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    what do i clean mack pinstriping brush with?

     



    i am new to pinstriping and i just bought a few mack brushes and some good sign painting enamel and i am kinda scared to dip and start painting if i dont know what to clean the brush with. i know they are made of squirrel hair and im not sure which thinners or solvents they will hold up to....can anyone help.

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    I used to use One Shot enamel. I would dip the brush in linseed oil, then run the hairs though my thumb and forefinger to squeeze out most of the oil, then dip the brush in the paint. Clean with turpentine, then dip in linseed oil and squeeze most of it out to store the brush.
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    I took a class in custom painting but never stayed with it. We used baby oil after cleaning, turpentine, mineral sprits {I think lacquer thinner might have been too strong} to keep the hair moist, and like techinspector1 said, we would run the oil through the hairs with the finger and thumb getting most of the oil out, and put paper towels around them for storing.

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    thanks

     



    ok cool thanks guys i appreciate it. wouldnt be able to learn without good peers.

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    Sooooo---which method did you use???? or didn't????and how were the results of your work???

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    actually i used thinner, and then treated the brush with linseed oil..and that has worked since. hope it helped you in your wonderment.
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