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Hi there, I got 3 great tips for storing brushes, cleaning brushes and rescuing old brushes!
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1. A reader of mine, Stacie Smith sent in this tip actually! “I’ve discovered for storing brushes (after they are dry) is a drinking straw holder - the kind that lifts the straws up from a cylinder and then sets back down into it.? That way the bristles are safe if packed away for transport.” Pretty cool idea, huh?
2. After face painting for the day, don’t just rinse your brushes in water, wash them with soap. You’d be surpised how much paint comes out of your brushes! Just rinsing them won’t get everything out, you really need to use soap. You can use laundry soap or you might want to try DaVinci cosmetic grade soap.
3. I can’t remember who I received this tip off but its a good one: ”Get some cotton (I use embroidery thread as it’s easier to untie at the end) and gently tie it round the bristles to the shape you want starting at the handle end. Tie off carefully (remember you’ve gotta get the thread off again without having to cut it so damaging the bristles). leave over night to dry (this could be a few days in cooler weather) untie cotton and your brushes should be back to their proper shape. They’ll never be “new” again but they will be useable.”
Happy Face Painting,
Philadelphia Tivoli
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April 2nd, 2008 at 6:04 am
another simple tip that helps is never leave your brushes in the water- it damages the bristles over time.
also- and that’s a tip from Gary Cole from snazaroo- use a lot of brushes in order to keep your water clean.
Jinny uses 2 cups- 1 for cleaning the brush and the other for loading water- so that’s 2 techniques you can use to take care of your brushes.
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:47 pm
I usually use just a bar of hand soap but how do you claen your brushes properly
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Hi, Philadelphia! Thanks for all the tips and videos. They’ve been a great help for us!
My daughter came up with a great idea on brush maintenance. When you’re working, keep two containers of water on your worktable. Use one for rinsing and one for adding water to your makeup. The secret is to add a few drops of dishwashing liquid to the container you use to rinse! Using this mixture to rinse your brushes gets the makeup out of the brush VERY easily, and limits stains to the bristles. It also makes a more thorough washing at the end of the session much easier and quicker. The best thing is that it eliminates staining one color with remnants of the last color in your palette.
Hope this helps your bloggers! Happy painting!
Donna
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:20 pm
I found a good way to store and protect my brushed a few months ago. There are always so many empty paper towel cardboard rolls or tubes around so I put them to use. The good sturdy ones are great for holding your brushed together without the tips bending because the tubes are longer than the brushes. I even put an elastic around the handles before dropping them into the tube. Cover the bottom with something to prevent brushed from falling out and the top with an airy fabric or screen. Be creative and surprise yourself. So far, it’s working. Thanks for the drinking straw holders too.
Vi
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Sorry for the mistakes. I meant to say brushes not brushed
Vi
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:54 am
Hi Philadelphia! Thank you for all your tips. I use something called Pink Soap for cleaning my brushes. It can be bought in the US at Michael’s Craft stores.Perhaps even at Walmart.You just need a small amount and if there is any residue left in the brushes, it will help condition the bristles so the label says. At a face painting gig,I’ve sometimes used a rice filled container to hold my brushes upright in while painting.Also, I find, if you use just a tiny amount of clear eyelash adhesive it helps to hold little gems in place ,when doing a crown on say a child’s forehead.
April 6th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Hi. To keep my brushes together and safe while traveling, I use a a rubber band, a chopstick or two and hold my brushes together with the chopstick(s) sticking out a half inch or so longer than any brush tips. Then, I roll them up inside a Dollar Store, rubber placemat.
When I set up for painting, I have the rubber placemat to lay down and put my facepaint pans of paint on, thus keeping them from moving around on my table as I’m painting.
Back to the Dollar store: I also purchased a soap dish and a bar of glycerin soap. It does it all, keeping my hands clean and my brushes. I keep a plastic, basin sized bowl full of clean water, which serves as my sink.
I have a second rubber place mat hand to lay my brushes down and they don’t tend to roll off the table. Once my brushes are completely dry, I roll them back up, and I’m on my way!
Occasionally, I’ll wash the rubber placemats in soapy water, and hang them outside to drip dry. Only takes a few minutes.
April 7th, 2008 at 2:26 am
Abbie, I love the rubber placemat idea! Other containers that could be used in similar fashion to keep brushes nice are plastic toothbrush containers, tinfoil tubes (tend to be more durable than paper towel tubes) and small pencil hard cases. What about straws themselves? Larger diameter straws could be used to protect bristles on round brushes (probably not so well on flat brushes :P) - snip a straw in half, insert bottom of brush into straw and push until you can grab end of brush and pull through until the bristles are nicely protected by the straw. Cheap, but effective
May 20th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
I was thinking about face painting at Founder’s Day. Do you have any advice for us? I am concernened about the safety of the paints with young skin- in other words can anything go wrong and what can we do to make it as sanitary as possible ?
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