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Remove Excess Paint

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How to clean a paint brush

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What happens here

Before cleaning with water, use the edge of the paint can or a paint scraper to wipe off as much excess paint as possible from the brush bristles back into the paint can. This reduces the amount of paint that needs to be washed away, making the cleaning process easier and more environmentally friendly.

Goal: Minimize paint residue on the brush before wet cleaning.

Tools and materials

  • Paint Brush — The item being cleaned
  • Paint Can — To collect excess paint removed from the brush

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How to get your paintbrush from this to this. Let's get after it. Start off by wiping your brush off. Set your water temperature to lukewarm. Take a brass brush and your paintbrush and just scrub your ferrule. Be very gentle. You don't want to ruin any of your bristles. Lightly fan it out till I'm getting clear water. Take a little bit of dish soap. Put it on our brush and massage it on our bristles.

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