Hello Community!

Has anyone found the recommendations on how to clean brushes after Liquin?

I found one mentioning that I need to wash brushes in odorless paint thinner every hour to avoid the chemical near ferrule. At the end just to wash with soap and water.

Can that odorless paint thinner be reused after or alkyd resin stays in the solvent dispersed and does not settle down rather contaminating brushes than cleaning when using reworked solvent?

Would you help if you know the answer?

thank you.
sunnylady.

    Okay, I reached W&N. They responded very quick. They kinda did not confirm about washing every hour is mandatory to keep brushes alive, but they said that solvent ODP is suitable and medium will settle down at the bottom and solvent can be reused for cleaning again.

    I hope it helps someone.

      I never really thought about it.. I almost always use OMS for basic cleaning of my brush.. basic.. I get most off using a paper towel and really only clean when I need super clean color or at the end of a session. I have a tiny container used for air plein painting. I do NOT beat my brushes.. none of them.. they are well behaved as a rule 😃 so I dont need nearly as much OMS as Bob would use during a show. About once every few months I clean and condition my brushes.

      Anything that dries quicker needs more frequent cleaning in at least the appropriate thinners to stop it drying in the brush. I am currently using MJS Tv techniques incorporating acrylic underpainting and oil layers on top with and without liquin. The more liquin in the mix, the more often the brush needs cleaning in thinners to get the liquin out and protect the bruch. I would suggest every half hour to hour to be on the safe side; even less, if you want to be really sure. The drying of the paint on your palette will give you a (belated) indication.

      wybnormal thank you! I do not beat my brushes as well. They behave well. I do pretty much the same: towel, dip into thinner and then more towel, rinse in thinner, wash with laundry soap till water is clear, shape and dry. I used baby oil to condition natural bristles after washed once in a month or for long breaks.

      I tried to wash with cheap soy oil to avoid paint thinners, but it turns it is somewhat semi drying oil and after that oil it still needs water and laundry soap.

      I use mostly synthetic brushes and they are quite forgiving. In the worst case I will put them in kitchen degreaser for couple of hours and they come out clean.

      I do all of this due to having no access to better art and art maintenance supplies.
      Also in the home builders store there is no variety of paint thinners over here and one which is available has more aromatics hydrocarbons in it, meaning more danger for the health.

          DaveJ thank you so much for your help!
          Now I am educated and assess the risks better. I will take painting with Liquin only for out of home painting sessions since my studio is a part of living room and we have no garage.

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