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I recently ordered a variety of Rosemary & Co brushes in various sizes, shapes and hair types to see if the lofty claims were true. I assumed they would be decent enough, but I wasn’t expecting to get such amazing quality at such low prices! They are without a doubt the best brushes at any price I’ve ever used, and I have some expensive ...
Following Marshal White’s suggestion of preserving brushes in oil – he uses motor oil, which also non-drying. As long as a brush is first rinsed thoroughly in a ‘turp’ or washed in a mild soap before use, I don’t see the problem of substituting tranny or motor oil for a natural non-toxic alternative like those I listed above.
So I have been painting for a couple of months now, and I recently solved the battle of finding the paint that I like best, but I can’t seem to come to a conclusion on brushes. I bought some very cheap student grade brushes to begin with, and they worked fine to get me through an oil painting class I am finishing up, but after painting for a ...
Plan on using this particular oil only for cleaning brushes and for best results, try to get most of it out of the brush with a rag before put the brush into the paint. Updated chart added in PDF and JPG format for those who don’t want to click on a PDF.
I’m a college student majoring in painting. I’ve been given hog bristle brushes (without knowing they were hog) and have really liked the thick wiry feel they have… but I don’t particularly like the fact I’m using hair plucked off an animal. I’ve been told that natural hairs used for paint brushes are a byproduct of the food industry.
So do traditional Japanese hake brushes, which also work as blenders. A bit of superglue at the ferrule may help. The things are so cheap, you might as well experiment. So far, the cheap Ebay brushes made for painting fingernails seem pretty resilient — at least, such is the case with the ones I possess.
On the smaller brushes, any good paint brush will do. You have to be careful when looking at the hardware store, but hopefully you can find the stiffer natural bristle brushes that are essentially the same as the Ross or Alexander brushes. Lots of the hardware store brushes are thinner, softer and synthetic.
For the post with the picture of kids brushes. The only difference between usable kids brushes and pro brushes is the texture you can get with the kids brushes. Very usable. I’ve been using linseed oil to clean my brushes. It may be slower than turps and thinners. And there are painting techniques I will never be able to use.
The rest with brushes. As far as possible, try and mix paint with a palette knife instead of brushes. Also, clean your brushes right after a painting session. If you let the paint dry on them, cleaning will be harder and can damage the hair. All this has helped me prolong the life of my brushes to a good degree.
Usually while painting I’ll use walnut oil, sometimes a little OMS, and towels to keep the brushes clean. When I want to throughly clean brushes after painting, I’ll use concentrated Murphy’s oil soap…this has restored brushes that were hopeless with dried oil paint (first I’ll dip bristles in Murphy’s and lay to the side for a while).