tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11297940.post4508336593946914804..comments2024-03-11T03:42:22.788-07:00Comments on Katherine Kean Fine Art: Brush Cleaning with Safflower OilKatherine Keanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03466330357052340620noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11297940.post-47547795206738691952013-10-15T11:22:33.434-07:002013-10-15T11:22:33.434-07:00It does depend on the brush. Small flats and brigh...It does depend on the brush. Small flats and brights can rest okay, rounds and filberts not as well. I used to just rest them sideways in a saucer of oil. Now I have a metal contraption that has a coil at the top to hold the brush by the handle. I sit this in a ceramic crock with a few inches of household safflower oil. The plastic tubs you mention would probably be fine, after all the Safflower oil comes in a plastic bottle and I keep most of the mediums I use in plastic squeeze bottles.<br /><br />Life is so much better without brush cleaning!Katherine Keanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03466330357052340620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11297940.post-340177688096341042013-10-15T07:49:05.887-07:002013-10-15T07:49:05.887-07:00Hi Katherine.
I hate cleaning brushes too.
A coup...Hi Katherine.<br />I hate cleaning brushes too.<br /><br />A couple of acrylic and watercolor painter friends of mine have plastic tub things with grooves that suspend their brushes in water without the tips of the brushes touching the bottom of the container and getting bent.<br />I guess one could use it for oil painting. (using safflower oil instead of water)<br /><br />Do you find your brushes are OK sitting on the bottom of the tin, or do you suspend them off the bottom somehow? Thick brushes would probably be OK anyway.jeronimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099993403604440221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11297940.post-72928098140518999262011-05-17T19:28:51.982-07:002011-05-17T19:28:51.982-07:00Hi Marianne,
I don't think it will make a brus...Hi Marianne,<br />I don't think it will make a brush already hardened with dried paint any softer, but it will keep brushes from drying out in the first place.Katherine Keanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03466330357052340620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11297940.post-19976201850853858212011-05-16T13:26:14.856-07:002011-05-16T13:26:14.856-07:00Oh my gosh. I never heard of this! I love this ide...Oh my gosh. I never heard of this! I love this idea and it seems so much easier and cleaner than most other options. Will it soften hard brushes too?mariannehttp://www.awakencreativity.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11297940.post-62259746989470104072009-07-28T09:42:35.731-07:002009-07-28T09:42:35.731-07:00It works wonders at keeping the brushes soft. Than...It works wonders at keeping the brushes soft. Thanks for coming by!Katherine Keanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03466330357052340620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11297940.post-50476445480199724442009-07-26T19:38:30.556-07:002009-07-26T19:38:30.556-07:00A marvelous idea and undoubtedly better than the &...A marvelous idea and undoubtedly better than the 'Goop' (brand name) hand cleaner that I soak my brushes in.r garriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00601540194915313393noreply@blogger.com