[guide.chat] safe paint brush cleaner

From: vanessa <qwerty1234567a@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "GUIDE CHAT" <guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:26:46 +0100
There are three methods below on how to clean paintbrushes or buy twelve 
paintbrushes for one pound in the pound shop, use and after use the wood of the 
paintbrush can be made for the stem of a paper flower by covering with strips 
of green crepe or tissue paper.

The Secret of Oil Painting Without Solvents

Don't like the smell of turpentine or mineral spirits...
even the low odor kind is too much?
Worried about health effects?
No problem!
There are ways to avoid nasty solvents.
 
Method #1
Use a painting knife

The simplest and and least expensive method is to set aside your brushes for 
the painting knife. Use whatever paint you have and the knives you most likely 
have as well. Knives are cleaned with a quick wipe of the cloth. No need for 
solvents at all. It's easier to maintain pure color. With a little practice 
you'll soon pick up the technique.

Painting Knife ? A blunt knife with a slightly flexible steel blade and no 
sharpened cutting edge. It is used in place of a brush for applying paint 
colors, paste, pigments, and so forth directly onto the canvas or painting 
surface. Between the handle and the blade there is usually a large crank, to 
keep the artist's hand off the paint surface. Painting knives come in a 
multitude of styles, shapes, and sizes.
 
Method #2
Walnut Oil With Regular Oil Paint

Use walnut oil made especially for oil painting. Use a drop or two to loosen up 
stiff paint. Use it like solvent to clean brushes during a painting session. 
Fill your stainless steel brush cleaner with walnut oil and swish the brush as 
normal. Squeeze out all the oil you can and then wash with soap and water at 
the end of the day. Use special brush cleaning soap if necessary. Let the soap 
set in the bristles over night in stubborn cases. For hardened brushes you can 
soak in fabric softener over night.

A tip from William Whitaker:  After getting soap into the brush, grab the end 
of the bristles with your left hand and, while holding the brush handle with 
your right hand, wiggle the brush handle back and forth several times - doing 
this helps remove the stubborn paint that is close to the ferrule and will 
extend the life of your brushes.

It really helps to use a creamier oil paint for the no solvent methods. 
Maimeri, Rembrandt and M. Graham are good ones to try. M. Graham's are made 
with walnut oil.
 
Method #3
The Sporny Solution...with Regular Oil Paint
Traditional Oil Painting Without the Hazards

If the traditional oil painter is willing to follow simple instructions 
designed for The Sporny Solution? products, an efficient, fume-free studio 
environment is assured. All Four Products in the The Sporny Solution? line up 
contain NO VOCs, nor citrus of any kind. All three Media ? the Light Medium, 
Heavy Medium, and Time Extender -- are blends of tested, superior professional 
grade, non-yellowing, highest elasticity, archival-class oil painting 
materials. The clean-up Solvent is user-friendly, does not evaporate, and can 
be recycled many times.

?I have successfully used the Sporny Solution for ten years, all through grad 
school and professionally. I recently started a non-toxic oil painting workshop 
in my own studios. Everyone uses the Sporny Solution materials, carefully 
following the easy directions. We have a completely fume-free painting class?.


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