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Round Long Handle Scroll Brush (Ox Hair)| LTR-16
ITEM #: LTR-16_Size-08
PRICE: $12.00 Regular price Regularly: $15.00 Sale price Save $3.00/
Only 4 items in stock!
Long hair and a pointed tip make this our specialized scroll brush. A round brush with long hair, mounted on a long handle. Economical Ox hair is softer than sable. A great lettering brush for oil paint, one shot enamel, or water-based sign painting mediums. Professionals use this time-honored pointed scroll liner brush to create long curves in sign painting and ornamentation techniques. Using your pinkie as a guide, create controlled 'thin-thick-thin' strokes, with our long handled Ox hair script, scroll, and liner brush. This brush holds a lot of painting medium. Great for free-hand scroll and arabesque work. Also good for veining on seagreen faux marble. Soft, Ox hair goes over textured surfaces such as orange peel. Works best with a Striping Edge for long, controlled, thin lines.
Extra long hair, round brush with fine pointed tip
Economical Ox Hair
Long handle for ultimate control
Brush Care: Wash with soap
Available in 3 sizes
Compare with LTR-06, LTR-03, TL-02
Used best with a mahl stick TPAL-05, TPAL-06
Long hair and a pointed tip make this our specialized scroll brush. A round brush with long hair, mounted on a long handle. Economical Ox hair is softer than sable. A great lettering brush for oil paint, one shot enamel, or water-based sign painting mediums. Professionals use this time-honored pointed scroll liner brush to create long curves in sign painting and ornamentation techniques. Using your pinkie as a guide, create controlled 'thin-thick-thin' strokes, with our long handled Ox hair script, scroll, and liner brush. This brush holds a lot of painting medium. Great for free-hand scroll and arabesque work. Also good for veining on seagreen faux marble. Soft, Ox hair goes over textured surfaces such as orange peel. Works best with a Striping Edge for long, controlled, thin lines.
- Extra long hair, round brush with fine pointed tip
- Economical Ox Hair
- Long handle for ultimate control
- Brush Care: Wash with soap
- Available in 3 sizes
- Compare with LTR-06, LTR-03, TL-02
- Used best with a mahl stick TPAL-05, TPAL-06
How-To Brush Care Guide
Prepare your brushes for their first use - read below.
Most of our large and fine hair brushes are hand-set and made with different hairs that are tapped in a small copper cylinder before being glued into the ferrule. This is why some of the hairs are not properly affixed to the ferrule, so the brush will shed some hair the first few times you will use it.
Thick hair: examples are; badger, hog (china bristle), horse hair
Fine hair: examples are sable; squirrel, goat, skunk (fine, thin short hair)
Synthetic Fiber: examples are; taklon, samina, bordeaux, synthetic bristle
To minimize brush shedding, you should:
- Wash the brush thoroughly with a mild dish soap in warm water and massage the hair to comb out the loose bristles. Rinse until there is no soap residue left in the brush.
- Ring the brush out by rolling it between your hands as if you were trying to make a fire with a stick to fluff out the brush.
- Let dry by hanging the brushes or lay it down at the edge of a table (a hog bristle will have a strong odor due to the bone glue used to attach the bristles. This will go away after a few washings.)
Repeat this process a few more times.
All acrylic glazes contain some sort of ammonia which attacks the structure of the natural hair. Therefore, brush maintenance and thorough repetitive cleaning as described in step 1, 2, & 3 is imperative to protect and extend the life of your brush.
Applying a few drops of ‘leave in’ conditioner is also a good idea if you’re not going to be using your brush for some time.
Dried Paint: If some acrylic glaze becomes hardened on the brush, start by removing the heaviest part with denatured alcohol then rinse with water and coat the hairs with Murphy’s Oil Soap and leave for several hours. Apply the steps again from 1, 2, & 3 so the paint will brush out easily and leave your brush as good as new. Be careful as soap left too long in the natural hair will deteriorate the flexibility of the hair.
