Evaluate Simple Green and CRUD Cutter

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Best Paint Brush Cleaner. Remove Dried Paint

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What happens here

After the 24-hour soaking period, the brushes are individually removed from their respective containers for initial assessment. The brush soaked in Simple Green shows some paint softening, allowing loose paint to be picked off, but the bristles generally remain stiff. The CRUD Cutter brush wash yields similar results, with paint softening but persistent stiffness in the bristles, indicating that even dedicated brush cleaners may struggle with severely dried paint. The effectiveness of these common cleaners on heavily paint-laden brushes is questioned.

Goal: Assess how well Simple Green and CRUD Cutter softened dried paint after soaking.

Tools and materials

Brushes soaked in CRUD Cutter Brush Wash — Evaluation after soaking
Brushes soaked in Simple Green — Evaluation after soaking
Scraping Tool — Gently picking away softened paint

What they say

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bubbles on the paint right here. So, it did soften the paint up. I can take and pick away at the paint right here. So, it is um it did The brush is still pretty dang stiff. I don't think a wire brush is going to clean that out. Probably not. What we will say is that we did let the paint sit on these brushes for a couple of days. So, we did give them a good amount of time to dry. Yeah, I would think that they they dried about 5 days probably. So, these were what you would call pretty toasted brushes. Yeah. And but we've heard I've heard on social media that you can revive these brushes. Um, here's CRUD Cutter. And this was designed to um clean brushes right here and revive a brush with dried paint. So, there's CRUD Cutter. It's still stiff. Um, ouch, that hurt. Um, same like Simple Green. It's got some bubbles on it. What do you think? Are you going to be able to save that one there, John? Uh, it is uh doubtful. This is not looking very good with all these. Um, so many brushes sacrificed themselves in the name of science. Yes, we just kind of ruined a lot of brushes here. Here's vinegar. So,

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