"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


You did say synthetic bristles right ?

Any solvent that will soften the paint will turn the whole brush to goo.

This calls for, last shot, drastic action as there is no other choice, and
nothing to lose.



Make sure it's perfectly dry.

Lay the brush on a concrete floor, and wolllop the bristles repeatedly with
a steel hammer.

(for more harmless fun, pretend it's that idiot neighbor down the street who
pokes their nose into everyone's business, or your boss, or ex-wife/husband)
LOL

Turn the brush over and do it some more.

Keep going and soon the paint will turn to powder.

Wash it out in soapy water, and dry.

repeat as many times as needed.

The brush will never be "like new" but I've salvaged countless brushes I've
gotten back filled with dry paint after lending them to people this way.

(and guess which ones are the only ones I now loan out)

AMUN