Paint Brush Maintenance

05-24-2009, 11:50 PM	#1
saggdevil Haste Makes Waste   Join Date: May 2009 Location: Huntington, WV Posts: 292	Paint Brush Maintenance Is it okay to use a paint brush cleaned with thinner or spirits (after being used with oil paint) for latex paint??

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05-25-2009, 05:42 AM	#2
chrisn paper hanger and painter     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hagerstown MD Posts: 5,711	Paint Brush Maintenance Why would you? Oil brushes are for oil paint , latex brushes or for latex paint.

05-25-2009, 09:09 AM	#3
saggdevil Haste Makes Waste   Join Date: May 2009 Location: Huntington, WV Posts: 292	Paint Brush Maintenance I guess I thought a paint brush was a paint brush. Wasn't aware of different brushes for different paint. What is the difference in the brushes?

05-25-2009, 01:06 PM	#4
Matthewt1970 Member     Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,483	Paint Brush Maintenance It's the way the bristles hold and behave with the paints on them. There are brushes for "All Paints" but I don't recommend them.

05-26-2009, 05:39 AM	#5
chrisn paper hanger and painter     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hagerstown MD Posts: 5,711	Paint Brush Maintenance Generally, Use Natural China bristle for oil paints and synthetic fibers for latex.