How to Clean Oil Paint Brushes - with ALL White Spirit Recycled!

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In this video I will be showing you how I clean oil based paint off my paint brushes - using a simple technique that uses very little white spirit - and AMAZINGLY - all white spirit is recycled at the end and can then be reused to clean the next paintbrush.
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@CharlieDIYte 2 года назад

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@Tallyskool 6 лет назад

Thank you for tip; also, you have a very pleasant way of keeping the viewer engaged.

@ML-ly9hs 5 лет назад

Thank you, from a chick here who used a whole jar of white spirit, made an awful mess , and still a messy brush. Will now head to the shed to reclean my brush 😂

@chloejc7039 4 года назад

Snap! This video is a revelation. Much appreciated :)

@johnwareham8875 6 лет назад

Absolutely marvellous tip mate! I’ve been washing my brushes out wrong for years and wasting so much! You have made my weekend! Keep up the videos they are great 👍

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

John Wareham Thanks John - will do 🙂

@fejfish 6 лет назад

Great tip. However, you can save yourself loads of time doing it the way I've been doing it for decades. Just put plenty of white spirits in an old mug, wash your brush in it, wipe it off with paper of a rag, and pour spirits into a jam jar with lid. The jar stores nicely in the mug ready for next time. After a while, the paint drops to the bottom and you can then decant spirits into the mug and clean the next brush. This process can go on and on for years until there is so much old paint in the jar. Time for a fresh jar.

@mandyg.3004 5 лет назад

After pouring from the jar back to the mug why not clean the jar out before pouring it back to store?

@scannon90 5 лет назад

Because every few months he finishes a jar of jam and throws it away anyway, so it’s not worth the effort to wash.

@victoriabarnard1 4 года назад

Does this method also work with methylated spirit?

@duminicad 4 года назад

or even easier, just fill a jar with water, yes, tap water, put the brush in, ensure that water doesn't evaporate and that the brush will stay in water while waiting for the next paint job, when you need it, pull it out of the jar/container, wipe it with magazines or rag, start using it I have several containers filled halfway with water in which I keep my brushes for months, one has over a year, remember: water and oil doesn't mix and your brush will be preserved so long as it's covered in water

@johnwatson8192 4 года назад

@@duminicad This maybe good if you are always painting with the same colour or type of paint (eg white, eggshell or gloss or matt)

@Anonymous-it5jw 6 лет назад

For your audience outside of the British Isles, Wikipedia tells us that: “White spirit (UK) ... or mineral spirits (US, Canada), also known as mineral turpentine (AU/NZ), turpentine substitute, petroleum spirits, solvent naphtha (petroleum), Varsol, Stoddard solvent, or, generically, "paint thinner", is a petroleum-derived clear liquid used as a common organic solvent in painting.”

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

Anonymous98 Thanks mate - that's extremely useful & informative!!

@johnd942 5 лет назад

Great vid for cleaning and saving paint brush. Reclaiming the white spirit was gob-smacking-ly brilliant!

@victoriacunningham6582 4 года назад

I normally end up throwing away some good brushes, so today I’m going to give your method a try 😊 thank you

@ericprice4533 6 лет назад

Used this method when I decorated my house. Loved being about how to recycle the old white spirit. After I had put the old white spirit to separate in a jar the paint solidified not only on the bottom but also around the sides of the jar leaving the white spirit in the middle. Recovered loads but looked weird.

@kimboyes2623 2 года назад

My dad was a painter and, when painting with oil-based paint, he used to put his brushes in a tin of water (rather than wrapping in cling film) to prevent them drying while we had a tea break. Then you simply shake off any water clinging to the brush and continue painting.

@CharlieDIYte 2 года назад

Yes that's a nice tip, Kim. Thanks for sharing 👍

@heathercurrie2873 4 года назад

Absolelty one of the most helpful you tube videos I’ve ever seen thank you so much.

@debbiegillespie1335 4 года назад

So pleased I found your channel . This is a fab tutorial on brush cleaning .

@kerryfoster1 5 лет назад

Great system for paintbrush. I was a little disappointed that you didn't have a super duper filter system for reclaiming the white spirit. But that works quite well enough! Also I wear rubber gloves as white spirit makes my skin rough! The jar with the paint residue can be left inverted on some newspaper and should in its own time fall away, leaving a nearly clean jar.

@johnwatson8192 3 месяца назад

A coffee filter paper is a relatively cheap and easy to use filter for this purpose.

