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How do you clean oil paints out of a paintbrush?In: Arts and Crafts, Cleaning |
Cleaning Oil Paints out of Brushes
Clean oil paints from brushes with soap or dish-washing detergant and warm water.
Soap and warm water work for LATEX paints quite well. However if you are using an oil based paint like ENAMEL, you will need paint thinner or turpentine to clean the brushes.
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Sorry soap and water will not remove oil [based] paint from a brush. Actually oil will repel the water. Use mineral spirits to remove the paint. You can buy odorless spirits and it's safer than turpentine. If the paint has already dried, go to an art supply store and get a brush cleaner and conditioner (comes as one product). This actually needs water to activate. Work up a lather of the cleaning agent, apply it to your brush and allow it to sit awhile. This helps to disintergrate the paint and condition the bristles at the same time. Comb out the paint and repeat the process until your brush is back to beautiful.
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