Cleaning Supplies in an Art Studio

Video Transcript

"MATT CAIL: Hello. I'm Matt Cail and on behalf of Expert Village, I'm going to show you today how to organize and set up and tame your own art studio. Now, it's been a really, really long day for you. You've had a--gotten a lot of creative projects done, very productive. And now your hands basically look like somebody came down and painted a rainbow on them. You have paint up to your--close up to your elbows. You need to be able to clean things off. This is something else you should have in your art studio, cleaning supplies. Now, you oftentimes will have like special cleaners for your brushes and your other art supplies to get the paint off them and that's great. And sometimes, this can help out a little bit with your hands, too. Make sure, though, that they're intended to be exposed to human skin. Some cleaners that will work really, really well with brushes are not intended for contact with skin. Others, you can use them interchangeably and that's great. In addition, you should have like a good store of paper towels on hand. Get a roll or two of them, especially the type that soak up a lot of liquids, in case, you have a spill on yourself or on the floor. Also, like having a good sponge. Again, they're kinda like start to wash off. It'd be really great if you can even have a sink in your studio. Most of us are not that lucky but, hopefully, at least you can have a sink close by. Lastly, a couple of things people don't think about, a pumice stone. This is very, very good about getting off some of that really tough paint that just does not want to come off. Oftentimes, it will take off the outermost layer of your skin especially if you're scrubbing hard, so be careful not to overdo it. This is great in getting off the paint this-you know, nothing's coming off. You don't want necessarily have to break down a new steel wool. A pumice stone is a great intermediary. And, lastly, just like a good, basic resilient towel. A little bit more than a paper towel. This is great for really quickly wiping off paint that maybe you just don't want to stop but you just need to make sure this big gloppy mess gets off of you and paper towels aren't going to cut it. You can get a lot of this at grocery stores. They're very absorbent and they very, very good at also maintaining their fabric consistency after multiple years of use."