Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Taking Care of Brushes

... it's something that I'm not very good at. I got tired of cleaning my brush everyday, so I decided to store it wraped in plastic. I guess it works if you're using it the same day, or leave it in the fridge. I left mine out in the blasing sun. The oil based primer was pretty much stuck on, no solvent was going to get it off. So now I need another brush again. I don't know how people get brushes to last for years. Even when I wash then correctly, they never seem to some clean enough. I bought one of those spinners, and that seems to help. Oh well, at least I got all the siding sanded last night, my hair looked blonde by the end of it last night, 7 - 12' pieces of siding sanded, enough to finish the shed under the kitchen nook. Hopefully the water table will be finished this weekend. There are a lot of nails to pull on the side of the house, where we removed the siding. I have to replace a couple pieces of siding. Then it's on to filling holes, scraping and sanding. Good thing we're not taking all the siding off at once.

2 comments:

Deb said...

GRANDKIDS!?! you know that our kids are 6 and 2, right...

Anonymous said...

I read a tip once to soak the brush in whatever you clean it with before using it (water or solvent). Then pat it dry. It seems to help make it easier to clean them well. I've had pretty good luck, but my brushes aren't perfect!