spec ones, which makes getting a good finish more difficult. Incidentally I've noticed that most of the bristles which fall out seem to be shorter than those which are left, which suggested to me that they were never long enough to get coated in the epoxy, and were just held in by friction.
So I'm not the only one who suffers from this solution. :-))
I don't think we're supposed to know this. It ruins their profit margins.
Don't clean a roller by directing a shower (or worse a karcher) at it. More things become dirty.
That would annoy me immensely. I use a clip on magnet on my paintpot to hold the brush so it drips back into the pot.
look like any other paintbrush to me. I fully intend to clean them and reuse them!
removes at least some loose ones.
Good idea.
Why would you like bicycles if you don't like cyclists? Bicycles are pointless if nobody gets on them.
I'm what I call a "normal cyclist", I don't wear lycra, I don't wear a helmet, I don't wear hi-vis clothing, and I don't take up a whole lane. I just look like a pedestrian on wheels.
look like any other paintbrush to me. I fully intend to clean them and reuse them!
No, I sucked the I mean sucked UP TO the boss.
Also, I tired of looking up how to spell Liuauetenant.
I don't like or dislike bicycles. I dislike the people who ride them.
No such thing as a 'normal' cyclist.
So what purpose would you have a bicycle serve if it's not to carry a cyclist?
I mean I behave like a pedestrian. I don't wear silly clothes or think I own the road.
If you use an expensive brush you would be able to use mineral Naphtha or as an alternative cellulose thinners, both these solvents will draw out the paint from the stock leaving it clean, turps won't do this hence the solidification of old paint in the brush.
However there is absolutely no point trying this on a disposable brush as it would not survive being cleaned in either solvent.
Bristles will fall out on first use even on an expensive brush which is why a decent brush needs the initial braking-in period usually performed on non quality work.
It's not always the amount of bristles that achieves the best job but the quality of the bristle. Cheap/disposable brushes don't possess the flag at the the end of bristle, or firmness to push the paint out which are necessary for a quality finish particularly in oil.
I don't think they make much paint that doesn't come out with detergent any more.
Seriously? Cleaning a brush with white spirit is even easier than with water. What are you guys doing that makes it such a chore?
I understand doing this for Hammerite where you would otherwise need special thinners, or for applying nasty chemicals, but not for solvent-based paints. It negates their main advantage which is superior finish.
Alex
How do you then dispose of the contaminated "white spirit"?
I know that at one time we would just pour it down the kitchen sink...
Many years ago Dad would leave a paintbrush in an old jam jar of white spirit or turps for years until it just dried out and the whole lot had to be chucked away... :-)
Wasn't it "Polyclens" that was supposed to rejuvenate even rock-hard paintbrushes? Not cellulose-type stuff though, ISTR.
I've successfully cleaned Hammerite-infested brushes with MIBK, but it isn't a perfect solvent for that purpose. Again, disposal is a bit of a problem. The best idea for volatile solvents is to just let 'em disperse into the atmosphere, then put the crud (and possibly the brush!) into the wheelie-bin.
IMHO stuff like Hammerite is used for fairly rough type work such as garden gates, where a couple of bristles don't _really_ matter all that much.
Don't. Use two bottles of similar size. One with your clean white spirit in, the other to store the used remants. Eventually you will notice that the murky liquid in the second bottle has separated. The stuff on top is fairly clean white spirit. Once you run out of spirit in the clean bottle, pour the top layer from the second bottle into it. Start all over again.
Eventually your second bottle will get too full of sludge at which point you can just bin it and start with a new empty bottle.
Never leave a brush in a container, even just overnight. It splays the bristles, making it useless for painting. The exception is if you drill a hole through the brush and suspend the brush in the jar using a rod. This way the tip of the brush isn't pressing on anything.
Alex
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at one time, the better brushes used to have this hole in the when you bought them.
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