Proper cleaning procedure
for oil/water and large or small brushes:
| Oil Medium | Water Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Large Brushes | Prep brushes by thinning in two or more baths of spirits or until a rag runs free of paint. Wash brush with warm water and a lathering soap. Shake out excess water, quickly form brush shape, and then allow to dry upside down. | Rinse thoroughly with warm water. Clean with a tiny bit of lathering soap and rinse until completely clean. Shake out excess water, quickly form brush shape, and then allow to dry. |
| Small Brushes | Prep brushes by thinning in two or more baths of spirits or until a rag runs free of paint. Apply a generous portion of Lard to the tip of the brush and store. To reuse brush, completely thin with spirits. | Clean each small brush very carefully and gently with a tiny bit of lathering soap. Shake out excess water, quickly form brush shape, and then allow to dry . To reshape a brush, dip it in Gum Arabic. |
Round Long Handle Scroll Brush (Sable) | LTR-03
ITEM #: LTR-03_Size-02
PRICE: $18.48 Regular price Regularly: $23.10 Sale price Save $4.62/
Only 5 items in stock!
Long hair and a pointed tip make this our specialized scroll brush. A round brush with long hair, mounted on a long handle. The finest Kolinsky Sable hair is the ultimate lettering brush for oil paint, one shot enamel, or water-based sign painting mediums. Professionals use this time-honored pointed scroll liner brush to create long curves in sign painting and ornamentation techniques. Using your pinkie as a guide, create controlled 'thin-thick-thin' strokes, with our long handled sable script, scroll, and liner brush when the thinnest of lines are desired. This brush holds a lot of painting medium. Great for free-hand scroll and arabesque work. Additional uses for faux wood pitch pine fine grains and faux marble portor imitation for fine, wiggly veins.
Extra long hair, round brush with fine pointed tip
Fine Kolinsky Sable
Long handle for ultimate control
Brush Care: Wash with soap
Available in 6 sizes. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12
Compare with LTR-06, LTR-16, TL-02
Used best with a mahl stick TPAL-05, TPAL-06
Long hair and a pointed tip make this our specialized scroll brush. A round brush with long hair, mounted on a long handle. The finest Kolinsky Sable hair is the ultimate lettering brush for oil paint, one shot enamel, or water-based sign painting mediums. Professionals use this time-honored pointed scroll liner brush to create long curves in sign painting and ornamentation techniques. Using your pinkie as a guide, create controlled 'thin-thick-thin' strokes, with our long handled sable script, scroll, and liner brush when the thinnest of lines are desired. This brush holds a lot of painting medium. Great for free-hand scroll and arabesque work. Additional uses for faux wood pitch pine fine grains and faux marble portor imitation for fine, wiggly veins.
- Extra long hair, round brush with fine pointed tip
- Fine Kolinsky Sable
- Long handle for ultimate control
- Brush Care: Wash with soap
- Available in 6 sizes. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12
- Compare with LTR-06, LTR-16, TL-02
- Used best with a mahl stick TPAL-05, TPAL-06
How-To Brush Care Guide
Prepare your brushes for their first use - read below.
Most of our large and fine hair brushes are hand-set and made with different hairs that are tapped in a small copper cylinder before being glued into the ferrule. This is why some of the hairs are not properly affixed to the ferrule, so the brush will shed some hair the first few times you will use it.
Thick hair: examples are; badger, hog (china bristle), horse hair
Fine hair: examples are sable; squirrel, goat, skunk (fine, thin short hair)
Synthetic Fiber: examples are; taklon, samina, bordeaux, synthetic bristle
To minimize brush shedding, you should:
- Wash the brush thoroughly with a mild dish soap in warm water and massage the hair to comb out the loose bristles. Rinse until there is no soap residue left in the brush.
- Ring the brush out by rolling it between your hands as if you were trying to make a fire with a stick to fluff out the brush.
