FOR ANYONE WONDERING IF IT WORK FOR SMALL DETAIL BRUSHES IT DOES! THANKS ALOT 💞✨

Good video! I'm sure this method will improve your brushes. That said though.... Here's an even better tip for restoring real hair brushes. I've used this technique on Raphael inking brushes (8404) for years, and they've helped them maintain a nice point for quite a while. One brush that I'm still using has been in service in my studio since 1997! 1) Wash your brush in shampoo, rubbing the shampoo in to the bristles to clean out the bristles. Shampoo is the best thing for cleaning hair, folks. It works on hair brushes the same way 2) Rinse out the brush with warm water 3) Wash the brush again, this time using a shampoo conditioner, but DON'T rinse out the condition. Instead... 4) With the bristles still caked with conditioner, reform the point of the brush. You can do this with your finger tips, or rolling on a piece of paper (or even with your mouth if you're so inclined, and don't mind the taste of conditioner. lol) 5) Once the point has been reformed, recap the brush (if you have a cap for it). If you don't have a recap, that's okay too. What you want to do here is put the brush on a shelf or someplace safe for about 3-5 days. A window seal, a shelf or something where it won't be disturbed for the duration. The caked-on conditioner will harden on the bristles, forcing the bristles to be retrained, thus regaining the proper bristle memory. 6) After about 3-5 days take your brush from the shelf, and wash it out with soap and warm water. Reform the point. This should do the trick. If it doesn't quite do it, rinse and repeat the process. This method works. It works well. I've been a professional comic book artist and illustrator of RPG and kids books since 1996, and this has saved many, many of my brushes. I hope this is helpful.

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I love that she is giving us something that actually saves the brushes while most other videos are just like. "Pluck the stray hairs out it will be fine!"

This hack is genius! I used it on all of my brushes this morning, and there’s a noticeable difference in the quality and texture of my brushes. Highly recommend!!

I've never tried it out, but I'm sure it helps. However, I would NEVER EVER throw away a brush. Even those two brushes at the beginning could be useful, for exanple when painting fur or foliage.

Suggestion to those who are interested: After painting, always wash your brushes with soap and that way your brashes will always look like new. And you wash them with soap for as long as it takes to get rid of all the color. If you are tired or in a rush, at least keep them in jar filled with water and peace of soup in it, till you get time to wash them properly. I found wet wipes very useful when in a hurry because they contain soup too, so you can use them during painting if u need to clean the brush. I know washing brashes is boring, but it's worth it :)

Thank You all !! Hope it helps you guys and you stop buying new brushes every time feel like u have spoiled one. It will save a lot of your money ✌🏻✨

Luckily I found this video. This saved my 9yr old detail brushes that I was about to give-up and unwillingly buy a new set. Thanks for sharing. ❤️

Thank you sharing this brilliant trick, a lot of my paint brushes are like that making them useless. This will certainly help 😀

I need to do this with many of my brushes, I'm very negligent when it comes to brush care. Thanks for sharing this. New friend here.

As an artist I find it very helpful 👍🏾 Loads of thanks for sharing such an amazing method of getting back a damaged brush to its original form.

Thanks so much! I am a novice acrylic painter and am using brushes my kid brothers stored away with paint and did not clean. I cleaned them but a few of the bristles were messed up. I thought they were unrepairable and had actually put them in a box to throw away. Once I found your video I retrieved the brushes and used your hack. Worked like a charm! You save me money!

This is so simple, so glad I found your channel

Thank you very much. I have several brushes in need of Paintastic Arts care! Best wishes, Marion in the UK.

Thank you. It is so frustrating when a brush is not working properly. You just saved me five brushes and probably more.

Thank you soooo much for sharing this!! I was frustrated with my brushes and tired of replacing. A lot of others tell you to trim the hairs. This is the best advice I have seen on brush maintenance!! A million thanks.

