Brush Care

Brush Care

Before using for the first time.

If brush's hair is fixed by a protective substance Before using the brush, put it into a glass of water with a temperature less than 50 C (122 F) for 5-10 minutes.

After that rinse it out in clean water.

After-Painting Care

After painting, rinse a brush thoroughly trying to remove all the paint.

Use an appropriate solvent.

Type of paint	Solvent	Brush can be left in the solvent for no longer than
Oil paints	White spirit Turpentine	1 hour 1 hour
Acrylic paints, Water Colours, or Gouche	Water with temperature 45-55 C (113-131 F)	1 hour

Do not leave brushes in solvent for any longer than stated above as this could result in a hair loss. After taking the brush out of the solvent rinse its hair in the water and dry it out at room temperature.

Keeping The Hair Shape

Don't leave brush's hair in the contact with a bottom of the glass with a solvent even for a short time. Hair might lose its shape forever. Use a glass with a special brush's holder to prevent the hair from contact with the walls or bottom of the glass.

Hair of a dry brush could also lose its shape. Keep a brush horizontally or on the handle

(hair up).

When using acrylic paint rinse your brushes regularly in water, this helps to stop paint drying on the brush. Acrylic paints dry out fast especially near a ferrule and the paint is difficult to remove afterwards.

Sometimes if hair has lost its shape you might recover the shape by putting the brush into water at a temperature of 80-90 C (176-194 F) for 2-3 minutes.

The Other Recommendations

Don't press on a brush while picking up a paint, painting or rinsing the brush

(Especially, if it has a soft hair).

Always rinse a brush in the water after using a solvent.

If you don't use a brush for a long time keep it in a closed box.

Colour Shapers

Colour Shapers are highly versatile painting tools, with a silicone tip.

Colour Shaper allows you to move paint easily, apply pastel, carve images in wet paint, sculpt clay and creatively decorate walls and furniture. Because they do not absorb paint like a brush, you can simply wipe them clean.

Colour Shaper Originally designed as a 'replacement finger' it allows the user to:

• Apply and remove acrylic and oil paint with ease.
• Blend, smudge and define pastels
• Apply and remove masking fluid
• Create decorative effects on glass, ceramics and metal