I have a 3-part setup for cleaning my brushes in my studio, and this soap is always the second step. I use three 5-gallon buckets with 3.5 gallons of water in each bucket. The first is the slop bucket, and has a combination of dawn dish soap and cheap hair conditioner in it—the dawn soap is good for cleaning the paint off my brushes, and here the conditioner is actually primarily for keeping my skin from getting too dry from washing my brushes constantly. The second bucket starts with clean water, and after cleaning my brushes in the first bucket, I soap them up with the Master’s soap that I keep in a dish on long pegboard hooks above my was station, and then wash the soapy brushes off in the second bucket, then I give them a final rinse in the third bucket of clean water. When the third bucket starts to get cloudy (usually towards the end of my work day), I know it’s time to change out the water. I work in acrylics, but it works equally well for oil with Murphy’s oil soap in the first bucket. Whether I’m working with oils or acrylics, this soap is great for cleaning my brushes, and the conditioner in it keeps them in their best working order.
From time to time, I’ll skip washing the brushes out in the second and third buckets, and leave the soap on the bristles to condition them and help them to regain or retain their shape. It works well for this. I have also used it to help break down paint in dried paintbrushes. It’s ok for this purpose, but Murphy’s oil soap works better.
Sorry for the potato quality of the picture, but hopefully it helps to clarify my description above.
P.S. After cleaning your brushes, always let them dry bristles down!
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