Whats a good cleaner to use for paint brushes, when using acrylic paint?
Acrylics are water based so the 11 people before me are correct – soap and water. However, I have had dramatically good results by getting the brush into the water SOON. I found an article once that described a small coffee can arrangement that has been fabulous over the years. Get a small handful of aquarium rocks (or clean pea gravel) and dump it into the bottom of your can such that the gravel is about 3/4″ deep. Get a spring at your local hardware store and stretch it across the top. Squirt a little liquid dish soap into the can and fill the can half way with water. The gravel allows the acrylic particles to go somewhere lower the the bristles and the spring becomes the brush holder. In use, the brush’s bristles should not touch bottom (and bend, etc). Fit the brush into the spring so that the brush is suspended with the bristles in the water. The brush should go into the water immediately after you finish with that use, color, etc. The can will keep them alive until you can do you
