Cleaning red paint out of brushes

Callandor · Post by **Callandor** » Wed May 06, 2009 10:01 am

Maybe it is just me, but it seems like red paint is much harder to clean out of my brushes than other colors. Why is that? Is there a trick to make it easier? What is the best way to clean brushes in general?

Kylwell · Post by **Kylwell** » Wed May 06, 2009 10:07 am

I use The Masters brush cleaner. Work it into the brush and rinse out. Repeat if need be. It'll even restore brushes with dried on paint (I know, I do it a lot).

kenlilly106 · Post by **kenlilly106** » Wed May 06, 2009 7:24 pm

Red and blue pigments are notoriously difficult to remove from brushes, one of the old-time recommendations if you're going to paint a lot of reds or blues is to use a separate brush for each color family.

Ken

Lt. Z0mBe · Post by **Lt. Z0mBe** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:15 pm

To clear red, dip in blue before hitting with thinner. To clear blue, dip in red before hitting with thinner. This is "the old trick" you seek.

I hope this helps.

Kenny

Post by **TER-OR** » Thu May 07, 2009 9:14 pm

Kenny, did you just tell them to take the red pill?

Neb · Post by **Neb** » Fri May 08, 2009 12:08 am

kenlilly106 wrote:Red and blue pigments are notoriously difficult to remove from brushes, one of the old-time recommendations if you're going to paint a lot of reds or blues is to use a separate brush for each color family.

Ken

Amen to that----I just learned the hard way with Insignia Blue Acryl. Ended up doing a complete teardown, including the air plunger and spring assembly.

It was like a fine, transluscent film of indgo blue ink was everywhere!