@Petsublak 5 лет назад

Brilliant !!! And the tip at the end on how to re-use the white spirit, priceless. Many thanks for making the video.

@RTSFoto 6 лет назад

Nice one Charlie, what I like about your video's is that you tend to use tools that most of us have. There are many tutorials about DIY and woodworking, were the presenters have hundreds and sometimes thousands of pounds of tools and equipment.

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

Thanks Russell. That's exactly what I'm trying to do - because I don't have a sophisticated workshop like some of those you see on RU-vid. But you can achieve so much without thousands of pounds of tools. Thanks for taking the time to comment - massively appreciated!

@Breal191 5 лет назад

Thanks, that's great for the environment too

@chrislozetsky9585 3 года назад

As a newbie painter I found your two jar method works really well. Just a couple of my own twists. I used old newspaper instead of toilet roll coz it's free and premium paraffin (not the nasty heating stuff) 5ltrs cheap from B&Q as I use it to clean motorbike chain. Brushes came up like new, even one I had left from two days intending to throw away.

@CharlieDIYte 3 года назад

Thanks Chris. Great tip. You can also get a small wire brush set, which is great for getting stubborn hardened paint off the bristles.

@heartstone2010 3 года назад

Fantastic information. The letting it settle my grandfather showed me that eons ago. Thanks for the vid!

@jamietaylor8265 4 года назад

Magic! I love this method. Totally cool! Thanks so much for these top tips!

@CharlieDIYte 4 года назад

Glad you liked it! Saves buying all that white spirit and definitely makes you more tempted to clean your brushes rather than throw them away. 👍

@francismcdonnell753 4 года назад

Thanks for this tip. I’ve used it & it’s brilliant .

@jamesfranklyn8547 2 года назад

Amazing video. Very helpful and with added bonus of being able to recycle most of the white spirit. Thank you Charlie & Z man.

@CharlieDIYte 2 года назад

Thanks James 👍🏻

@paulafay627 3 года назад

Love it! Just about to start painting my room. Excited about the clean up now 😊

@CharlieDIYte 3 года назад

That's great. Thanks so much for getting in touch, Paula 👍

@alanbarbour5185 3 года назад

Great video and very informative. I'm aged 73 now and thanks to you Charlie,I'm still learning. If I may compliment your technique. I always take my white spirit cleaned brush to the sink and standing the paint brush on end, bristle pointing up, squirt a small amount of dish/washing up liquid onto the open end of brush, then using a hand, grip the top of the bristles and work them round making the liquid penetrate right down to the captive end. You will be amazed at just how much paint, varnish, whatever the medium gets flushed out. Do this a couple of times rinsing well with hot water. Finally I always rinse the brush in clothes softener. The bristles shine and are much softer next time you use. Thanks once again Charlie

@CharlieDIYte 3 года назад

Many thanks for this, Alan. I'm humbled to hear I'm teaching you a thing or two, and am very grateful for the tips. I agree it's well worth giving the brush a final clean with washing up liquid, but hadn't thought of the clothes softener 👍

@gillywizz 4 года назад

I was shown by a retired painter to clean brushes in a similar fashion, but after the first dip in white spirit (the purpose is to just wet the bristles, not to get all the paint out) and then to work in a few drops of washing up liquid and then rinse water. To keep the shape, I wrap the bristles in a piece of kitchen roll, or even a strip of newspaper and fold over at the tip and leave to dry. I too leave the white spirit to separate and salvage the good stuff.

@BridgetThompson-yb8fb 3 месяца назад

Brilliant tip . I will be doing it this week . Thank you .

@inderjitsinghmundy7048 2 года назад

That was amazing ! Thank you so much for your time and effort.

@CharlieDIYte 2 года назад

You're welcome. Thanks for the comment 👍

@PhilipMAnderson 4 года назад

Thank you very much for this video; very helpful. And an amazing tip about saving the white spirit for 5 days and then pouring back. I would never have thought of that. Thank you!

@CharlieDIYte 4 года назад

You're welcome Philip. Neither would I, before someone suggested it in the comments section of a previous video. That's why I love these forums, for their ability to share knowledge.

@PhilipMAnderson 4 года назад

Thank you!

@truthseeker5767 5 лет назад

Thank you! Just the information I needed.

@CJW1928 4 года назад

Great tips for me as a beginner, thanks

@SimpTechMedia4D 3 года назад

Thank you Charlie, your guidance in this video helped me a lot, now just waiting on those jars of spirit to do their magic and I'll have saved spirit in another 4 days.

@CharlieDIYte 3 года назад

You're very welcome. Yes it's satisfying recycling the stuff!

@steveblease 4 года назад

Never thought about it. I just assumed once it was used it was done. Shall do this from now on, I have loads of jars with air tight lids that had candles in them.

@richardrooney4922 3 года назад

Really helpful and informative! Thank you very much.

@Radagast- Год назад

I've been recycling my white spirit for a while in just that way. It's saves a fortune and I don't have to mess around going to the trouble of disposing of the chemicals safely. Good tip about the bogroll and wire brush.

@CharlieDIYte Год назад

Good work. Yes a small set of wire brushes like this amzn.to/43BbBJV are brilliant for cleaning off the caked on paint.

@bon1930 3 года назад

Thanks a lot for your great tips. Wasted so much brushes 😪 before. I like you recycling tips as well. Many thanks again

@kaykendall292 5 лет назад

Thanks for the tip, apart from it going on for a while (I did whizz forward a couple of times) good presentation

@marianneporter489 3 года назад

Great thanks. Love the tip about recycling the white spirit.

@CharlieDIYte 3 года назад

You're welcome. Thanks for the comment👍🏻

@roxburd 6 лет назад

Nice one Charlie - saving brushes AND the planet! I'll never have to buy white spirit ever again!

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

Dave Roxburgh Thanks Dave - you'll certainly get through a lot less of it!!

@leanne4006 Год назад

What a genius little tip! Thanks 😃

@sarahpatricia1813 6 лет назад

You've made my day 😄 off to clean my brushes👏

@ugandantoad6616 4 года назад

Did it work?

@MadxDisturbed 3 года назад

absolutely awesome, thank you so much for making this video.

@CharlieDIYte 3 года назад

You're very welcome, mate & risks for the comment 👍🏻

@sarahdavies445 3 года назад

This was very helpful thank you . Fabulous tip at end for saving money

@CharlieDIYte 3 года назад

Thanks Sarah 👍

@dodgehodg 2 года назад

Great tip to recycle thinner, the only reason I’ve been throwing oil brushes away, the cost vs the thinner!

@gwynmorris5852 Год назад

Once again - very useful. Thank you.

@rolandepullar4400 5 лет назад

Fantastic trick again, thanks!👍

@pawcook 4 года назад

Nice tip Charlie. But I use a Brush mate storage box. Not cleaned my brushes at all for two years now and still working perfectly. I've been doing a lot of painting in that time to be fair. But for the occasional paint job your tip is a good one.

@gomasanthony6694 Год назад

Thank you very much Mick i seldom using paint brush so don't know how to clean it,

@PRAKASH-cm1vo 3 года назад

Very useful tutorial ! Thank you

@cathiyoung7214 4 года назад

Thank you for this! Just looking for white spirit to buy online becuase I only have a little bit left and the prices were ridiculous for something that is normally under £2. Now I don't need to buy it at all. Definitely subscribing :-)

@miladydewinter7770 Год назад

You absolute STAR. I use so much white spirit cleaning my brushes that I find it more economical to just throw the paintbrush away and buy a new one. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIP.

@CharlieDIYte Год назад

You're welcome. Also I really recommend a mini wire brush amzn.to/3SZn01D as it's great at removing the caked on paint. 👊

@miladydewinter7770 Год назад

@@CharlieDIYte Thanks Charlie. The brush is £3.97 but the delivery to where I live is £10.48 so that's a no-no. Will wait till one of my friends comes over to visit and get them to bring a couple. Love your site.

@mikes6844 6 лет назад

Should have paid more attention to this the first time round. Have a reasonable amount of residue on one of my brushes and I thought I’d cleaned them quite well.

@lishalinski Год назад

Thank you that was so useful I've been throwing out paintbrushes each time because I found it so hard to clean them and didn't know what to do with the white spirit! Now I'll buy better quality ones and reuse them.

@CharlieDIYte Год назад

You're welcome. Glad you found it useful. 👍

@sabinayoga192 3 года назад

Going to try that. If it filters the black paint I will be really impressed. Cleaned some paint brushes yesterday.🤞

@fgcvhhbvjhbj 3 года назад

Well did it work for you?

@helenwright5144 4 года назад

Great tips Charlie and Z-Man, I will certainly be changing my habits. I would imagine that this could be applied to water soluble paints, not using white spirit of course, the principle is the same and not using as much water.

