posted September 30, 2012 08:48 PM
I'm trying out the Ronan Aquacote Bulletin Enamel and it's working great so far. But, altho I make it a practice to drop the brush in the water jar if I'm not going to be using it for a minute, the paint dries very quickly and I'm having trouble cleaning the brush. The stuff is very hard to get out of the heel. Any solvents stronger than soap and water for acrylics that dried?
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posted September 30, 2012 09:46 PM
Acetone or Alcohol might work depending on what kind of brush you were using.
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Kelly Thorson Kel-T-Grafix 801 Main St. Holdfast, SK S0G 2H0 ktg@sasktel.net Posts: 5496 | From: Penzance, Saskatchewan | Registered: May 2002
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posted September 30, 2012 10:19 PM
Maybe Joey's long time recommended ultrasonic cleaner unit?
Maybe with some water based solvents?
Jump in here Joey!!!
I don't use an ultrasonic unit for brushes, but thanks to you, we use one to clean our goggles and Shirl's jewelry. Best investment we ever made!
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posted October 01, 2012 01:54 PM
Zylene (or Zylol) is in Goof Off. It is available everywhere. Strong smelling and carcinogenic. Acetone works better, but once acrylic water based paints set up, nothing really can get all of them. I have even tried methyl chloride and various paint strippers for typical boar bristle or some synthetic bristle brushes. Sometimes it works. I try anything as I would rather try with something than simply throw the brush away.
Nothing melts out like lacquer with acetone. Latex just gets too set up.
My best latex brushes get triple washed and I wash with laundry detergent. I leave them hang with the bristles down and some vegetable oil in them to be rinsed out with min spts before next use. Must work as I have a couple of 3' boar bristle ones I have had for 30 years this way.
I did try plain old gasoline in some that were just about gone. Let them soak a week in it and then soaped them up and combed them fairly clean. They were OK, but not my faves anymore.
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posted October 01, 2012 04:54 PM
Like Tim said.....Goof Off. Nasty stuff, Xylene is nasty stuff. One whiff and I can feel my brain cells frying...don't have enough to spare as it is. Best thing is to always keep your brushes wet, then wash out with soap and water when you're done..
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posted October 01, 2012 06:02 PM
Actually something that does seem to work well is hand sanitizer. Soak brushes with dried acrylic in it for a few hours. Using it at the end of each session (work it well into the heel) keeps my artists brushes from build up. I believe it is just the alcohol that works, but being a gel it seems to be easier to work with.
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Kelly Thorson Kel-T-Grafix 801 Main St. Holdfast, SK S0G 2H0 ktg@sasktel.net Posts: 5496 | From: Penzance, Saskatchewan | Registered: May 2002
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posted October 01, 2012 09:39 PM
Kelly, What a great idea! I will definitely try sanitizer. Alcohol and great smelling.
-------------------- Preston McCall 112 Rim Road Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 text: 5056607370 Posts: 1552 | From: Santa Fe, New Mexico | Registered: Nov 1998
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posted October 05, 2012 12:54 AM
rapid remover and a sonic cleaner if you have one, if not let it soak a couple days. rapid tac works great as a flow enhancer also. I used to use it with the deka sign paints, and it works with ronan also
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