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Fix a Damaged Paint Brush: Revive Your Old Paint Brushes!

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  • Bucket
  • Hot Water Tap/Hose
  • Hot Water

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do is take hot water you can use hot tap water it doesn't have to be boiling water but just take your tap water get it really really hot as hot as we'll go put it in your bucket set it in there and what's interesting is it softens your bristles it softens them and allows them to go back into your shape into their shape they naturally want to go back into the shape that they were originally in and that's straight the only reason they're bent is because the weight of the brush is pushing down on the brush in water and when the filaments are in water they're actually really soft and that weight bends the brush now i'm going to put this to the test i'm going to put some super hot water in this bucket and i'm going to show you it's typically when it's happened to me in the past uh in a few minutes it actually softens it up makes it so they're straight again and then you just set it out to dry or put it in your um into your brush cover and your brush is fixed so here we go let's put it to the test we're getting some hot water right here i got a hot water tap in the garage right here now it's getting pretty dang hot so that's pretty hot and that's just hot tap water now i'm just going to fill my bucket up with some hot tap water right here let's see how fast it softens these filaments up and see if we can restore this brush so this brush is a um

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