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The horizontal Brush Rack helps keeps paint out of bristles near the ferrule of your brushes, making them last longer.
Clean brushes with a solvents, such as turpentine, mineral spirits, then again with soap and water. Solvents leave a residue, which will build up, making the brush less responsive. Rinse them thoroughly, and let them dry in a horizontal position. Once they're dry you can stick them back in that old jar you like to keep them in.
The same principals apply but beware acrylics dry quikly! The buildup near the feral problem applies doubly. One of the luxuries of oil paint, is its' extended open time, however, that is also one of its' drawbacks.
Watercolors can be re-wetted so the problem of buildup is much reduced, it is however, not eliminated, and the care of a fine sable brush, will extend its' life considerably. The same basic principles as with all brushes still apply.
A good way to manage your cleaning solvent, is to use two or three
jars. One is kept empty, the other two can have turpentine in them. If
you let a jar of dirty turpentine sit for a couple of days, all the
pigment will settle to the bottom, now you can pour the clean turpentine
into the empty jar to clean your brushes, then pour it back in the
settling jar. After a while, ( depending on usage ) you'll have to put
new solvent into the system, but you have extended the life of the
solvent, and the environment will thank you. You can take the dead jars
to the hazardous waste disposal site, and very little nasty stuff will
have gone down your drain.
When you wakeup one sunny morning, and you find your brushes lying
there stiff as a board, dead as it where, unresponsive to your delicate
artistic touch, and you get that, "gee I wish I had......", thought in
your head, well you'd better wait till you see the replacement cost,
before you start crying the Blues. We all learn eventually....rog
