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Rinse and Flush with Fresh Water

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How To Clean A Paint Roller & Paint Brush Fast. DIY Hacks Cleaning a Paint Brush. painting tips

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What happens here

After the initial scrubbing, the dirty water is discarded. The bucket is then refilled with fresh water. The presenter then takes the paint brush and repeatedly pats its bristles against the bottom of the bucket. This physical action forces water up into the ferrule and out through the bristles, flushing out trapped paint. He advises repeating this dumping, refilling, and patting process about four times until no more cloudy or painty water is observed, ensuring the brush is thoroughly rinsed.

Goal: Dump the dirty water from the bucket. Refill the bucket with clean water and repeatedly pat the brush against the bottom to force paint out. Repeat this process several times until the water remains clear.

Tools and materials

  • Bucket
  • Paint brush
  • Water hose with spray nozzle
  • Fresh water

What they say

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to dump my water out. Put some more clean water in it. Get it about quarter full. And then begin just patting your brush in the bottom like this. And you're working the paint out of the inside of the fereral of the brush. Just keep patting it on the bottom. Dump out your water. You want to put some fresh water in. You're going to do this about four times. And then you just keep patting. Eventually when you pat it on the bottom, you won't see any more cloudy or painty water. You'll just see clean water. Just keep patting it. Going to put some more water in here. And it's starting to get pretty clean. I'm going to take my wire brush one more time. You can see just a little bit of dry paint still on there. Just going to work it off. And no, this bristle wire bristle brush won't hurt your paintbrush.

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