To Clean... Or Not To Clean? What Shall It Be?

steve-in-kville

I'm so ignorant when it comes to oil paint, so bear with me...

As mentioned in some earlier posts, I have this home that needs to be oil-primed to cover up smoke stains/smell. I'll be tearing into the second floor this week while removing the remainder of the paper on the first floor.

For years, when I did remod's with latex, I kept multiple roller cages/covers wet for weeks by simply covering them in a shopping bag (one's from Lowes and HD are always available ) All brushes were washed clean every night, except if I went on a short break, then I wrapped them, too.

This is the first time I'll be using oil in this abundance (estimated near 10-gallon for entire job). I still plan to wrap the rollers every night, but can I do the same with the brushes? I was reading a older paint manual where oil brushes are suspended in thinner overnight without ill effects.

Thanks in advance.

steve

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Woz the Painter

Ya, I suggest you swish them around in thinner and wrap them in newspaper or whatever is handy and sink them in enough thinner to cover the bristles, then next day wire brush them and spin them out...

slickshift

Yeah, you don't want to wrap oil brushes
Either clean them out, or let them soak

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Joewho

If you start the day full of piss and vinegar, but at the end of the day you just want to be away from there....

I usually do just wrap an oil in plastic and clean it in spirits when I get there the next day. I always load up the brush first and squish a good layer of paint around the outside of the bristles so nothing dries.

I'm not married and a refrigerator shelf of brushes/rollers overnight is nothing.

premierpainter

I have my guys put the oil brushes in water overnight. Works great. In the morn, just spin a little and start your day

chris n

I usually do just wrap an oil in plastic

Dosen't the plastic stick to the brush?,it does for me,I use tin foil for over night.

George Z

Wrap them and freze them,
or leave them in your trunk, balcony etc if freezing outside.

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Danahy

Wrap your oil brushes and rollers in Tin Foil! Good for atleast 3-5 days. Becareful when you wrap up the brush to try and maintain its shape. After about 10 days of using the same brush, I may sometimes have to use my 9 in 1, and scrape the tiny bit of blobs off, that takes about 2 secs at most.

rws

A 5 gal. bucket with lid filled with 1.5 liter cut off Poland Springs bottles with brush cleaner in the first two thinner in the others a coat hanger and a brush comb,cleaning your brush thru out the day will make it perform better.

Workaholic

I would leave your brush in your work pot, assuming you cut the bell out of a gallon can. Leave brush in paint, straight up so your brush does'nt curve. Put a splash of thinner on top then cover with a thinner soaked rag. Next morning you will be ready to go again. Keep in mind that oil primers dry much quicker than a finish coat will. So make sure you have a decent splash of thinner on top.

steve-in-kville

Many thanks for the replies. I've never used oil to this extent before. I've used Kilz for the occassional water stain, but nothing that went for multiple days.

So I take it that mineral spirits is the best brush cleaner? I have a little bit if everything for oil... if someone would see my shelf in the shop they'd think I'm planning to build a bomb or two.

steve

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