@paulinehulston2655 2 года назад

Wow I'm impressed 🙂 I'm a lady aged 76 and been decorating all my life in my homes' I've always been upset contaminating waste water, never again, better late than never. Thank you 😊

@CharlieDIYte 2 года назад

You're welcome Pauline. Dave a couple of jam jars with the lids, and have a couple of jars with white spirit in - the second cleaner solution for the final clean. Then when you're finished pour everything into one jar. Screw on the lid and a week later you can pretty much pour the separated white sprit back into the bottle, leaving the residue behind, which you can then just remove with a tissue.

@paulinehulston2655 2 года назад

@@CharlieDIYte I'm actually painting doors at the moment I've got my jars ready. This is another step to stop polluting our waters.

@jamesmaher8595 Год назад

Great, Charlie. I envy your thoroughness.

@CharlieDIYte Год назад

Thanks James. It's also worth getting one of those small wire brush sets to remove the stubborn hardened paint amzn.to/3UL07QH

@andrewcrowe6834 Месяц назад

Wow, thanks for this !

@RopeyrhymeLetts 6 лет назад

Good presentation great tips and something new learned as well

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

Cliff Letts Thanks Cliff - much appreciated!

@mijalic1 3 года назад

Great video. Thank you for your time and effort to do that. Greetings from Croatia.

@CharlieDIYte 3 года назад

You're welcome. Thanks for watching in Croatia. Always humbled by my international viewers 👍🏻👊🏻

@christopherwebb7245 3 года назад

Terrific video! I have been just throwing away used brushes. Now I know what to do. Thanks!

@CharlieDIYte 3 года назад

Thanks Christopher. Yes and get yourself some of these amzn.to/3iO5r3m as I find them fantastic for scraping off tough to remove paint from the bristles. Just lay the brush on an old piece of wood and scrape the paint downwards off the brush then clean it again in the brush cleaner and it'll look like new 👍🏻

@christopherwebb7245 3 года назад

@@CharlieDIYte Good idea! I'll just have to remember not to brush my teeth with them!

@lfcbpro 2 года назад

that last tip was great, thanks to you and your viewer :D

@tlj455 3 года назад

Thank you so much for the marvellous tips!

@CharlieDIYte 3 года назад

You're very welcome. Thanks for taking the time to comment 👍🏻

@johnfromtalla 5 лет назад

Subscribed. Thanks for all your trial and error.

@CharlieDIYte 5 лет назад

Thanks for subscribing, massively appreciated!

@user-fu4iw5dx3f 8 месяцев назад

Cracking video mate!!!!! Many thanks for the info

@CharlieDIYte 8 месяцев назад

Thanks, glad you found it useful 👊

@user-tk8pv8sk9c 21 день назад

Never thought about recycling the spirits..clever that..class video.😊

@CharlieDIYte 21 день назад

Thanks 👊

@aliones 3 года назад

thanks mate. i will try it tomorrow. wasted a lot of white spirit today.

@kaydrury9136 4 года назад

You are absolutely right about duct tape and verucca removal. It got ride if mine.! It deprives the verucca of oxygen and if applied well also moisture. 😊

@saketjoshi4476 4 года назад

Dude thanks ! It helped ! Appreciated & Liked !

@melstravels3621 2 года назад

That bit at the end was like magic. It would really make you think how not to waste.

@CharlieDIYte Год назад

I agree. 👍

@nathalievalade5787 6 лет назад

I knew that trick!! .I think you are wonderful mostly for a perfectionist like "moi" Thanks!

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

Nathalie Valade Thanks Nathalie!

@waleedmkw 4 года назад

Helpful video mate

@daradaly3082 6 лет назад

Excellent! Thank you.

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

Dara Daly You're welcome!

@ecaff9515 3 года назад

Thank you for sharing. I use a cooking syringe to draw the clear mineral spirits that has separated from the used paint.

@CharlieDIYte 3 года назад

Good thinking 👍

@niteshade295 2 года назад

That Is Amazing Thanks Good Tip

@CharlieDIYte 2 года назад

Thanks 👍

@barryparks4689 4 года назад

Very useful. Many thanks!

@CharlieDIYte 4 года назад

Thanks Barry 👍

@destiny9420 3 года назад

Thank you! I thought I ruined my paintbrush, but with a little bit of white spirit it looks good as new

@CharlieDIYte 3 года назад

You're welcome. Get some small wire brushes as well, (something like this bit.ly/2F1RIWq) as these are a great way of removing hardened bits of paint from the paint brush. Really will look as good as new, then.

@nigelp4328 3 года назад

Brilliant tip. Thanks to you - and Z Man!

@CharlieDIYte 3 года назад

Cheers Nigel. Yes, good old Z Man. 👍🏻

@boonlid 2 года назад

great tip on the white spirit

@CharlieDIYte 2 года назад

Thanks 👍

@ecaff9515 3 года назад

Excellent

@florencemawanda6374 5 лет назад

Great tip

@flix75uk 6 лет назад

Very helpful .. well worth a subscribe.

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

Dave Thanks Dave. Really appreciate that!!

@tinabarker1139 Год назад

Thanks for brush cleaning

@CharlieDIYte Год назад

Thanks. It's a pain but satisfying keeping those brushes from the bin. You want a small set of wire brushes too to get the stubborn paint off.

@davidclark3603 2 года назад

That was brilliant that!

@CharlieDIYte 2 года назад

Thanks David. Also worth getting a set of mini wire brushes like this amzn.to/3G6omjT to get the stubborn, caked on paint residue off👍

@robertgerber2533 Год назад

I don’t use oil based paint anymore due to the advancements of water based paint and hybrids but I still use oil based polyurethane. I let the mineral spirits sit after cleaning my brush to separate the polyurethane but it sometimes picks up moisture from the air and hells. I’m going to try filtering it next time. Thanks for the video

@CharlieDIYte Год назад

Maybe leave it in a jar with the lid closed to stop moisture getting to it. 👊

@cbcluchi9254 4 месяца назад

Great idea thks

@Curiouzzz750 2 года назад

Nice one , been doing it wrong for years , thank you

@CharlieDIYte 2 года назад

Thanks 👍

@alliespratto4204 6 лет назад

Awesome Tip!!!!

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

Thanks Allie!

@frazer26 4 года назад

You can use an old pair of the mrs tights (or yours 😂) as a filter when pouring the used white spirit.

@TomCoppell 3 года назад

So helpful. Thank you 😊

@CharlieDIYte 3 года назад

You're welcome, Tom 👍🏻

@artfuldodger9312 11 месяцев назад

Excellent video.

@CharlieDIYte 11 месяцев назад

Thanks

@toyota218921 3 года назад

Great tip cheers

@Jason-cw7wx 2 года назад

I use alot of polyurethane in flooring and some finish carpentry and furniture finishing. The same trick works for cleaning your polyurethane brushes. Leave out the mineral spirits for a few days, and the polyurethane with turn into a yellow wax looking solid in the jar and you can just pour off the spirits. Some times the spirits remain a little cloudy but still more then clear enough to clean brushes.

@CharlieDIYte 2 года назад

Thanks for that Jason. A similar thing happens with solvent based decking oil, as I found after doing my recent video 👍🏻

@youzulf 6 лет назад

Thanks for sharing and also thanks to Zed Man.

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

I am Learning You're welcome! I'll pass on your thanks to Zed Man!

@ronaldradicalhickman6071 5 лет назад

Very good.......fan of oil based paints.......I always waste so much cleaner......thanks...

@viracocha-general8772 9 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@masterpainters1706 4 года назад

For a quicker way to clean the white spirit I use coffee filters in a funnel. Works great.

@ibnuhamza3299 3 года назад

Thank you

@frankhyland6333 2 года назад

Been doing that for years. You can use more white spirirt in the glass to clean the brushes, you still get most of it back. It also works for turps.

@CharlieDIYte 2 года назад

Thanks Frank 👍

@zoltangal1704 3 года назад

That's absolutely fantastic! Just realised how much spirit I used unnecessarily. Wondering if there is a similar process to clean the excess down from the brush after using water based paint.

@CharlieDIYte 3 года назад

I think with any brush you have to get as much off as possible before you start, and kitchen paper/roll is good for that. Also, I have a set of these for getting dried on paint off brushes amzn.to/3pXLMS5 Give them a good brush working down the brush only from the top, and a few dips in the white spirit and they look as good as new.

@bluedragonfly3984 Год назад

Great video .Also I I love to use brush cleaner as it seems to get more out of my brushes and seems less tacky than white spirit.

@CharlieDIYte Год назад

That's possibly right, depending on its formulation. 👊

@colincooper2360 6 лет назад

Great channel Charlie [new subscriber] i save the waste white spirit in a sealed jar with the paper and use this as a starter for my garden incinerator.

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

Colin Cooper Nice idea Colin, and massive thanks for subscribing!