Xauhaudoom Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Hey folks, was wondering do you all clean your natural (kolinsky) hair brushes with a brush soap (Masters or Pink Soap) after each painting section or just rinse with clean cool water and use the brush cleaner once in awhile. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub3r_n3rd Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Hey folks, was wondering do you all clean your natural (kolinsky) hair brushes with a brush soap (Masters or Pink Soap) after each painting section or just rinse with clean cool water and use the brush cleaner once in awhile. Thanks! I like the Masters best. Clean with it and then put a bit on at the end to make a point and let it dry. The stuff conditions your brushes as well, so it's safe to leave on. I've also taken to putting a few drops of the pink soap in one of my rinse water cups to help keep it clean during painting sessions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RouterMike Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 I wash all my brushes with Pink Soap after every session. On the kolinskys, I do the same as Ub3r, using a bit of fresh pink soap to shape the tip until next session. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingo Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 I use Masters or plain bar Ivory soap. A fairly mild non-detergent soap at any rate. And I wash brushes after every painting session. Water alone won't get out all the acrylic and eventually the dried acrylic will gum up the hairs. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippen Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 (edited) I just shower with my brushes. Keeps 'em nice and clean and fragrant. Edited March 10, 2015 by skippen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnjeeps Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Huh, I only use the masters soap about once a month. Otherwise, I do use the pink soap in my rinse cup and keep a seperate dropper bottle of clean water for thinning paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenity Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 If I paint for only a short time, I will skip the soap. Keep in mind I rinse my brushes very frequently, however. Once in a while, I leave some soap (Pink Soap or Masters) or hair conditioner in the hairs, especially if the brush is having some problems holding its point. If a brush gets gunked up, something that happens only with my older, junky brushes, I use Winsor and Newton brush cleaner and preserver. It usually only takes a short soak to clean out the paint from the ferrule. When I try it on my better brushes, nothing comes out most of the time, presumably because I've been so careful to keep them clean. I condition the brushes after using W&N brush cleaner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xauhaudoom Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 Thanks for the info you all! I just received a shipment of Rosemary And Company brushes. I ordered a kolinsky size 1 and 3 round of the 33 Series. Also orded a size 0 and 3 Shiraz series, tried these with brush on primer, and they are good. The Shiraz series for synthetic brushes have an excellent snap compare to the golden and white taklon brushes I have tried. Will be using the kolinsky this weekend. Thanks again folk! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laoke Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I use Masters Soap at the end of every painting session, and I tend to leave a small amount of soap on the bristols to aid with shaping. I've been doing that for about 3 years and I haven't noticed any issues with my brushes being damaged by this practise. I also use Masters when I notice a buildup of paint on the brush, or when it takes longer than a couple of cleaning cycles to get the paint off the brush when changing colors. I definitely use it on a frequent basis when using the Tamiya Clear range of paints: they're so viscous that I tend to clean the brushes after about 5 minutes of painting with them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnjeeps Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I think you'll really like the Series 33. I use a series 33 size 0 for just about everything short of dry brushing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RouterMike Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Thanks for the info you all! I just received a shipment of Rosemary And Company brushes. I ordered a kolinsky size 1 and 3 round of the 33 Series. Also orded a size 0 and 3 Shiraz series, tried these with brush on primer, and they are good. The Shiraz series for synthetic brushes have an excellent snap compare to the golden and white taklon brushes I have tried. Will be using the kolinsky this weekend. Thanks again folk! Enjoy your R&Co brushes. I've been a size 1 and 3 Series 33 for several months now. I really like mine. I even picked up a squirrel hair brush for washes. The idea of painting with a squirrel hair brush amuses me, and they handle washes very well - though they're not so good for much else. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingo Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Thanks for the info you all! I just received a shipment of Rosemary And Company brushes. I ordered a kolinsky size 1 and 3 round of the 33 Series. Also orded a size 0 and 3 Shiraz series, tried these with brush on primer, and they are good. The Shiraz series for synthetic brushes have an excellent snap compare to the golden and white taklon brushes I have tried. Will be using the kolinsky this weekend. Thanks again folk! Enjoy your R&Co brushes. I've been a size 1 and 3 Series 33 for several months now. I really like mine. I even picked up a squirrel hair brush for washes. The idea of painting with a squirrel hair brush amuses me, and they handle washes very well - though they're not so good for much else. There is a reason why squirrel hair brushes are called "mops." The big ones are fan-freaking-tabulous for laying down very smooth blue skies in watercolor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junex Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I rinse a lot while painting, everytime before I reload my brush. Usually a final rinse at the end of a painting session is all that's needed before I keep my brushes. Maybe twice a month or after using them with metallic paints, whichever comes first, I wash them with shampoo, whatever we have in the bathroom at that time. Then some hair conditioner, again whatever the wife's using, rinse after 30 mins. My brushes look pretty happy. :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcktlnt Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Reading through this, I have garnered that cleaning the brushes is a daily thing and not a monthly thing. *rubs chin ponderingly* 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissMelons Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Meh, I clean mine once every four sessions and they're fine. But you should clean them frequently. @_@ /bad MM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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