Difficulty: Easy
Instructions
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Step 1
Determine if your pant is latex or oil based. You can save both time and water by this method of storing your paint brushes between painting sessions. This method is for latex paint only.
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Step 2
Place the wet paintbrush in a large Ziplock or similar freezer bag and seal it up. Just to be on the safe side place that bag inside another bag, such as a used plastic or paper shopping bag for double protection.
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Step 3
Place the bag containing the paint brush inside the freezer. This will prevent the paint from hardening and your brush will be ready for use after thawing out in a couple of hours. You can keep wet paint brushes for weeks in this manner. Don't use this method for oil based paint since the fumes will contaminate your food in the freezer.
Comments
MikiNL said
on 2/12/2009 Paint brushes with oil based paint can be stored in a similar way. Put it in a sealable plastic bag (or rather two) and pour some turpentine in. Then store it in a shed (or somewhere else where bit of smell does not matter). You can keep the brushes like this for months. See
http://www.ideas-smart.com/node/11 for more details.
WaterMouse said
on 12/17/2008 Great advice! This is the same method I used when I was a maintenance man for a hotel.