Sunday, February 7, 2010

How to wash out the oil paint from the brush?

Is there some chemical to wash it out, or soap and water is the best way?How to wash out the oil paint from the brush?
You clean oil paint brushes by first wiping the paint out of them with a rag and turpentine, odorless turpenoid, or Livos solvent, you have to use small amounts of these because it is illegal in most places to rinse them down the drain, as they are highly pollutant. You can then rub soap into the bristles and rinse with water. Oil rags have to be disposed of in metal containers because they are highly flamable.How to wash out the oil paint from the brush?
The best method I know of: Wipe the brush well with paper towel or rag. Wash with paint thinner. Then use waterless hand cleaner (like mechanics use only without pumice, as that will wear out your brushes ) Then rinse with water. The hand cleaner emulsifies the paint and makes it water soluble. This cleans the paint out of the heel of the brush, where if it dries the brush is ruined. This REALLY WORKS WELL.
turpentine or linseed oil. There is also some eco friendly oil brush cleaners. Check your local hobby shop.
Turpentine, then when the paint is gone, soap and water, rinse, then dry before using the brush again.


If you are going to be using it straight away, just use the turpentine.
Maybe WD-40.
Well I usually use baby oil/canola oil to remove excess oil from my brush...i alos put oil on my brush and then i use soap and then water. Well that's what my art teacher taught up in my oil painting class.
The best way to clean your brushes without damaging them is:


Wipe off excess paint with paper towel.


Clean with turpentine or mineral spirits. Best stuff to use is odorless turpenoid sold in all art stores. Other option is to clean it with Phelps Naphta soap, works wonders, I had a jacket that had dried oil paint on it, my wife rubbged some wet soap on it , threw it in the washer. Now it is clean as new.


Put some soap on the brushes to form them if you are not going to use them right away, hand soap might work too.


Leave them till next use.
Turpentine or ';White Spirit';.
A premium paint thinner is Mineral Spirits. The odorless kind. Wipe off excess paint from your brush first. Swish your brush in a small, disposable container, apply soap in your hand and wash your brush in the palm of your hand. Rinse well. Shape your brushes and let air dry.





Acetone is harsh on brushes and water nor vinegar will work on oils. You can buy paint thinners at an art supply store, but they are expensive. Odorless Mineral Spirits can be purchased at any hardware store.. Happy painting!
Paint Thinner works pretty well.
It does'nt worth the cost of that.


You may but a new brush at that expense.


But some can be washed by warm water, just be careful not to pay 50 times the price of a brush to your plumber if you do that the wrong way.
Solvent is turpentine or Varsol.
You could try turpentine if you have any, or vinegar might work.
No. Do not use soap and water for oil paint, it simply will not work. Soap and water is the worst way. You need to use paint thinner or mineral spirits. In a pinch you can also use acetone. Vinegar will not work either, don't even think about it. Normal vinegar you but from the store is 95% water.





For oil paint you need mineral spirits aka paint thinnner, turpentine, and acetone will work as well.

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