- Let dry by hanging the brushes or lay it down at the edge of a table (a hog bristle will have a strong odor due to the bone glue used to attach the bristles. This will go away after a few washings.)
Repeat this process a few more times.
All acrylic glazes contain some sort of ammonia which attacks the structure of the natural hair. Therefore, brush maintenance and thorough repetitive cleaning as described in step 1, 2, & 3 is imperative to protect and extend the life of your brush.
Applying a few drops of ‘leave in’ conditioner is also a good idea if you’re not going to be using your brush for some time.
Dried Paint: If some acrylic glaze becomes hardened on the brush, start by removing the heaviest part with denatured alcohol then rinse with water and coat the hairs with Murphy’s Oil Soap and leave for several hours. Apply the steps again from 1, 2, & 3 so the paint will brush out easily and leave your brush as good as new. Be careful as soap left too long in the natural hair will deteriorate the flexibility of the hair.
Proper cleaning procedure
for oil/water and large or small brushes:
| Oil Medium | Water Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Large Brushes | Prep brushes by thinning in two or more baths of spirits or until a rag runs free of paint. Wash brush with warm water and a lathering soap. Shake out excess water, quickly form brush shape, and then allow to dry upside down. | Rinse thoroughly with warm water. Clean with a tiny bit of lathering soap and rinse until completely clean. Shake out excess water, quickly form brush shape, and then allow to dry. |
| Small Brushes | Prep brushes by thinning in two or more baths of spirits or until a rag runs free of paint. Apply a generous portion of Lard to the tip of the brush and store. To reuse brush, completely thin with spirits. | Clean each small brush very carefully and gently with a tiny bit of lathering soap. Shake out excess water, quickly form brush shape, and then allow to dry . To reshape a brush, dip it in Gum Arabic. |
Round Long Handle Lettering Brush (Sablex Synth) | LTR-07
ITEM #: LTR-07_Size-02
PRICE: $8.80 Regular price Regularly: $11.00 Sale price Save $2.20/
Only 5 items in stock!
Paint crisp letters with this classic-shaped lettering brush with a flat-tip. A round brush with long hair, mounted on a long handle. Our Sablex fiber mimics sable but slightly stiffer, making it the ultimate lettering brush for oil paint, one shot enamel, or water-based sign painting mediums. With the classic flat tip, it's easy to start/stop each letter with an accurate angle. Using your pinkie as a guide, create controlled 'thin-thick-thin' strokes, with our long handled sable lettering brush. Works best with a Striping Edge for long, controlled, thin lines. Works well on showcard, script and mural projects. Sablex synthetic is an economical replacement to sable hair brushes.
Extra long hair, round brush with flat top
Sablex Nylon synthetic fiber mimics Sable hair
Long handle for ultimate control
Brush Care: Wash with soap
Available in 5 sizes. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10,
Compare with LTR-02, LTR-08
Used best with a mahl stick TPAL-05, TPAL-06
Paint crisp letters with this classic-shaped lettering brush with a flat-tip. A round brush with long hair, mounted on a long handle. Our Sablex fiber mimics sable but slightly stiffer, making it the ultimate lettering brush for oil paint, one shot enamel, or water-based sign painting mediums. With the classic flat tip, it's easy to start/stop each letter with an accurate angle. Using your pinkie as a guide, create controlled 'thin-thick-thin' strokes, with our long handled sable lettering brush. Works best with a Striping Edge for long, controlled, thin lines. Works well on showcard, script and mural projects. Sablex synthetic is an economical replacement to sable hair brushes.
- Extra long hair, round brush with flat top
- Sablex Nylon synthetic fiber mimics Sable hair
- Long handle for ultimate control
- Brush Care: Wash with soap
- Available in 5 sizes. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10,
- Compare with LTR-02, LTR-08
- Used best with a mahl stick TPAL-05, TPAL-06
How-To Brush Care Guide
Prepare your brushes for their first use - read below.
