Your brushes are your professional tools and they deserve only the best care!
Just a few minutes of your time can assure longer life for your most important investment in quality brushes. New brushes come shaped with a packing material. Gently rinse the packing material out of your brush with warm water, then wash with a little soap and rinse again. The brush is ready to use with all water based media. For oils, reshape and allow the brush to dry thoroughly before use.
FOLLOWING USE
1. Gently wipe out as much of the paint as possible from the fur or fiber.
2. Rinse well. For oils, gently working in mineral oil or baby oil and wiping out will save some exposure to thinner or turps.
3. Wash well with a good brush soap. Rinse well. Reshape brushes that are used for stroke work.
4. Lay flat to dry. Store brushes upright, protecting bristles or fibers from bending.
SPECIAL HINTS:
For Acrylics:
Prolong the life of your acrylic brushes by working a little Jo Sonja's Retarder Medium or Brush Soap & Conditioner into the fur or fiber, reshape and store. Even if they dry out of the brush, it won't hurt it. The use of the Retarder or Brush Soap & Conditioner can help prevent a buildup of pigment near the ferrule of the brush.
For Oils:
Leave a little Vaseline or baby oil in the brush.
If a brush should become bent during storage just briefly dip it into a cup of very hot (not boiling) water and give it a few swishes; this straightens out the fur or fiber.
