RayburnGuy Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 (edited) After deciding to try applying DN with an artists brush I'm having trouble with cleaning the brush. I've been using denatured alcohol for cleanup with D2T and Etex, but it doesn't seem to work so well with DN. Can someone point me in the right direction for a solvent to use for cleaning my nylon brushes after using them to apply DN? Should I be using a bristle (hair) brush instead of nylon? I tried doing a search, but didn't come up with anything. thanks guys, Ben Edited January 20, 2010 by RayburnGuy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiverMan Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 I'm using the same thing Ben and what I have found is I rinse the brush once then get some new alcohol and do it again and it works pretty well. I'm using a natural hair brush that I stole from my wife's makeup stuff, lol. jed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted January 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Maybe it's got something to do with the nylon brushes. The DN just seems to get gummy and I have to really scrub the heck out of them to get them clean. And they seem to want to curl up and get stiff. Maybe I need to try a brush with natural hair. Will have to buy one since I run the ex off years ago. lol Thanks Jed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palmetto Balsa Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 A natural hair brush and a little acetone should get it clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lure--Prof Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Oxhair is my favorite brush for DN, but I've used others too. I clean my brush immediately after putting away my DN in a puddle of alcohol 3 times, then wash it out with dish soap and water. A good friend tells me because he cleans his in acetone, he can skip the soap and water. Dean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted January 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Thanks guys. I had a feeling the nylon brush might have something to do with it. I was needing a reason to go back to Hobby Lobby anyway. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dicknite Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 A natural hair brush and a little acetone should get it clean. Exactly - the solvents in Top-Coat will dissolve plastics. So using natural hair (or, at least, not plastic of any kind) is the only way to go. Also, the plastic from the brush will contaminate the Top-Coat, with probable undesireable results... Acetone and Lacquer Thinner are the best for clean-up. Dick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiverMan Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 Exactly - the solvents in Top-Coat will dissolve plastics. So using natural hair (or, at least, not plastic of any kind) is the only way to go. Also, the plastic from the brush will contaminate the Top-Coat, with probable undesireable results... Acetone and Lacquer Thinner are the best for clean-up. Dick The only thing I have not tried is acetone............I have used denatured alcohol and lacquer thinner and neither of them work.They kind of work but not really and after several uses the bristles slowly stiffen up. The other problem I have run into is that many quality bristle brushes are held together with glue and after you place the brush in a solvent the glues begin to break down and the bristles start coming out. I have probably gone through 10 quality soft bristle brushes trying to figure this out................if anyone has a way of doing this please let me know. Jed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
