FineScale Modeler: How to clean, maintain, and reinvigorate paintbrushes
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2024
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Welcome to Scale Model Basics: How to clean, maintain, and reinvigorate paintbrushes. You may think of paintbrushes as replaceable tools in your toolbox, if you care for them, they can last you years and maybe even a lifetime. We show you some basic techniques for cleaning your paintbrushes and tips for reshaping brushes that may have seen better days.
00:15 Basic types of brush bristles
00:54 Why should we take care of our paintbrushes?
01:49 Let's clean a paintbrush with liquid cleaner/conditioner
04:42 Let's clean a paintbrush with a solid cleaner/conditioner
05:02 Reinvigorating and reshaping paintbrush bristles (thanks to the staff at our sister magazine Model Railroader for this tip!)
08:40 What to do with brushes that cannot be repaired
09:44 Don't panic if your brush is discolored after you clean it
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Very informative and helpful. I'll definitely be using these techniques!
Thanks, Rick! Glad to help out.
I watched this last night, which prompted me this morning to try cleaning my manky old pastry bush.
It worked like a dream.
Thank you.
Wonderful!
Thanks for the reassurance at the end, I was stressed out because I thought I needed to make my brushes look like brand new each time!
Great tips! Thank you!! I have some brushes that are 40+ years old, so it definitely pays to take good care of them.
You're welcome, and thank you. Take care of your brushes, and they'll take care of you.
I just needed a refresher on cleaning brushes as I want the main color of my model to have one color rather than two
Hope you found it helpful!
Thanks for the Putty tip. I'll definitely need to try that.
Thank you for watching! If the bristles aren't too far gone, you can also use the solid cleaner/conditioner in a similar fashion.
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Going to try the hair putty trick this weekend. Thanks FineScale.
Great tutorial. This advice should be very helpful to all modelers. Thanks for sharing.
We're glad we can help!
Great video Tim !
Glad you think so!
That was a great tutorial!
Glad you think so!
Great info, thanks.
You bet!
Great tips, thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
My cleaning method is clean brushes thoroughly water and dip into water for a day ( acrylic paint) ...is this a good method?
Without a detergent of some sort, you risk paint building up in your brush. We do not recommend leaving your brushes soaking in water or other thinner. First, if your brush is resting on its tip, for any length of time, you run the risk of deforming the shape. Second, you do not want thinner wicking up into the ferrule (the metal part holding the bristles). Bristle expansion can cause the ferrule to loosen and your brush to start coming apart. Better to thoroughly clean your brush immediately after you're finished with your painting session. Reshape the damp bristles. Store the brush horizontally or tip up to dry.
When reshaping brushes with hair putty, is it okay to leave the putty on the brush indefinitely when taking breaks from models so that they keep their shape until you next need them? Or is it better to clean it of before storing?
We reserve the hair putty technique for restoring misshapen brushes that we think we can save. You can leave it in while storing your brushes, just like you can leave in a gel-type cleaner and revitalizer, too. However, you'll want to thoroughly rinse your brush before the next time you use it.
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