Water Souble Oil Paints - Cleaning brushes?

Question

My brushes seem to not clean very well, I've been trying to wash them out with water, and soap and water, it doesn't seem to make much of a difference. Does anyone know if i clean them with nailpolish remover (acetone) if it will ruin the brush? I am just sick of trying to paint and finding a color i don't want in my painting. (I am new to oils, so I don't know much.)

Answer 1

For wqater soulube oil paints use turpenoid or brush cleaner that you can buy at a local art store, but I found a cheaper and easier method that is very safe on brushes, felts naphta soap. You can buy it at most supermarkets, the smell is pleasant, it helps get oil out of clothing too and iyou can leave it on your brushes when they are not in use and let them keep their shape.
Good luck

Answer 2

Ah, this has more to do with brush conservation. I do both acrylic/watercolor and oil paintings, and though I love to be conservative, I still keep separate sets for each--this I have learned by experience and from other teachers. I do clean oil brushes with dish soap and warm water, so it WILL work if you cannot afford separate sets. The reason it would be great to have a separate set for oils is that you can clean them also with vegetable oil which will keep them in better shape (works for animal hair)...Also, to quote my Oil Painter's Solution Book, "Owning a few good brushes that receive the proper care is better than going through many student-grade brushes." And I personally have gone through my fair share of those!

Answer 3

I've never heard of water soluble oil paints! At the end of your work, wipe brushes on a rag or newspaper to remove excess paint. Then rinse in TURPENTINE. Squeeze the damp, clean brush lightly to shape the bristles to their original form. If you haven't time to clean them, they can be suspended (tips NOT touching bottom!) in turpentine in a metal spring thingee you can find at art stores, to keep them from drying. Not advised for expensive brushes--invest in a how to use oils book! Good luck

Answer 4

Are your paints water soluble? I know it says in the question but if not water can gum it up. Use dawn dish washing liquid and work it through with your fingers to really get the paint out. If you have paint in the ferule.(the metal part the bristles are stuck into.) It might be leaking out when you do a new painting avoid getting the paint on any part but the brush bristles.

Answer 5

There is no such thing as water-soluable oil paints. The best thing to do is get an oil paint thinner from a local craft store.

Yes, nailpolish remover can damage a brush.

Answer 6

, art is not for the cleaning lady it is for the artist, so if you see that it makes no difference when you reuse the brush and there is no color coming off on the canvas because the brush is discolored then it makes no difference when you have this senses about the brushes take them to where you can wipe them on another old empty canvas and stroke it hard and work the colors off on the old sheet and do is till its Clean enough to keep working with, many times there are the want to keep moving quickly and this is easy way to keep up changing colors and starting up, old brushes loose there sealer coat that come from the factories and colors impragnate the brushes to discolor and that is okay dont fight it and destory the brush

Answer 7

John III is fully correct on all counts. Oils cannot be mixed with water. Cleaner from craft stores are usually of a turpentine base. Never use nail polish remover, the acetone can damage many things-it melts anything plastic, nail polish is created from a polyresin, so it removes it.

Answer 8

TURPINOIDE.. I THINK I SPELT IT RIGHT. IT IS SOLD AT YOUR CRAFT STORE.