How To Clean Natural Hair Paint Brushes

Purists may not want to do this especially with natural bristle brushes but a quick cleaning with water won t damage the bristles.

How to clean natural hair paint brushes. Wipe off any excess product onto a microfiber towel. Natural bristles don t hold their spring for very long in water so they don t work well with water based products. Massage the bristles with your fingers and bend them back and forth to loosen any remaining paint. This step is crucial if you re a makeup artist or have oily acne prone skin. Keep them clean and conditioned between uses with these tips.

Clean the brush in a bucket of soapy water use laundry or dish soap. 9 wash the brush with warm soapy water. Wipe excess oil paint from the brush with a soho wipe or cotton rag and then clean the residual pigment out of the brush in a brush washer filled with solvent or mineral spirits. But there is no problem washing these brushes and you really have to if you re going to store the brush because its the only way to get all the residual finish out of the brush. Fine natural hair is not very porous so it should release pigment easily.

Pour 1 8 cup of fabric softener and 4 cups of warm water into your bowl or bucket. Blot the excess solvent thoroughly on a paper towel or clean rag. In this 8 47 video i show you how to properly disinfect your brushes at home so you are free from germs and your tools will look just like new. Work the bristles for only one minute. Remove as much paint as your can from your paint brush by brushing it along an old rag or paper towel.

You want as little paint as possible still on your brush for a faster cleaning in the solvent. Make sure to wear gloves while rinsing your brush in the brush cleaner. To clean water based paint such as latex or acrylic off of your paint brush gibbons says you won t need much more than a good liquid dish detergent and warm water.