How to Clean Oil Paint Brushes | Easy + No Solvents!

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✩ Welcome ✭ We're discussing how to clean our oil paint brushes - the easy simple way, all without toxic solvents. No turpentine, no gamsol, just soap, water, and safflower oil! Whether you want to learn how to paint & clean up solvent free or you have old, dried brushes that need a deep cleaning, this is the video for you! By caring for your brushes regularly - your tools will last a long time, your colors will stay bright & beautiful, blending will be much easier, and you'll enjoy painting a lot more without breathing in fumes :)
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[@curtisreviews5880]

I’m not a painter by trade but I really enjoyed this video 😊 I loved your audio editing and transitions!

[@kikiartboom]

That's useful information. It's so realistic to show it to you. It's good😊

[@hayleyhawkins]

thank you!! :) glad it was helpful!

[@ChantelleArts]

Such a good video, so useful ❤

[@hayleyhawkins]

Thank you so much!!🩷🩵

[@kennethaquino8352]

nice thansk for sharing,so its possible to oil paint without using Turpintine❤️🇵🇭🇺🇸

[@natestarot]

I think I may try some of this safflower for cleaning. I've found the mild fumes from gamsol are disturbing. You do a really good job on your vids. May I ask how you edit them? I use Lumafusion, but I don't do anything advanced😝

[@hayleyhawkins]

Yes! the fumes are awful - I got really tired of them. Safflower and soap/water works great. Not as well as solvents, but good enough. Thanks so much - I use Final Cut Pro to edit. It's the best!

[@BinkerBonkers]

thanks for this! I've been wanting to use safflower, but a question I have is that with turpentine cleaner, the pigment tends to sink to the bottom, giving you the chance to reuse the turpentine. Does the same happen with safflower oil? Can you reuse it?

[@hayleyhawkins]

Yes! The pigment does settle with oil mediums just like with solvents. It does tend to settle a bit quicker with solvents, and with oils the medium gets murky fast, but I still keep using it over and over and it works fine. If I need a super pure color like white or something, I'm just mindful of wiping off my brush after I dip it in the medium in case any floating pigments stick to the brush. I've also been using Eco-Solve recently from Natural Earth Paints instead of Safflower Oil and it's life changing - highly recommend! Link here: naturalearthpaint.com/eco-solve/?aff=261 and I have a video about it here if interested - not sponsored or anything just obsessed with it lol: th-cam.com/video/InxXSoDplKQ/w-d-xo.html

[@BinkerBonkers]

@@hayleyhawkins just finished watching it, and I’m hooked! Thanks so much for the tips, sounds like Eco-Solve is exactly what I’m looking for! :)

[@hayleyhawkins]

@@BinkerBonkers woohoo!!! So awesome, glad to help!