ᐅ Washing paintbrushes, nitro thinner, and other related materials
Created on: 4 Nov 2011 18:02
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VolvoDriver
Hello everyone,
I am a trained painter and varnisher and had to work with primer today. Since I didn’t have an old brush available, I had to use a good one of mine, and well, I just tried cleaning it with nitrous thinner, but it doesn’t dissolve at all. Is there a way to clean it? Because if nitrous thinner doesn’t work, that’s a bit strange. I mean, okay, I had to dilute the primer with spirits, but unfortunately, I don’t have any at home right now to try cleaning it with (if that even works).
If anyone knows something, please let me know 😉
Best regards
I am a trained painter and varnisher and had to work with primer today. Since I didn’t have an old brush available, I had to use a good one of mine, and well, I just tried cleaning it with nitrous thinner, but it doesn’t dissolve at all. Is there a way to clean it? Because if nitrous thinner doesn’t work, that’s a bit strange. I mean, okay, I had to dilute the primer with spirits, but unfortunately, I don’t have any at home right now to try cleaning it with (if that even works).
If anyone knows something, please let me know 😉
Best regards
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schwarzmeier13 Nov 2011 07:02VolvoDriver schrieb:
I was about to say 😉
and what do you use for that? My boss didn’t know either.
A coworker said something about a special thinner. Or is that nonsense too?The solvent in the paint material is always suitable.
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VolvoDriver14 Nov 2011 17:34So with denatured alcohol, it should be soft enough to work with again?
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schwarzmeier15 Nov 2011 10:37VolvoDriver schrieb:
so it should be possible to soften it again using alcohol-based solvent?"Brush cleaning" should be done while the brush is still soft and the coating material hasn't dried in the bristles. If the bristles or hairs are already hardened, the brush generally needs to be discarded.
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VolvoDriver16 Nov 2011 17:38They’re still not hard, not even today. Just slightly dried on. But why has all the nitro disappeared? I had filled the small bucket up to one-fifth (20%) after all 😉
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VolvoDriver17 Nov 2011 17:08You can’t know everything, right? But here’s a different question: would it help if you soaked the brush in a strong paint stripper and covered it with plastic wrap overnight?