I rinse in mineral spirits and wipe with a rag. He sure did love those squirrels! I wipe my brush with a rag and go on to the next color.

Simply wrap the head of your paintbrushes and roller in cling film or secure in an airtight plastic bag. Seal around the handle with masking tape and store in a dry place for up to two days. Once you’ve finished painting, it’s now time to give your brushes and rollers a proper clean.

How to Keep Paint Brushes from Fraying?

1. Avoid getting the paint in the ferrule.
2. Use a separate brush for dry brushing.
3. Never ever let your paint dry on the paintbrush.
4. After using your paintbrushes do not stack them up and avoid bending the tip.
5. Wash your brushes with lukewarm water.
6. Use fabric softener to protect the bristles and make them soft again.

1. Always wash a new brush before you use it.
2. When you finish painting for the day try to remove the majority of the paint from the brush onto your work before you start to clean the brush.
3. Always condition your natural bristle brushes after washing.
4. Hang your brushes to dry.

Soak the brush with hardened paint in vinegar for an hour. If the bristles don’t bend, soak for an additional hour. If it needs more loosening after two hours, submerge the head of the brush in vinegar in a pot, place the pot on a stove and bring to a boil. Afterwards, remove it from the heat and allow it to cool off.

Grab a glass cup and fill it about 1-2 inches deep with distilled white vinegar. Heat it in the microwave for 1-1.5 minutes then submerge your nasty paintbrushes into it. Bubble bubble bubble!2015年4月23日

White Vinegar Method:

1. Pour any white vinegar into a pot and bring it to a simmer or boil.
2. Once heated, place your brush in the hot vinegar.
3. Let sit for about 20 minutes.
4. Wash them with warm, soapy water, and use your hands to remove the dried paint.
5. Rinse thorough and let dry horizontally on a flat surface.

You will need to use hot water, soap and patience. Prepare soapy water and pour into a clean container. Dip the paint brush into the mixture, working the soap through the brush bristles. Now, place the brush back into the hot/warm water for about 20 minutes.

While it isn’t recommended, sometimes you need something stronger than monomer to clean your acrylic brushes. If your only other option is to throw your brush away, you could try using acetone to shift clogged up product. Try and wipe it away with an acetone-soaked pad. If that doesn’t work, try soaking it

Proper cleaning of your paintbrush:

1. Wipe off all of the paint solids possible from the brush.
2. Next, rinse the brush in a BUCKET of clean water.
3. Now get a bar of artist’s soap like The Masters Hand Soap-4.5 Ounces and rub the brush across that a couple of times.
4. Now swish the brush in Bucket #2 again a few times.

Go for synthetic (nylon). They’re more resilient and as good as bristle brushes for most tasks. You can use the same set of brushes for acrylic and oil painting, to begin with, as long as you clean them thoroughly. Just be careful though when using some natural hair brushes such as hogshair with acrylics

Adding up to 30 percent water to acrylic paint thins it but still allows it to coat a surface. Adding 60 percent or more water creates a watery paint application called a wash. Rubbing a wash into an absorbent surface so that only a hint of the color remains is called a stain.

Dilute your paint as a last resort. In the end, you may need more paint because a first coat that has been diluted may not cover the primer well enough. In times of desperation, add a few tablespoons of water to your paint before you begin the project, so that the entire area to be painted will end up the same color.

Adding water to paint dilutes the paint and thus lightens its color, so additional coats may be necessary to improve the color quality