Thank you my brushes have been driving me nuts I just keep buying new ones after every project. Thank you Love ❤️

Wow, that's such a useful tip. I have been throwing my old brushes away and can't wait to try your method

What a great hack! All my detail brushes have lost it's shape and this video is a saviour! Thankyou!❤

THANK YOU!!! I have a whole drawer of brushes I now know how to revive!! Hurray!:)

Thanks for sharing

OMG! I had trashed lots of brushes because I didn´t know this trick! Thank you for sharing this video, it will help me to save me a lot of money.

Aha! Thats the step I forgot about, leaving the bristles in the hot water for longer than a few seconds. Thank you.👍🏼

This is wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing, I have so much frustration with my brushes, you have been a great help

Thank you, this was a very clear tutorial, I will try it out with my 2nd hand brushes.

Awesome info! thank you I am changing the old way I cleaned brush , the wast of money ,THANH YOU !

Beautiful! thank you so much! You've saved me throwing out a few of my brushes. That's a big help!

Thank you, after doing art for so long it's nice to learn this...

TLDR; Remove dried acrylic paint: hold brush under hot tap water. Use soap and a *hard* toothbrush to remove dirt. Done.

Thank you so much for this tip I was just trying to figure if I need to go buy new brushes you saved me!!!🤗

This was a wonderfully helpful comment. Thank you so very much.

Soo helpful thank you🙏💕

Hi for those who want to know if this works or not, here is my experience:- I tried this with all my brushes some of them were good but I thought they would become better after 3-4 hrs I was really happy with the results and I painted too and it worked but after a week, my brushes became even more damaged. Then I saw another video which said to use vinegar instead of hot water, that also worked for a day but the next day when I painted my brush's bristles were damaged. Now I have wild bristles.. :(

So far I've saved three expensive brushes. Thank you for this video!

I just tested this and it works perfectly. Thank you soo much.

this worked wonderfully!!! thank you for sharing

I wash & clean mine, but I spray hair spray into a small lid of drinking bottle & dip brush into the hairspray. I shape the wet bristles. I let it dry & keep the bristles stiff until I need it. I can wash it off with hot water & use it anytime. I do this with all my brushes after I use them to keep the tips safely in shape.

Thank You so much for teaching me how to get your brushes back to shape💕 I've never come across anyone that showed this ❤️

I’m going to try this! Thanks for the video.

Thankyou, it really helpful!!😍

Love the tip. Look forward to many more. Does it help with all types of brushes - synthetic, hog, others?

Can't wait to try this. Thank you!

How cool is that? I have several paintbrushes that I thought were beyond use... thanks so much for this awesome hack. Can't wait to bring my brushes back to life :) x

As an aside, after cleaning my larger natural bristle brushes I give them a small dip massage in human hair conditioner, it does a similar thing by giving the bristles some body so they can be shaped tightly and when dry hold that shape. It also fills the cells in old dryer bristles giving them more life and a smoother stroke. I don't know if it would work as well on the tiny brushes, but it sure adds life to the larger ones.

Thanks. Never tried this. Will give it a go today. Got quite a few brushes that need to be refurbished

Wow, it really works. Just restored an expensive detail brush. Thank you!

Smashing. I have so many brushes to recover. Thanks. Bob

Thank you for this one

Well 1st I want to say that your voice is too sweet to listen....and thank u for this hack❤

Great hack….thank you so much!

Excellent tip! Thank you!

Thank u for this one!

Wow, this hack really worked.. Thanks..😊

Thank you so much for this! Will try this to my detailed brushes

needed 👍👍👍 thanks for sharing... I have so many damaged brushes..

I use to wet it with liquid soup al let it dries, but the hot water it help more thanks i have plenty of brushes to repair

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Thanks a lot for sharing the technique

Worked like a charm, thank you!

I like the way in which she pronounced the word water.

