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Then I work them on the glass palette, kneading back and forth to loosen up the paint down deep into the ferrules. If I do need a deep clean I use either Turpenoid “Natural”, the citrus based cleaner in the green can, and let them stand in that for 10 minutes. Otherwise a daily rinse in the OMS and they’re ready for the next day. So I only clean them with other than OMS when I’m using some kind of a drying medium. Marc Hanson I’m personally not nuts about introducing other oils into my paint through my brushes. I appreciate everyone else’s great tips! For my encaustic brushes, I just leave the paint in the brush, and use a lot of brushes (one for each color). Finally, for those times when I forget to do that, I soak the now stiff brushes in “Better Way” brush cleaning fluid…very effective stuff, but be careful - it will take the paint right off the handle if you soak them too deep. Then to the sink where I wash with “The Masters” brush cleaner (big tub) until no more colored soap comes out of the bristles. Marilyn Fenn First I clean them using Turpenoid (for oil) or water (for acrylic, watercolor, ink), until no paint comes off onto a paper towel. Ĭoralee McNee I use Dove – I think that the moisturizer in the soap helps keep the bristles conditioned. How they’re made, different types, uses, care etc.Ĭheryl Greenfield What great suggestions already…Since it’s been awhile w/oils and now w/new brushes… thanks to all for these tips!! ĭeanna Schrell AFTER YOU CLEAN THEM DIP IN MILK AND SHAPE AND THEY WILL DRY JUST LIKE YOU JUST BOUGHT IT IN THE STORE. I used to store mine in Murphy’s oil soap when I didn’t want to clean them.

Utahpainter Johnson I think the trick to cleaning is keeping the ferrule dry so that the bristles don’t rot up inside the paintbrush and come loose. Mark Robert Sheehan Mineral spirits,dry,then soap and water followed after drying by mineral oil if you use oil paint. Fill up an old pump soap dispenser and use just what I need. Karen Fox Tarlton Ivory bar soap when finished painting…nothing beats it! Įdward Kennedy I use Murphy’s oil soap. I use water miscible oils which are just magic, very easy to clean and take care of, better for the environment and for lazy brush people like me! I always work better when everything is ready to go as well. I rinse my tub out and refill, then stack my brushes in their holes on the side to dry (I flick off the worst of the water and shape first) and set them back ready for the next session! Then rinse and repeat until wiping them on the soap leaves no stain. I use laundry soap and massage the bristles thoroughly from the base to the tip. At the end of the session (or the end of that brush’s run) I put them all in the tub and head off to the sink to give them a good clean. Next to my easel I have a fresh cleaning tub to keep my brushes fresh while painting. Jennie Rosenbaum Good question! I hate cleaning my brushes so I have a very rigid system to make sure I actually do take care of them. I have been using it for years.Dip brushes in it and work it into the paintbrush hairs. Sandra Dechiro Wegmann Murphy Oil Soap, works wonders for cleaning brushes. Teri Granger Martin Soak for 5-10 minutes in baby oil (yes, baby oil) – This gets a lot of paint and medium off before washing thoroughly with mild soap and warm water. Here is what the Art Pros on Facebook had to say at their paintbrush tips: (one even made an entertaining video, be sure check it out below!)

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So, what if I ask my Facebook friends (many are professional artists) to help me with great brush cleaning tips? This is what I posted on both my personal Facebook profile and my Fine Art Tips fan page: Help! “My paintbrushes are having a bad-hair-day!” Please share your tips for keeping your paintbrushes clean! If you have a good tip, I will use it and link to you in an upcoming post on ! Thanks for sharing your tips with other artists!

A while ago I asked my Twitter friends to share their tips and for this amazing post > 14 Art Business Tips from the Top Pros on Twitter. This lead me to a great idea for a blog post. Recently on Facebook, I posted a quote that gave me a lot of interesting replies and comments, “My paintbrushes are having a bad-hair day!” ~Lori McNee

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