Hello friends, it&#;s Mindy here. Have you ever had a paint brush get all frayed and frazzled? Well, I have and it&#;s pretty frustrating, particularly if the brush is quite new. Art supplies, especially good quality ones, can really add up so it&#;s a goal for most of us to make them last. I had just bought this wonderful brush about a week ago&#;on sale, of course&#;and I had only used it once. It&#;s a tiny brush and it&#;s meant for fine, intricate details and I just knew it was going to be perfect for some of the botanical paintings I had in mind to do. I was brimming with excitement about my newest brush. Sorry I don&#;t have a picture of it in all it&#;s sparkling brand new glory. I am precious about my supplies but not that precious.
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Anyhow, on Saturday while Aspasia and I were in painting class she asked me where her favorite brush was. Interestingly she&#;d really developed a liking for an absolutely awful old brush that most people would probably have tossed ages ago, but she was doing amazing work with it so whatever works. We didn&#;t have it with us, so she asked if she could borrow my new detail brush. I asked her to please treat it gently. It wasn&#;t until we got home later and I was looking though our supplies that I noticed in horror the condition of that brand new brush. I didn&#;t get a picture of it when it was at its worst, but I kid you not, it looked like a dandelion seed...how the top is going in all directions. Folks, don&#;t trust your teenagers with your new or favorite brushes or at least not before making sure they know how to properly use and care for them.
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Hi there,My dad, who wad a commercial artist, told me how to "train" brushes, which was something he said was a constant thing. He had brushes he used for many years.Now the first thing you need to do is get the brush as clean as possible.So if it is soiled with acrylic paint, you can get this stuff called "Goof-Off" from a paint store. It is a commercial acrylic and latex remover. Soak your bush in that for a few minutes and then wipe with a cloth. Then once you have removed all paint residue, then give the brush a good wash with soap and water. Rinse well and dry.Now if you have oil paint, then do the same thing with lacquer thinner instead of Goof-Off.Now that your brush is clean, it will probably look like it has had a bad hair day and be all frizzy. This is okay and normal. It is now time to train the brush, and this is how to do it.Get some Vaseline Petroleum Jelly and wipe a big gob into the rissoles. Wipe out the exes on a cloth and shape the brush to the desired shape. The Vaseline will hold the bristles to shape, but if it is stubborn and will not hold a shape, then take a piece of tin foil and wrap it around the head of the brush to corral those unruly bristles.Leave it alone for a good while , say 2 weeks to 2 months. During that time the bristles will take on there new shape. when you want to use the brush again, rinse it out in paint thinner to dissolve the Vaseline, and away you go with your fixed brush, good as new.TrainClown
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