Most of our large and fine hair brushes are hand-set and made with different hairs that are tapped in a small copper cylinder before being glued into the ferrule. This is why some of the hairs are not properly affixed to the ferrule, so the brush will shed some hair the first few times you will use it.
Thick hair: examples are; badger, hog (china bristle), horse hair
Fine hair: examples are sable; squirrel, goat, skunk (fine, thin short hair)
Synthetic Fiber: examples are; taklon, samina, bordeaux, synthetic bristle
To minimize brush shedding, you should:
- Wash the brush thoroughly with a mild dish soap in warm water and massage the hair to comb out the loose bristles. Rinse until there is no soap residue left in the brush.
- Ring the brush out by rolling it between your hands as if you were trying to make a fire with a stick to fluff out the brush.
- Let dry by hanging the brushes or lay it down at the edge of a table (a hog bristle will have a strong odor due to the bone glue used to attach the bristles. This will go away after a few washings.)
Repeat this process a few more times.
All acrylic glazes contain some sort of ammonia which attacks the structure of the natural hair. Therefore, brush maintenance and thorough repetitive cleaning as described in step 1, 2, & 3 is imperative to protect and extend the life of your brush.
Applying a few drops of ‘leave in’ conditioner is also a good idea if you’re not going to be using your brush for some time.
Dried Paint: If some acrylic glaze becomes hardened on the brush, start by removing the heaviest part with denatured alcohol then rinse with water and coat the hairs with Murphy’s Oil Soap and leave for several hours. Apply the steps again from 1, 2, & 3 so the paint will brush out easily and leave your brush as good as new. Be careful as soap left too long in the natural hair will deteriorate the flexibility of the hair.
Proper cleaning procedure
for oil/water and large or small brushes:
| Oil Medium | Water Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Large Brushes | Prep brushes by thinning in two or more baths of spirits or until a rag runs free of paint. Wash brush with warm water and a lathering soap. Shake out excess water, quickly form brush shape, and then allow to dry upside down. | Rinse thoroughly with warm water. Clean with a tiny bit of lathering soap and rinse until completely clean. Shake out excess water, quickly form brush shape, and then allow to dry. |
| Small Brushes | Prep brushes by thinning in two or more baths of spirits or until a rag runs free of paint. Apply a generous portion of Lard to the tip of the brush and store. To reuse brush, completely thin with spirits. | Clean each small brush very carefully and gently with a tiny bit of lathering soap. Shake out excess water, quickly form brush shape, and then allow to dry . To reshape a brush, dip it in Gum Arabic. |
Round Lettering Brush (Squirrel) | LTR-09
ITEM #: LTR-09_Size-02
PRICE: $9.60 Regular price Regularly: $12.00 Sale price Save $2.40/
Only 9 items in stock!
Paint crisp letters with this classic-shaped lettering brush with a flat-tip. A round brush with long hair. Traditional, soft squirrel hair is softer than sable. A great lettering brush for oil paint, one shot enamel, or water-based sign painting mediums. With the classic flat tip, it's easy to start/stop each letter with an accurate angle. Using your pinkie as a guide, create controlled 'thin-thick-thin' strokes, with our long handled sable lettering brush. Works well on showcard, script and mural projects. Great for straight strokes as well as curves. Soft, squirrel hair goes over textured surfaces such as orange peel.
Extra long hair, round brush with flat top
Fine Squirrel Hair
Standard handle length
Brush Care: Wash with soap
Available in 8 sizes. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16
Compare with LTR-05, LTR-10
Used best with a mahl stick TPAL-05, TPAL-06
Paint crisp letters with this classic-shaped lettering brush with a flat-tip. A round brush with long hair. Traditional, soft squirrel hair is softer than sable. A great lettering brush for oil paint, one shot enamel, or water-based sign painting mediums. With the classic flat tip, it's easy to start/stop each letter with an accurate angle. Using your pinkie as a guide, create controlled 'thin-thick-thin' strokes, with our long handled sable lettering brush. Works well on showcard, script and mural projects. Great for straight strokes as well as curves. Soft, squirrel hair goes over textured surfaces such as orange peel.
