Wow, got something rolling...
It\'s cool seeing other people\'s tips and tricks.
I don\'t use a siringe for clean water, but I have dropper bottles for water and magic wash. You know, brown glass bottles with little eye droppers in them. I got them at the Health Food store. Someone else mentioned using old Visine bottles for this, and I just kind of went \"Doh! Wish I\'d thought of that!\"
I used to have multiple brush rinsing containters, but my cats like to drink out of my brush water. Not that it bothers me, but one of the cats paws everything when he drinks, so paints, brushes, unpainted minis, etc., go flying if he\'s drinking from my cups. So I use a one big, coverd brush tank to keep him off the table when I\'m not there.
Interesting thing about the brush tank - if you let the water sit, the pigment will settle out, and the water is clean again. Strange, but true.
My husband is in the Navy, and goes through a lot of cotton t-shirts. They get stained at the neck, and are no longer \"good\" for work. I cut these up for rags. Haven\'t tried socks, but since I have lots of \"odd socks\", maybe I should.
I have on of those flip-top GW empty paint pots with Plaid brush cleaner in it. It\'s really more of a solvent than brush cleaner. I\'ll soak brushes in the stuff if they are grungy, then work the paint out of the bristles. Then I apply Pink Soap (another brush cleaner/conditioner) and shape the bristles to restore the point of the brush.
Of course, it\'s my cheapy brushes that get this treatment. I take better care of the WNS7 and Vallejo brushes.
I never shape a brush in my mouth. I use cloth or paper towel.
When I ship my minis, I make a little box for them and custom-cut pieces of cheap sponge to fit the mini. That way, the owner has a customized box, like the ones they use for Lladro\'s, to hold the mini. I\'ve never had a mini shipped this way arrive broken.
