How do you clean your brushes?

[Sam Hopkins]

Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to check and see how others clean their brushes and
see if there was a better way. When I'm done putting on my stain, paint,
varnish, etc on I fill a jar with mineral spirits (or whatever the solvent
is) and slosh the brush in it. Then I wash in soap and water and then I put
clean mineral spirits on the brush and dry with a paper town and put it into
it's cardboard holder to keep the bristles from going crazy.

Sam

[jcofmars]

Take a look at this recent thread.....

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=UU4Za.26
745%24vx3.7464671%40kent.svc.tds.net&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dhow%2Bclean%2
Bbrushes%2Bgroup:rec.woodworking%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8
%26group%3Drec.woodworking%26scoring%3Dd

"Sam Hopkins" <samuel....@marconi.com> wrote in message
news:bjpudu$s90$1...@newsfeed.pit.comms.marconi.com...

[jo4hn]

I pour the solvent into a larger can (a well-used 1lb tobacco can in
this case). This allows me to get my hands into the solvent and to
massage the bristles to remove stubborn paint bits. I also squeeze the
middle of the bristles to force solvent up towards the heel (handle
end). If this is not enough, I will "comb" the bristles with a wire
brush. Next I wash in soap and water using the same technique.
Finally, I press the water out with a paper rag, smooth the bristles,
and let it air dry. Finally I put it back into its plastic container.
mahalo,
jo4hn

[Wade Lippman]

What do you suggest doing a search on to find that thread?

"jcofmars" <jcof...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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[jcofmars]

Sorry for the bad link....

There was a recent thread discussion titled "better way to clean a brush"
which had a lot of good ideas about this topic.

"Wade Lippman" <tol...@frontiernet.net> wrote in message
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[Larry Jaques]

On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:19:33 GMT, "Wade Lippman"
<tol...@frontiernet.net> pixelated:

>What do you suggest doing a search on to find that thread?

goto http://google.com with your browser
click on the Groups tab
click on Advanced Groups Search
enter "how clean brushes" in the "all the words" field
enter "rec.woodworking" in the newsgroup field
select "100 messages" from the dropdown box
select a narrower date range if you wish
click on the Google Search button
half a second later you'll have a passel o' answers.

(Note the actual post subjects for later use.)

>"jcofmars" <jcof...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:38b6a3a72d7127a5...@news.teranews.com...
>> Take a look at this recent thread.....
>>
>http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=UU4Za.26
>>
>745%24vx3.7464671%40kent.svc.tds.net&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dhow%2Bclean%2
>>
>Bbrushes%2Bgroup:rec.woodworking

I picked the key words out of the code above.
"how clean brushes rec.woodworking"

HOW TO DO A REGULAR GOOGLE SEARCH THE SHORT WAY
-----------------------------------------------

You could also use this base for a Google search:
"http://google.com/search?&q="

and add your search words to the end like this:
"how+to+search+google"

giving you a final search string:
http://google.com/search?&q=how+to+search+google

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[Bob S.]

Larry,

Why didn't you just tell him that you send your brushes out to the dry
cleaners - no fuss, no muss.....;-)

[Philip Edward Lewis]

http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~flip/brush.html

That's my technique... (and some other guy's)

if you have "hints and tips" let me know and i'll stick them in
there..

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be safe.
flip
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[Larry Jaques]

On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:41:52 GMT, "Bob S." <spam-...@nowhere.com>
pixelated:

>Larry,
>
>Why didn't you just tell him that you send your brushes out to the dry
>cleaners - no fuss, no muss.....;-)

'Cuz I use old t-shirts to wipe on my clearcoats.
THAT's why.

[Andy Dingley]

On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:57:42 -0400, "Sam Hopkins"
<samuel....@marconi.com> wrote:

> Just wanted to check and see how others clean their brushes and
>see if there was a better way.

I don't clean them. Instead I store them wet in one of these:
http://www.bozzle.com/dt_brushmate.html

It _really_ works ! The test brush has been in there over a year and
it's still ready to paint.

If I'm changing colours, or I'm not using the brush again, then I
might clean a brush. But most of the time I leave the brushes with
the primer and the one with the white gloss paint (pretty much all I
use) just sitting in the store.

[nosp...@vcoms.net]

Presoaking in solvent helps material stop drying near the ferrule and
aids in cleaning also.

On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:57:42 -0400, "Sam Hopkins"
<samuel....@marconi.com> wrote: