Tip Tuesday Ep.2: How To Restore Damaged And Dry Paint Brushes 

Made the mistake of letting my little sister use my art supplies.. You are a life saver! edit: guys this was a lie i was a dumbass and ruined the brushes myself im so sorry for lying

y’all being rude to this man yet y’all can’t even clean ur brushes right

Instead of boiling vinegar you can just microwave it for a min or 2, and I would say the best is white wine vinegar. Also I didn't have a wired brush so I used a toothbrush which worked just as fine :) Plus an alternative to baby oil is either olive oil or coconut oil, however baby oil is best.

2:25 is when the video starts thank me later 😂

THANK YOU SO SO MUCH!! i literally had all my paint brushes dried out because they had acrylic paint on them and they were hard like a rock and now they are so soft! thank you so much really!!

My older brother left them out for almost an year this actully works even though I microwaved it instead

Yooo, man. I am absolutely FLOORED by how this technique worked. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I was afraid that I would have to replace my entire collection of brushes because I was negligent in taking the proper care of them. Your video helped me restore all of them back to their original state as if they were brand new. 😭😭 I wish I could show you before and after pictures because the change was amazing. It worked like a charm. And the most shocking part is that I did not have vinegar or a wire brush, so I used boiling water and a toothbrush, and the result STILL came out the same. Thanks so much, man.

as clarification I had a brush that has been covered in acrylic paint for like at least a year and I put it in the salt vinegar and it's already moving this man is a wizard

I thought I was watching a James Bond movie in the beginning. 🤣🤣🤣

I dont see how people are complaining he's saying "Brussels" I hear Bristles. But a different view point: mixing two words. Bristle and brushes. I can see brussles. But yeah i definetly hear Bristles. Just not the hardest "T" in the world. I still found this video really helpful. So big thanks to the creator!

The first hack/ tip really works. I painted with a permanent gloss and was so tired I went to sleep. When I woke up, I was sure it was done for. After soaking in boiling vinegar,I was able to pull off the dried gloss.

Thank you so so much for such wonderful technique!! I was worried about my brush, but one try later I achieved the results, and my brush became soft and almost new! I am very grateful for this video! Also, I used my comb instead of iron thing in the video. Still works.

Feels awesome when you have exactly what you mention , thank you! Saved my brushes 😊

I so am going to try this. I didn't know u can clean them this way.. my favorite brushes are saved ! Thank u

My goodness... thanks a million for this advice... I am definitely doing the above from now on. Thanks for the valuable advice!!!!

I haven't painted in 2 years! This is really helpful since I have a LOT of brushes stored.

After uh, about 10+ videos I'm glad I stumbled upon this one! My daughter LOVES painting but man, she's such a slacker on making sure her brushes are thoroughly cleaned after using them and thanks to your video, I don't need to be buying more brushes. Thanks a lot!

I tried boiling vinegar alone plus dish soap and hot water and my fingers afterwards to try to get stuck on craft paint off an old brush but without much success. Glad you posted this solution. I'm sure the wire brush would work really well. Thanks for the video!

Thank you so much for sharing this tip. Now I can save my treasured brushes.👍👍👍

Thanks so much for the video! Great idea to use the metal brush along with the vinegar. This was very interesting, educational and inspiring. New subscriber and congratulations! Blessings and be safe.

This video saved my favorite brushes!! Thank you!!!

This is definitely a useful tip for dio makers. Thanks for this!

I tried with hot water and dish soap and it worked pretty good in case you don’t feel like using vinegar

It's really amazing... I tried my brush the result was unbelievable... Thank u so much bro

Yes thankyou I put mine in a splash of baby oil as me and my husband are artists in Milan and Turin .

This tutorial really did work and I used a wire scrub instead of the brush although I really wish I had the wired brush because I scrubbed for like a whole hour lol otherwise great tutorial so glad I can save my brushes especially the sentimental value ones 😁🌈thank you

Amazingly effective!! you alone have saved the earth from multiple tons of CO2 my friend! Thanks!

I use a lot of brushes for crafts and the brushes get in bad shape. This is so helpful and I will be using this cleaning method for my brushes. Thank you for sharing this

After months of despair, I see a hope of life. Going to try this one, hope it will work😭

Thank you I really needed it and nice intro man 👍🏾.

Soaked mine in Downy. Good as new!

I am always running onto an old brush that I neglected cleaning well. Thx

This worked so well thank you so much!!

I use to thrown away so manny brushes 😢, try to keep them live longer is so hard. Thaks youuu

Thank u for this info❤️ it really helps me with my paint brush problems😊

This worked great! I found it worked best if I used the wire brush in between dipping the brush in vinegar

Great advice. Used it on my hair and it worked.

A MAZ ING Thank you, you saved my brand new Holtz brush I left filled with Liquitex Matte Medium . Thank you!

Thank you for this very useful video!

This is just sweet knowledge bro. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the tip it worked like wonder a big thumbs up👍👍👍👍

I gotta admit I didn't think there was a snowballs chance in hell you were gonna save those brushes! LOL great tip Tuesday this is gonna save me some coin....these days anywhere you can save a few bucks helps a lot thanks!

Thank u for this it’s so hard to take oil paint out of my brushes I’m gonna try this out!!

