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Cleaning Oil Paints out of Brushes

I do a lot of painting and teaching painting. I clean brushes with soap and water or clothes washing powder made into a wet paste. Cleaning is easier if the brushes are rubbed into a rag first.

Artists oil paint is made of pigment with linseed or sunflower oil. If you got linseed oil on your hands in the kitchen you would just clean it off with soap and water. Soap surrounds the oil and pigment with a slippery coating. This is a low effort and less toxic studio practice.

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If the paint on the paint brush is still wet, you could just put it under some water from a tap until all the paint comes off. If the paint is dry and won't come out easily you could leave the brush in a bowl of very hot water and hopefully the paint will soon melt off.

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In turpintine Your best bet would be to soak the brushes in "mineral spirits" overnight, then rinse with mineral spirits the next day

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Mineral spirits is the most common way. If your desperate you can use anything oil based, veg. oil, baby oil........

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11y ago

I stand my brushes in a can wit 2-3 inches of thinner for a couple of hours, then wash them in warm soapy water,

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