"FACE" wrote in message
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Does anyone know a good way to get dried house paint out of the bristles
of
a synthetic house brush?

I hate to say it is my favorite brush and i have allowed house paint to
dry
into the deep bristles so it is no longer supple.

I have been painting on the house about an hour a day for the past month.
I
have been keeping the brush after use in plastic bags and then closed into
an empty paint can with a few drops of water in the bottom out of the sun
but I have ended up with drying in the deep bristles anyway. I know that
the things are not that expensive but the newer ones do not appear to have
the bristle "bulk" of this one, so saving it actually is my aim here.

I put it through the wash cycle of the washing machine twice yesterday
with
detergent but that did not seem to work either.

Thanks

FACE

Soak in Lacquer thinner overnight ( they do sell a brush cleaner) then comb
with a wire brush. After all that work their never the same they just plain
wear out that's why I have crapy brushes and good brushes. If I am painting
for along period I will stop and clean my brush a couple times during
painting. When I'm done I always comb the brushes. They just don't last
forever.