- Extra long hair, round brush with flat top
- Fine Squirrel Hair
- Standard handle length
- Brush Care: Wash with soap
- Available in 8 sizes. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16
- Compare with LTR-05, LTR-10
- Used best with a mahl stick TPAL-05, TPAL-06
How-To Brush Care Guide
Prepare your brushes for their first use - read below.
Most of our large and fine hair brushes are hand-set and made with different hairs that are tapped in a small copper cylinder before being glued into the ferrule. This is why some of the hairs are not properly affixed to the ferrule, so the brush will shed some hair the first few times you will use it.
Thick hair: examples are; badger, hog (china bristle), horse hair
Fine hair: examples are sable; squirrel, goat, skunk (fine, thin short hair)
Synthetic Fiber: examples are; taklon, samina, bordeaux, synthetic bristle
To minimize brush shedding, you should:
- Wash the brush thoroughly with a mild dish soap in warm water and massage the hair to comb out the loose bristles. Rinse until there is no soap residue left in the brush.
- Ring the brush out by rolling it between your hands as if you were trying to make a fire with a stick to fluff out the brush.
- Let dry by hanging the brushes or lay it down at the edge of a table (a hog bristle will have a strong odor due to the bone glue used to attach the bristles. This will go away after a few washings.)
Repeat this process a few more times.
All acrylic glazes contain some sort of ammonia which attacks the structure of the natural hair. Therefore, brush maintenance and thorough repetitive cleaning as described in step 1, 2, & 3 is imperative to protect and extend the life of your brush.
Applying a few drops of ‘leave in’ conditioner is also a good idea if you’re not going to be using your brush for some time.
Dried Paint: If some acrylic glaze becomes hardened on the brush, start by removing the heaviest part with denatured alcohol then rinse with water and coat the hairs with Murphy’s Oil Soap and leave for several hours. Apply the steps again from 1, 2, & 3 so the paint will brush out easily and leave your brush as good as new. Be careful as soap left too long in the natural hair will deteriorate the flexibility of the hair.
Proper cleaning procedure
for oil/water and large or small brushes:
| Oil Medium | Water Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Large Brushes | Prep brushes by thinning in two or more baths of spirits or until a rag runs free of paint. Wash brush with warm water and a lathering soap. Shake out excess water, quickly form brush shape, and then allow to dry upside down. | Rinse thoroughly with warm water. Clean with a tiny bit of lathering soap and rinse until completely clean. Shake out excess water, quickly form brush shape, and then allow to dry. |
| Small Brushes | Prep brushes by thinning in two or more baths of spirits or until a rag runs free of paint. Apply a generous portion of Lard to the tip of the brush and store. To reuse brush, completely thin with spirits. | Clean each small brush very carefully and gently with a tiny bit of lathering soap. Shake out excess water, quickly form brush shape, and then allow to dry . To reshape a brush, dip it in Gum Arabic. |
Flat Extra Long Hair Stroke Lettering Brush (Sablex Nylon) | LTR-12
ITEM #: LTR-12_Size-3/16
PRICE: $10.40 Regular price Regularly: $13.00 Sale price Save $2.60/
Only 5 items in stock!
Paint wide, fill-in letters with this extra long hair, bold stroke, showcard lettering brush. A flat ferrule ends with a flat tip, offering a steady flow of paint. Our Sablex fiber mimics sable but slightly stiffer, making it the ultimate lettering brush for oil paint, one shot enamel, or water-based sign painting mediums. This Sablex nylon synthetic series offers our best choice for stroke, showcard, lettering brush for sign painting. Works best with a Striping Edge for long, controlled, thin lines.
Long hair, flat ferrule, flat top
Sablex Nylon synthetic fiber mimics Sable hair
Standard handle length
Brush Care: Wash with soap
Available in 4 sizes.
