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"JimR" wrote in message
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"Kitep" wrote in message
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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. 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.


Next time you have to quit before the job is done and want to resue the
brush, put the brush in a ziploc bag and put it into the freezer.


This may save the brush, but may also contaminate all the food in the
freezer, if any of the solvent escapes from the bag and is transferred to
the food. Poly bags are not an absolute seal, even water will transfer
through the plastic as vapor, so can solvents.


I wrap my paintbrushes - latex or alkyd - in foil and put in freezer
overnight when I have to continue a project. There is probably a great
deal LESS evaporation of volatile stuff whilst frozen than if I stand it
in a can overnight, or even clean it. Foil wraps around the brush very
closely, so whatever escapes is likely negligible.