How to maintain the paint brush
Release time:
2021-12-30
Before using the new paint brush, immerse the roots of the bristles with nitrocellulose varnish or shellac paint to make the bristles adhere firmly to the roots as possible to prevent the roots of the paint brush from being loosely bonded.
1. The floating color should be removed as far as possible before using the paint brush. The method to remove the floating hair is usually to dip a paint brush with a little paint, rub it repeatedly on the rough surface to make the floating hair fall, and then use a scraper to push and scrape from the root of the bristles to the front end of the bristles, repeatedly pushing and scraping several times, and finally Brush the paint brush on sandpaper, and trim the front end of the paint brush into a neat flat shape.
2. Before using the new paint brush, immerse the roots of the bristles with nitrocellulose varnish or shellac paint to make the bristles adhere firmly to the roots as possible to prevent the roots of the paint brush from being loosely bonded.
3. Clean the paint brush after use. First use a scraper to scrape off the remaining paint on the paint brush as much as possible, and then clean it with a thinner. Paint brushes for oily paint and blending paint can be cleaned with No. 200 solvent gasoline and kerosene; for paint brushes with synthetic resin coatings, they can be cleaned with the matching thinner; for paint brushes with water-based paints, use water or with a hydrophilic paint. Water solvent cleaning. Do not clean paint brushes with different colors and different types of paint in the same cleaning container.
4. During the brushing process, if the brushing operation is interrupted for a short time, the paint brush can be hung vertically in the paint brush anti-drying holder, and the bristles can be soaked in the anti-drying agent (solvent or water), see Figure 2 on the right . When the paint brush is hanging, do not make the front end of the bristles touch the bottom to prevent the bristles from deforming. When you need to use it, remove the anti-drying agent from the paint brush anti-drying holder and shake it for use.
Paint brushes need to be protected from insects during long-term storage. They should be stored in a dry place, preferably sprinkled with camphor powder.