This is The Master's Brush Cleaner and Preserver and it's THE BEST I’ve ever found. It reminds me of the saddle soap my dad used to use to shine some of the shoes on Saturday night for Sunday church. It’s very simple to use. You just moisten the brush, rub it on the surface of the soap to pick some up, and then agitate it on the palm of one hand until all the paint is out. Then you rinse it and let it dry. If you want, after you’ve cleaned the brush you can reload it with soap. Shape the bristles and let it dry. The brush is like new!
This stuff works really well. I had an old brush that had been allowed to dry with acrylic paint on the natural bristles. I thought the brush was a goner so I didn’t have anything to lose to try to clean it. It took several applications of the soap and some strong agitation but that brush is back in use.
Maintaining your brushes will give them a longer life and make your painting easier. When a brush gets a buildup of paint at the base of the bristles, near the ferrule, the bristles are splayed and the brush will not hold the proper shape. That prevents you from getting a dependable stroke from the bush. So, it is important that the brush be cleaned routinely to prevent that buildup.
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