{"id":3036,"date":"2020-12-05T14:08:32","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T14:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/?p=3036"},"modified":"2020-12-05T14:09:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T14:09:49","slug":"paintbrush-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2020\/12\/05\/paintbrush-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"Paintbrush Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’ll be the first to admit, I treat my paintbrushes very badly. I buy cheap and hammer them until they are no longer usable. It’s a bad habit that I really need to change.<\/p>\n

Then while glancing through YouTube I came across a video on repairing brushes on a a Channel called Midwinter Minis<\/a> and thought I should really give that a go. Fellow club members had mentioned ways to clean brushes before but I needed something for poorly treated ones.<\/p>\n

The first surprise was in digging out all my paint brushes I discovered no less than 57! This is what they looked like.<\/p>\n

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The Used and Abused of the Paintbrush World<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The method for cleaning was very simple, first was to apply some washing up liquid. While doing this stage I started off just swishing the paintbrush in the liquid but then found myself massaging the liquid into the brush more which seemed to work better.<\/p>\n

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Washing Up Liquid then Hot Water and Vinegar, Finally Drying on a Cloth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then the brushes are put into boiling water that contains vinegar to wash off the soap. Finally to then dry the brush by drawing it across a cloth. While doing this I rotated the brush to help a new point form.<\/p>\n

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Before and After Using this Technique<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I took a before and after photo of a selection of my brushes to see if this cleaning method made any difference. As you can see I had a degree of success with this. I managed to get a good point on quite a few of the brushes while for others it made absolutely no difference.<\/p>\n

I’m being somewhat unfair with the flat brush in the middle as it did clean up nicely, but there were still lots of bristles that didn’t straighten.<\/p>\n

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Rescued at least Half of my Brushes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The end result was at least half of my brushes improving back to a point or close to. The technique did also suggest using a hair wax to get a point but I didn’t have any of that (or hair!), but I might revisit that idea at some point.<\/p>\n

Here’s hoping cleaning my brushes will restore my lost painting mojo at the moment.<\/p>\n

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