How to get dried paint out of paintbrush

#How to get dried paint out of paintbrush how to#

Acetone is inexpensive an easy to find in any home improvement store.Д¤ вЂ“ Dunk the brush and swish it around. рџ‰Дў вЂ“ Wipe as much excess paint out of the brush with a rag, or in my case a dish towel.ДЈ вЂ“ Fill a cup with a cup or so of acetone, I happened to have a can of it on hand from that time I tried to cut a bottle with string.

acetone (the active ingredient in fingernail polish remover)ДЎ вЂ“ Find some oil paint and dunk your brush in it.

#How to get dried paint out of paintbrush how to#

Like most new things, the process for figuring out how to clean my oil based paint brushes started with a little googling and I quickly found this tutorial from Kristi, but I didnвЂ™t have any mineral spirits on hand so I improvised and after a few minutes I had a nice and clean paint brush. Sometimes it just is what it is, if you know what I mean.ДЄnd with the use of the oil based primer and paint comes either the a) throw the brush away after every use or, b) figure out how to clean all of that nasty stuff off that dang brush solution.ДЄnd since good quality paint brushes are not exactly pocket change I opted to try my hand at option b. And I was thrilled to get more вЂњsometimes weвЂ™ve just gotta use some VOCsвЂќ comments than вЂњI would never ever use VOCs, even if it was apparent it would be the best product for the jobвЂќ.

You know вЂ¦ pillows and plantings and decorating a church pew stuff.Д«ut, back along the home improvement front, we talked about the primer we used on the exterior here. рџ™‚ДЄnd in the last couple of weeks we had visits from my mom, mother-in-law, sister-in-law and niece (who turned 12 while she was here!) so thereвЂ™s been quite a bit of non-house stuff going on, in addition to some just-for-plain-fun house stuff. You know, without making a mess of the entire sidewalk. Amidst all of the more home renovation stuff weвЂ™ve been up to I find it fun to just sit at the table with a little glue and glitter every now and again and work on something that I donвЂ™t need to think вЂњwill the future home ownerвЂ™s like this?вЂќ, вЂњhow will this effect resale?вЂќ or вЂњhow exactly am I going to repaint the entire exterior all by myself?вЂќ. IвЂ™m sharing a super cute and easy little spring craft over at Remodelaholic today. This post may contain affiliate links which wonвЂ™t change your price but will share some commission.