sippog
Member
This comes under the heading of things I wish somebody had told me about sooner. Cant see any previous posts on this topic so I hope I\'m not re-hashing:
If you use expensive brushes (squirrel, sable etc) it pays too look after them. A tip I picked up is to melt soap shavings with water into a jar to make a paste and dip your brushes into it before using them and also after rinsing at the end of a session before you put them away. The coating of soap helps protect them and keep the points.
An alternative is to buy a bar of the gritty paint brush soap sold in art shops and keep it in a covered container so that it stays soft. You can scrub off even quite dried in paint that way.
Just remember not to lick your brushes afterwards!!
Anybody else got any tips on this topic?
If you use expensive brushes (squirrel, sable etc) it pays too look after them. A tip I picked up is to melt soap shavings with water into a jar to make a paste and dip your brushes into it before using them and also after rinsing at the end of a session before you put them away. The coating of soap helps protect them and keep the points.
An alternative is to buy a bar of the gritty paint brush soap sold in art shops and keep it in a covered container so that it stays soft. You can scrub off even quite dried in paint that way.
Just remember not to lick your brushes afterwards!!
Anybody else got any tips on this topic?