Tried this method and it worked good clean brushes 🖌️🖌️🖌️🎨

this is the content what i want ❤🌷thanks alot

Thank you so much I needed to know how to save my brushes without going for expensive solutions ❤️🙏🏾 much love from Sudan

This hack works great. I just tried it and all of my brushes feel brand new.

Thank you!!!🙏😫 I needed this

Perfect, need to try this today. At worst, my brushes can't be more broken, At best I'll get my old brushes back and don't need new ones

Thanks for a great & helpful vid!

This was very helpful thanks

Thank you! Really worked for me!

This video really helped me out thanks a lot! :)

Omg. Thank you!!! 4 years later and your video is still helping people. I was literally about to through some fairly expensive brushes I have away... I don't do dioramas so my brushes are actually for refinishing furniture and home decor. But this still worked great. Thanks!

Thankyou SOOOOOO much, took some work but superb

Used this technique to rejuvenate a decent Purdy paint brush that had got caked with dried paint. A few things I found (i) the vinegar really needs to be hot. Not that easy to do in the microwave as someone suggested. Sent it back into the microwave one more time and it started working. (ii) the wire brushing does MOST of the work. Seems like the vinegar just softens things up enough so you can get a wirebrush into the bristles and start working it. (Iii). My brush was pretty thick so I found it hard to get the wire brush into the center of the bristles where it needs to go to get the brush in really good and usable condition. Needed a wire brush with longer wires. But...the technique does work - so thanks.

Thank you very much for these tips

Thank you so much. I almost bought new brushes. I will do this.

Now THIS is great! Thanks!

This was so helpful thank you💙

Thanks bud, you're a legend!😎

Very helpful, thank you 🥰

Awesome... worked well.thanks

Worked 😍 thank you so much😇

Thank u so much brother!!!!! U r a life saver😄❤

Amazing video thank you !

Im soo lazy and now ive finally decided to clean my brushes thanks for this video

Thank you. I needed this information. How long do you leave the baby oil on the brush before rinsing?

Thanks. I am gonna try this. got a few brushes that need some refurbishment

Thank you sir it's very useful tips.. It work

I haven't properly cleaned my paint brushes in forever hope this works

Hi tried it,it worked thanks!

Thank you very much for this great tip for my brush was dry and unusable

thank you so much for this omg lifesaver

I microwaved Apple cider vinegar for two minutes in a bowl then transferred to an old pickle jar and MY GOD it stank lmao. I dipped it a few times and loosened it against the bottom and then massaged them in coconut oil and rinsed in warm water. I’m very happy with the results. Rock hard bristles are now back to their brand new condition. There was brushes I used years ago and just never used them again and they are perfect now. Next time I’d use the white vinegar though. Idk if it’ll stink as bad as apple cider vinegar. But if it’s all you have on hand like I did it’ll do the job.

I use isopropyl alcohol. It breaks down the acrylics also no wire brush needed. Then a rinse and they are pretty good. Just looking for a good way to condition them as it does dry them oit after several cleanings.

wonderful tip

you have different types of wired brushes. steel, brass and etc. which one did you use? thanks for sharing this useful information.

Won't the oil prevent absorbing your acrylic paint when starting your next painting? Thank you so much for this video, I've lost quite a few brushes when I started painting!!

that intro was the worst 30 seconds of my life😂

It is nice too see that I am not the only artist who is too lazy to wash their brushes after painting

Useful stuf. Thanks!

How long should we wait while soaking the brushes in vinegar???

Nice idea💡

Thank you so much for this!😘

Another good reason to not leave your brush in the vinegar is that it will start to bend the bristles at the tip. Also something i do to help train the bristles back to shape. is using a small amount of Gum Arabic, which is the binder used in water colour, to coat the brushes when they aren't in use. Only if they are in need of it. Just use a tiny amount and do what sort of what you do with hair gel. Then when I'm ready to use it I just rinse the brush in my paint water and its good to go. For reference that old green brush he had i would say would probably need to be done like 10 times or so just because of the condition its in and because it looks like a synthetic brush which take longer.

Saviour 🙏🏼💯👌 👏👏👏 thank uuuuu

Thank you so much!!! I got sad when I thought I messed up all my brushes.

Thank you i love this vid

thanks and greetings from Slovenia

thank you so much for this video

I have a short black brush and the brush part they go every different direction and its a dry brush. And thoughts maybe?

I wish I knew how to do this before I threw away my favorite brush but what a fantastic job

I have about 100 paint brushes to do.... I literally never feel like washing the brushes after I use them. Thanks for the advice

Thank u you are a great saver

amazing ... loved the video very helpful :) but does it work with oil paint brushes? thank you and waiting for a response.

Hi . Can it work on Hardened paint on Roller brush ? Hope for your reply . Thanks !

You can shape bristles by rubbing them on a soap bar

I used this method on my Nylon/Polyester Purdy brush and while it worked to soften it, the bristles immediately became wavy/misshapen. Almost as though they melted a bit. Are there certain brushes you can’t do this method with? Because I’m afraid I ruined my brush. ☹️ Is there a fix to this??...PLEASE ADVISE!!

I wonder if I could use the same stuff to remove the paint on some of my cloths. Using an old toothbrush to brush the fabrics. I bet it would work. I'm going to give it a try skipping the baby oil part.