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Creativity => Arts & Crafts Corral => Topic started by: scrub-adub on October 25, 2014, 02:29:42 PM

Title: oh geeze guess what I did....
Post by: scrub-adub on October 25, 2014, 02:29:42 PM

so i'm an oil painter and I usually wash my brushes right after I use them but I stopped painting way late at night and I forgot and left them for weeks!
so now they are all dry and now I have no idea how to get them back to normal!!!
help...
 :( :cry: >_< -_-
 :cloud: :what: :enraged: :yikes: :help:

Title: Re: oh geeze guess what I did....
Post by: Karma on October 25, 2014, 04:52:50 PM

Here's a few suggestions from the net:
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100316132728AAt7geH (https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100316132728AAt7geH)
I have a love hate relationship with oils... it's been a while!

Title: Re: oh geeze guess what I did....
Post by: Griffin on October 26, 2014, 01:15:21 PM

Uh oh. Karma's link has very good tips, I hope some of those will help rejuvenate your brushes! I have no experience with oil paints but they say like dissolves like so the oil tip may be worth trying. Good luck!

Title: Re: oh geeze guess what I did....
Post by: ZennaBug on October 26, 2014, 07:18:48 PM

Oh no! Are they expensive brushes? I hope you can save them!