How to properly clean and take care of your brushes

[OMEGAPRIME1983]

What kind of heavy duty cleaners DO you recommend by chance fr?

[Jimster]

I'm more of a 'two cleaning pots, swish it around and wipe it on some kitchen roll' kinda guy. Do many of you actually follow the above procedure religiously?

[G.I.Eddie]

When drybrushing, my brushes tend to clump up rather fast needed frequent cleanings...is this typical?

[Hotwire]

When drybrushing, my brushes tend to clump up rather fast needed frequent cleanings...is this typical?

You're using acrylics, aren't you? I had this problem when using Tamiyas. Nothing you can really do about it, except clean the brush more often. When I was drybrushing with Tamiya, I wouldn't completely clean my brush, just sort of rinse if off in alcohol. Of course, that only works with Tamiya, since they are alcohol based.

[G.I.Eddie]

No, I'm actually using enamels...testors specifically...and I'm using brush cleaning tips I learned here...

[TTT]

I have a brush graveyard.

[stevescustoms]

I usually just swish the brush around a bit and then wipe it off really good with my paint rag. Haven't had any problems.

[Hotwire]

I usually just swish the brush around a bit and then wipe it off really good with my paint rag. Haven't had any problems.

Same here.