what is the best thing to use to clean brushes after using fast dry enamel paint?

Answer 1

enamel thinners,,,,,,,,,,will do the job fine,,,,,,but now days,,brushes are sooo cheap t buy,,,,just buy new 1's,,

Answer 2

To augment and perhaps even repeat some of the excellent advice Morpheous provided: Minimize overlap of brush strokes. Don't go back and paint over the area you just painted, let the paint level and spread by itself. Use a brush with soft bristles, sable is best. For a rough surface (e.g. wall or tire) a camel hair or synthetic brush is fine. When painting a wide area, use a wide brush to minimize the number of strokes. Make sure the brush is clean. Keep dried paint particles and other debris out of your paint bottle. Transferring paint from the bottle to a separate palette or container, using a straw or disposable dropper, helps with this. Let the paint dry, then apply a second coat. Don't try to get full thickness in coat. Enamels tend to brush better than acrylics as they dry slower. If your acrylic paint is not brushing well, try adding a small amount of thinner, or acrylic paint retarder (from the art supply store). Also, dipping the brush in a container of water helps when brushing acrylics. Practice on scrap plastic before painting your first model.

Answer 3

Use water to clean up,it should be latex based if its fast drying it defently is not an oil based you can use soap and water if not use mineral spirits,if their cheaper brushes ie 1-8 dollars then i would just throw away if not using in a few days afterwards.exspensive brushes run from 10-20 dollars and those are worth saveing also if you plan to clean afterwards, it is not recommended to cover over half of the brissles with paint, makes for easier cleaning if you get it up past the metal it will be alot harder.Be careful how you use the word enamel these days, it can mean anything and be confusing better term would be to address them as either oil based or latex.

Answer 4

don't bother it will cost you more to clean them than buy new.
Enamel paint is one of the hardest to get out.you have most probley been painting radiators or a white kitchen appliance so you have been paint in for a while, this will mean the paint in the bristles will have started to set.

Answer 5

Gun Wash It is a darivative of thinners I use it at work for my Spray gun it will shift anything a good paint wholesalers should stock it

Answer 6

laquer thinner
also don't use a dry brush
dip it in mineral spirits then sling out excess and then use this will aid in cleaning

Answer 7

cellulose paint thinners, as used by the car paint trade

Answer 8

maybe try paint remover like nitromors

Answer 9

speed ..try moving faster to get to the turps