What brushes

Originally Posted by Vince-Vell

Little trick for you, when washing the brushes after a nice session of painting. If you want the brush to keep its tip/point. Wet your finger tips and rub it on a bar soap or liquid soap to get a soapy feel. Then use your finger tips on the brush and get it to a fine tip and let it dry that way with that small soapy water.

It drys sorta hard, but doesnt damage the brush. So when you go to use it next time its keeps it point and this helps you keep the brush longer. And any soap residueon the brush washes right off.

My professor in college who was a master painter told me this trick and i have kept brushes a long time and nice points to them.

Good tip! My problem is, my painting is always interrupted by a screaming child (which means I have to drop my brushes and run), or by a screaming wife (which means I have to drop my brushes and run faster).

-Phil

[alexeicrow]

screaming wife (which means I have to drop my brushes and run faster).

Lol - nice

[Pun1313]

I have heard of after you finishing paint clean the brush, and
then pop the brush part in your mouth and use your spit to straighten
it out. Now I never tried this method, but I heard it works.

Tom

[Vince-Vell]

Originally Posted by Pun1313

I have heard of after you finishing paint clean the brush, and
then pop the brush part in your mouth and use your spit to straighten
it out. Now I never tried this method, but I heard it works.

Tom

Yup spit also works out too. Did that a few times in college, but after seeing my one professor doing it all the time with oils. He acted like a crack head, so i stuck to the soap method.

But you can spit on the tip of the brush and push it to a fine point, thus being a old school method.

[Danno]

Originally Posted by Pun1313

I have heard of after you finishing paint clean the brush, and
then pop the brush part in your mouth and use your spit to straighten
it out. Now I never tried this method, but I heard it works.

Tom

LOL! That's me to a tee.....I learned that from my professor, a little spit goes a long way in keeping the brushes sharp.

[Danno]

Originally Posted by alexeicrow

Tahnks danno - but what i need to get. I man sizes and which series please and if flat heah rounded etc. That i have no clue at the moment.

My main brushes are:

10/0 Spotter
10/0 Liner
10/0 Filbert

20/0 Spotter
20/0 Liner

1 Filbert
2 Filbert
3 Filbert

I have tons of others...but these are what I use on a very regular basis

[alexeicrow]

thanks danno for the tips

Originally Posted by alexeicrow

thanks danno for the tips

Same here - thanks!!

-Phil