i need to know the name of the product.How to clean oil paint off paintbrushes?
any brand of turps (aka. turpentine) should do the trick, soak them for a little while before rinsing and repeat.How to clean oil paint off paintbrushes?
I need to add that before you soak the brushes in the turpentine, it helps if you wipe the residual paints with a rag or a piece of napkin.
I have used ';Turpenoid Natural';, a non-toxic, nonflamable oil paint cleaner to cleanse and condition my brushes at the same time, immediately after the paints have been removed with a rag. Afterwards, I'd use warm water and soap but the citrus oil really does a great job of cleaning and conditioning.
Turpentine or mineral spirits can be harsh to your brushes if that is all you do to preserve your brushes.
To save money, you can even use regular cooking oil to clean your brushes. Then you can clean the brushes with warm water and soap.
I use Graham oil paints and use walnut oil to clean my brushes. Get two canisters and pour walnut oil (found in grocery stores or anyone who carries M. Graham paints) into each canister. Use one for dirty and one for clean. After scumbling your brush in dirty, wipe excess oil off with a rag, then go into the clean to take off any dirty oil. Walnut oil conditions brushes too, so you will have a better, longer lasting brush afterwards. You can also recycle the oil at a gas station just like engine oil. So it's green.
there are paintbrush cleaners you can buy specific for brushes,
SAV-A-BRUSH® Brush Restorer
http://www.o-geepaint.com/Painttools/Add…
Turpenoid odorless, (but do not smell anyways, still hazardous)
http://www.artsupply.com/weber/turpenoid…
Super Degreaser
http://www.syntecchemicals.co.uk/eco-fri…
check local hardware stores that carry paint products,
~acetone(nail polish) can remove built up layers, but also can ruin brush, not safe on skin,
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After using turpentine, I always wash my brushes with some soap and warm water to get them really clean.
turpentine... paint-thinner...mineral spirits... last resource plain old gasoline...(*highly flammable*)...
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