I use a 2" Wooster detailing brush to transfer fresh ground coffee into a filter. The brush lost its knife edge a long time ago so I decided to use your technique but go one step further, rinsing again to remove the soap from the bristles. Interestingly, the rinse water, which was clear after your suggested hot water rinse, turned dark again. I then, as you suggested, shaped the bristles and my brush was returned to its original knife edge. If I were still painting with oils and water colors, I might just use your technique plus a second rinse to remove the soap. Of course, I would never use my artists sable & other brushes to make coffee even though I'm a coffee addict. Thanks again for your great video. That knife edge really does a great job! Your coffee addict friend.

Super helpful! Thanks!

This is wonderful I have a bunch of old brushes I don't use any more.Thank you!

Thanks for sharing, but foremost important is to mention if the brushes are damaged using dried acrylic colors or dried oil paint. Soap and water will definitely help water color brushes.

Thanks alot because my painting brush also like that I can't use them when I am using to give outline it fully waste the my drawings thanks

WOW Now I can redo all those brushes that have lost their shape. Fantastic!!

Great technique, thank you. 😊

I usually use my brushes all the way down to a few hairs, after cutting down the ferrel and exposing the hairs glued inside. Which I have to soak in rubbing alcohol to be able to cut down and shape into a usable brush. I will try this before cutting down the ferrel thank you!

This is very helpful tip. Thank you for sharing. Now i can fix my old brushes. #jvpaints

Thanx so much.... I usualy struggle with damaged brushes this will be a BIG help

Wow ! I used to throw old brushes but I will not throw now, I will do this ! ☺️

I guess it depends on what the actual brush is made of, synthetic or other real types of hair. Last resort for badly damaged is use as foliage brushes!

Some art supplies companies make brush conditioner for this exact purpose :) It comes in a solid form you wet and smoothe your bristles out, let it dry and rinse when ready for your next use. Some soaps can be harsh 🤘

Wow Im so trying this..I have so many brushes that need this..thank you

Thank u soo muchh. I'm going to do it to all my brushes now

I Like how she pronounced the word Soap xD!

Great tutorial! I have two questions: Would this technique work on brushes where all the bristles are bent (dried leaning over)? And what is the best kind of soap to use? There are many kinds to choose from...

What a splendid idea.Thank you very much.

Very helpful

This method works for all kind of brushes and my teacher asked ti wash the brushes onces a week with soap as it will remove the paint that remains inside the brush which is dry

can this hack be used even for makeup brushes? thanks for this life saving hack!😭❤️

Really very thankful for saving money for new brush I mostly face this problem

Wow thanks . Was worried about getting new brushes

Thank you for the tutorial. I needed this too. I just have one small question. Once we've let our brushes dry after brushing it on soap, are we supposed to dip them again in hot water or is normal water okay?

They sell soaps specifically for paintbrushes. They’re called The Masters Brush Cleaner. They work wonders for cleaning and getting your brushes to return to tip. Be careful with other harsh soaps as they can undo the glue inside.

Brilliant. Thank you so much

You bloody genius. Thank you

I am an artist, and thought, well, I have these for about 25 years, therefore.....enough is enough. But I will give it a try. So thank you - hope it will work. And by the way, the music in the background, however inobtrusive it is in this case, it is still totally unnecessary. I keep writing this every time when I am "forced to listen to some tune, when I really care about something else - if I want to hear music, I go to a concert. The best.

How slowly !!!! 5 minutes of vidéo for that !!!!

Thank you. Great tip!

So simple yet so amazing !

What a lot of job...just dip them in very hot water, count until 15 and voila....they return to their original shape...just for synthetic

6 damn minutes to explain how you literally: Put the brushes in hot water Rub them through soup Rinse them Let them dry 30 sec explanation put in a 6 min video. 😶

Thank you so much for sharing beautiful!!

Thank you! Great tips! :D

Very helpful. Thank you so much 💓

Wow wonderful thank you for sharing your technique.

Awesome, thank you very much very helpful

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