How do i clean paint off a brush?

I like to make model planes, but still new to it, and the paint i use is for plastics and it make my brushes into really hard sticks anyway to maintain their soft furry feeling after use?How do i clean paint off a brush?
If you're using acrylics for plastic, use water with a touch of dish-soap... and if you're using enamel's use the manufacturers thinner (typically petroleum distillates). ALWAYS clean your brushes as soon as you finish using them... never wait until later.





Thinner usually comes in a bottle or can... I decant off a batch into TWO other bottles (Grey Poupon jars work great). I ALWAYS put THOSE bottles inside a metal pie-tin to capture drips or spills.





You dip the brush into the first thinner bottle and SWISH it around to remove most of the paint... wipe the brush gently across a soft cloth or paper towel... then swish the brush about in the second bottle to clean further. I store my brushes in a third jar with the bristles UP.





I know you're a beginner, but it is WELL worth it to talk to your hobby-store person and buy GOOD brushes rather than ';cheapo'; brushes.





I have several brushes that are over 12 years old, and are in near perfect shape.





GOOD LUCKHow do i clean paint off a brush?
I paint quite a bit with my craft and whenever I have a lot of paint built up in the Ferrel of my paintbrush I usually soak my paint brush in denatured rubbing alcohol for a few minutes you can see the old built up dried paint leaving your paintbrush and then was the brush in liquid detergent and then rinse in cold water to get rid of the soap residue and my brushes return to their original new state when I bought them,
I use simple paint thinner in small glass jars. 1 for swishing the brush in and wiping it off in a rag or paper towel and the other I put a little on a rag to wipe off any residue. The paint in the first jar will settle, so it can be used for quite awhile.





Don't use anywhere near flame, such as a furnace or hot water heater or soldering gun. Cover tightly the jars when done. Don't leave the rags/towels laying around where they could ignite.
it depends on the paint.. for latex paints or water solubles warm water works great when it is still wet..





for any oil based paint turpentine/paint thinner/methylated spirits as recommended above...





bottom line is whatever you use to remove or thin the paint is best for cleaning the brush.
Use turpentine. It works.
Soak them in some methylated spirits, then rinse off with water





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Use paint thinner. Be careful, it's flammable.
practically use vinegar and soak the brush
use kerosine oil
I use lighter fluid