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I use mostly water based or latex paints now unlike years ago when everything was alkyd paint. I'm having a problem getting all the paint out from up under the ferrule when cleaning the paint out of the brushes and fitches. Unless I leave them standing in water they go "bad" after a short while. Any suggestions?
-------------------- Jean Shimp Shimp Sign & Design Co. Jacksonville Beach, Fl Posts: 1265 | From: Jacksonville Beach, Fl. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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I use mostly Mack brushes for waterbase paint. I always wet them before dipping in paint. I don't paint too long, maybe 20 minutes before rinsing them again. They are lasting better than my quills for oil base ever lasted.
I would like to know how to get the dried paint out when they do finally get dirty.
-------------------- Chuck Peterson Designs San Diego, CA Posts: 1050 | From: San Diego, CA USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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I clean mine with warm water and GoJo Hand cleaner, then rinse well. I start with warm water only, and clean until the rinse is clear, then add a dab of GoJo and clean again. You will see more color after adding the hand cleaner.
Denatured alcohol works pretty well for removing dried latex paint.
-------------------- Don Hulsey Strokes by DON signs Utica, KY 270-275-9552 sbdsigns@aol.com
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Have you ever noticed an ammonia smell when you open a can of latex paint? Ammonia and hot water for initial cleaning, then dawn dish detergent and hot/warm water for the final cleaning.
Use a brass bristle brush to help remove any hardened paint near the ferrule, brushing towards the tip of the bristles only - not toward the ferrule.
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I also use Mack water based brushes and like Chuck said, I always wet them with water before use and rinse them occasionally during use. An ultrasonic cleaner, (a quality one), (not a plastic one) works wonders.
Water based brushes are lasting much longer then my oil based ones.
As far as latex ammonia smell, not all latex paints smell the same. Some have a nice mild smell.
Bob
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Bob Kaschak Artisan Sign And Design Peru New York Posts: 1873 | From: Upstate NY | Registered: Jul 2002
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I take it that all these answers refer to latex paint. What if it's acrylic paint?
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Awwwwwwwwww, What Bob wrote, I also use Kafka Striping brushes with latex paints and they are great. What are you striping with latex paints? And now I am going to go back in my shop and gently caress my cans of leaded based 1-Shot.
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Speaking of cleaning brushes, I just read where you shouldn't be cleaning paint brushes when a septic tank is involved. Does anyone know if this is a potential problem with the small brushes we use? I always wipe as much of the paint off as I can before cleaning in the laundry tub.
-------------------- Dave Sherby "Sandman" SherWood Sign & Graphic Design Crystal Falls, MI 49920 906-875-6201 sherwoodsign@sbcglobal.net Posts: 5396 | From: Crystal Falls, MI USA | Registered: Apr 1999
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The cleanest I ever got a brush of water based paint was when I'd used it beforehand in oil based paint, and the ferrule was essentially full of clean oil.
There was no way it could suck water and paint up in there, and after I'd finished with it, the brush washed clean really easily.
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I wet my brushes before use. Then, to clean, I rinse them out in water first, then I spray some Rapid Prep in the palm of my hand, lay the brush in it for a few seconds, & then squeeze it up into the ferrule. You'll see the paint coming out. Then rinse it again in water, & you're good to go. I've been using the same Haydn sables for 10 years now & they're still in fine shape.
-------------------- Rodger MacMunn T.R. MacMunn & Sons C.P.207, Sharbot Lake, ON 613-279-1230 trmac@frontenac.net Posts: 472 | From: Sharbot Lake, Ontario | Registered: Nov 2003
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