In article , "Kitep" wrote:
On Sunday, I painted my front door with an oil-based paint. Went great,
looks better than expected. Didn't have time to clean the brush, so I put
it in a pail of water.

How did you manage to reach adulthood without learning that oil and water
don't mix?

Anywho, I went to clean the brush today. Now, I've
cleaned latex paint off a brush plenty of times, and it's really easy. But
with the oil-based paint, the brush never seemed to come clean. Plus it
left paint on my sink (which is ok for this particular sink). Finally
decided it wasn't worth the effort, and tossed the brush. Live & learn.

For that matter, how did you manage to reach adulthood without learning to
read directions?

Hint #1: the label on that paint can tells you what to use to clean the brush.
Hint #2: it ain't water.


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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.