Compare with LTR-11, LTR-13, LTR-15
Used best with a mahl stick TPAL-05, TPAL-06
Paint wide, fill-in letters with this extra long hair, bold stroke, showcard lettering brush. A flat ferrule ends with a flat tip, offering a steady flow of paint. Our Sablex fiber mimics sable but slightly stiffer, making it the ultimate lettering brush for oil paint, one shot enamel, or water-based sign painting mediums. This Sablex nylon synthetic series offers our best choice for stroke, showcard, lettering brush for sign painting. Works best with a Striping Edge for long, controlled, thin lines.
- Long hair, flat ferrule, flat top
- Sablex Nylon synthetic fiber mimics Sable hair
- Standard handle length
- Brush Care: Wash with soap
- Available in 4 sizes.
- Compare with LTR-11, LTR-13, LTR-15
- Used best with a mahl stick TPAL-05, TPAL-06
How-To Brush Care Guide
Prepare your brushes for their first use - read below.
Most of our large and fine hair brushes are hand-set and made with different hairs that are tapped in a small copper cylinder before being glued into the ferrule. This is why some of the hairs are not properly affixed to the ferrule, so the brush will shed some hair the first few times you will use it.
Thick hair: examples are; badger, hog (china bristle), horse hair
Fine hair: examples are sable; squirrel, goat, skunk (fine, thin short hair)
Synthetic Fiber: examples are; taklon, samina, bordeaux, synthetic bristle
To minimize brush shedding, you should:
- Wash the brush thoroughly with a mild dish soap in warm water and massage the hair to comb out the loose bristles. Rinse until there is no soap residue left in the brush.
- Ring the brush out by rolling it between your hands as if you were trying to make a fire with a stick to fluff out the brush.
- Let dry by hanging the brushes or lay it down at the edge of a table (a hog bristle will have a strong odor due to the bone glue used to attach the bristles. This will go away after a few washings.)
Repeat this process a few more times.
All acrylic glazes contain some sort of ammonia which attacks the structure of the natural hair. Therefore, brush maintenance and thorough repetitive cleaning as described in step 1, 2, & 3 is imperative to protect and extend the life of your brush.
Applying a few drops of ‘leave in’ conditioner is also a good idea if you’re not going to be using your brush for some time.
Dried Paint: If some acrylic glaze becomes hardened on the brush, start by removing the heaviest part with denatured alcohol then rinse with water and coat the hairs with Murphy’s Oil Soap and leave for several hours. Apply the steps again from 1, 2, & 3 so the paint will brush out easily and leave your brush as good as new. Be careful as soap left too long in the natural hair will deteriorate the flexibility of the hair.
Proper cleaning procedure
for oil/water and large or small brushes:
| Oil Medium | Water Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Large Brushes | Prep brushes by thinning in two or more baths of spirits or until a rag runs free of paint. Wash brush with warm water and a lathering soap. Shake out excess water, quickly form brush shape, and then allow to dry upside down. | Rinse thoroughly with warm water. Clean with a tiny bit of lathering soap and rinse until completely clean. Shake out excess water, quickly form brush shape, and then allow to dry. |
| Small Brushes | Prep brushes by thinning in two or more baths of spirits or until a rag runs free of paint. Apply a generous portion of Lard to the tip of the brush and store. To reuse brush, completely thin with spirits. | Clean each small brush very carefully and gently with a tiny bit of lathering soap. Shake out excess water, quickly form brush shape, and then allow to dry . To reshape a brush, dip it in Gum Arabic. |
Round Long Hair Lettering Brush (Sable) | LTR-04
ITEM #: LTR-04_Size-02
PRICE: $19.36 Regular price Regularly: $24.20 Sale price Save $4.84/
Only 7 items in stock!
