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Re-evaluate Acetone and Mixed Cleaner Results

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Best Paint Brush Cleaner. Remove Dried Paint

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What happens here

After a brief soak in the mixed cleaner, the brush previously dipped in another agent is re-examined. The combination of initial softening and the mixed cleaner makes the bristles nice and soft, and the paint is easily removable with a wire brush. This suggests a multi-stage approach or stronger combination cleaner could be effective. The acetone-soaked roller is also revisited and shows excellent softening and cleaning with a wire brush, although the rapid evaporation of acetone meant some parts were not fully submerged. The hosts conclude that for severely dried brushes, while some cleaners can soften paint, the physical effort required to restore them might outweigh the cost of buying a new brush, especially for cheaper tools. They indicate that the acetone and the mixed Simple Green/CRUD Cutter show the most promise.

Goal: Determine which cleaner provides the best results for restoring paint-hardened brushes.

Tools and materials

  • Brush soaked in mixed cleaner — Final evaluation and cleaning
  • Chalk Paint Brush — Final evaluation of a specialty brush
  • Roller soaked in Acetone — Final evaluation and cleaning
  • Wire Brush — Scrubbing softened paint from bristles
  • Warm Soapy Water — Final cleaning after paint removal

What they say

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scrub that with some I almost say that acetone did a little bit better. You think acetone did better? Look at that. I think even after brushing that guy. So, this is reducer 54 here and then a little bit of simple green. Yeah, that thing is that the bristles are nice and soft. I'm impressed. And it's all the way up inside the fereral where it was completely hard. That's all soft again. Now I think after some simple grain, some warm soap and water and that brush might be usable. And that's acetone right there. The acetone one. This is acetone. You think acetone's better there? E. Wow. I'm impressed. I really do think the acetone did uh I feel the acetone I it did better. I I think it's, you know, this may have softened things up. This I feel like still has that nylon polyester feel on the bristles. Yeah. Like maybe the reducer 54 soften those bristles up a little more than they used to be. Yeah. I think it broke down um broke down the bristles a little bit too much. Um it feels more like just a nylon um nylon brush instead of a nylon polyester which is more stiffer. It is wet. So, but it's still when you compare, this is still stiffer than this one. And out of the two, the acetone looks cleaner. Yeah. And I will say too, I'm probably a little more comfortable carrying acetone in a vehicle with me than the reducer 54. I I totally agree because one thing people don't even know what reducer 54 is. And so, most people are familiar with acetone. And um there you go. I think we got a clear winner. The roller. Tell me, what do you think? Is it revable? I would say negative. That thing is toasted. Um here's our This is the chalk paint roll um brush that my daughter, you know, used one time and that's been soaking in Simple Green. Is that savable? I'm going to say no. Yeah, I mean it maybe with a lot of work you might be able to clear those bristles, but a comb isn't even that's a lot of work to get through that with a comb. Let me here's something interesting. So, let me let me see that um wire brush right there. This is this brush has been soaking in Simple Green. And this one, I'm not sure if this was paint. This was one we found in the van. And that's Yeah. See, and I think that one had been cleaned but not cleaned very well. That's right. And so I think it had probably some leftover acrylics or resins or whatnot in it. And so it looks like the simple green does a better job of cleaning that out. And I've used Simple Green like our spray guns. I'll soak them in…

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