Paint crisp letters with this classic-shaped lettering brush with a flat-tip. A round brush with long hair.. The finest Kolinsky Sable hair is the ultimate lettering brush for oil paint, one shot enamel, or water-based sign painting mediums. With the classic flat tip, it's easy to start/stop each letter with an accurate angle. Using your pinkie as a guide, create controlled 'thin-thick-thin' strokes, with our long handled sable lettering brush. Works best with a Striping Edge for long, controlled, thin lines.
Extra long hair, round brush with flat top
Fine Kolinsky Sable
Standard handle length
Brush Care: Wash with soap
Available in 5 sizes. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10,
Compare with LTR-02, LTR-05
Used best with a mahl stick TPAL-05, TPAL-06
Paint crisp letters with this classic-shaped lettering brush with a flat-tip. A round brush with long hair.. The finest Kolinsky Sable hair is the ultimate lettering brush for oil paint, one shot enamel, or water-based sign painting mediums. With the classic flat tip, it's easy to start/stop each letter with an accurate angle. Using your pinkie as a guide, create controlled 'thin-thick-thin' strokes, with our long handled sable lettering brush. Works best with a Striping Edge for long, controlled, thin lines.
- Extra long hair, round brush with flat top
- Fine Kolinsky Sable
- Standard handle length
- Brush Care: Wash with soap
- Available in 5 sizes. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10,
- Compare with LTR-02, LTR-05
- Used best with a mahl stick TPAL-05, TPAL-06
How-To Brush Care Guide
Prepare your brushes for their first use - read below.
Most of our large and fine hair brushes are hand-set and made with different hairs that are tapped in a small copper cylinder before being glued into the ferrule. This is why some of the hairs are not properly affixed to the ferrule, so the brush will shed some hair the first few times you will use it.
Thick hair: examples are; badger, hog (china bristle), horse hair
Fine hair: examples are sable; squirrel, goat, skunk (fine, thin short hair)
Synthetic Fiber: examples are; taklon, samina, bordeaux, synthetic bristle
To minimize brush shedding, you should:
- Wash the brush thoroughly with a mild dish soap in warm water and massage the hair to comb out the loose bristles. Rinse until there is no soap residue left in the brush.
- Ring the brush out by rolling it between your hands as if you were trying to make a fire with a stick to fluff out the brush.
- Let dry by hanging the brushes or lay it down at the edge of a table (a hog bristle will have a strong odor due to the bone glue used to attach the bristles. This will go away after a few washings.)
Repeat this process a few more times.
All acrylic glazes contain some sort of ammonia which attacks the structure of the natural hair. Therefore, brush maintenance and thorough repetitive cleaning as described in step 1, 2, & 3 is imperative to protect and extend the life of your brush.
Applying a few drops of ‘leave in’ conditioner is also a good idea if you’re not going to be using your brush for some time.
Dried Paint: If some acrylic glaze becomes hardened on the brush, start by removing the heaviest part with denatured alcohol then rinse with water and coat the hairs with Murphy’s Oil Soap and leave for several hours. Apply the steps again from 1, 2, & 3 so the paint will brush out easily and leave your brush as good as new. Be careful as soap left too long in the natural hair will deteriorate the flexibility of the hair.
Proper cleaning procedure
for oil/water and large or small brushes:
| Oil Medium | Water Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Large Brushes | Prep brushes by thinning in two or more baths of spirits or until a rag runs free of paint. Wash brush with warm water and a lathering soap. Shake out excess water, quickly form brush shape, and then allow to dry upside down. | Rinse thoroughly with warm water. Clean with a tiny bit of lathering soap and rinse until completely clean. Shake out excess water, quickly form brush shape, and then allow to dry. |
| Small Brushes | Prep brushes by thinning in two or more baths of spirits or until a rag runs free of paint. Apply a generous portion of Lard to the tip of the brush and store. To reuse brush, completely thin with spirits. | Clean each small brush very carefully and gently with a tiny bit of lathering soap. Shake out excess water, quickly form brush shape, and then allow to dry . To reshape a brush, dip it in Gum Arabic. |
