Axineton Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 So I used to use this brush cleaner before I took a break last year And I can’t find mine anywhere and having looked on amazon the price has increased massively! Is there any other alternatives to this one. I was recommended this cleaner a while back but if there’s alternatives that are just as good and cheaper I’ll have a look at them. This is in the UK by the way. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/362064-brush-cleaner-advice/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
infyrana Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 If you google it, there's a host of places that sell it for anywhere from 6.50 to 16.75 (latter being amazon, former being jacksons art). Is it a liquid or something a little thicker? Axineton 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/362064-brush-cleaner-advice/#findComment-5479515 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axineton Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 If you google it, there's a host of places that sell it for anywhere from 6.50 to 16.75 (latter being amazon, former being jacksons art). Is it a liquid or something a little thicker? it’s like a soap mate. I’ve never heard of Jackson’s but yeah I’ll give google a go and have a look see Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/362064-brush-cleaner-advice/#findComment-5479529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyberos the Red Wake Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 I used to use Master's. I switched to Jentastic's Drunken Brush Goop which has been giving better results despite being a bit more of a garage-level product. The Brush Goop isn't easy to find either though, had to buy it off Creature Caster's store. Price level is a little bit higher than Master's old prices. Axineton 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/362064-brush-cleaner-advice/#findComment-5479687 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axineton Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 I used to use Master's. I switched to Jentastic's Drunken Brush Goop which has been giving better results despite being a bit more of a garage-level product. The Brush Goop isn't easy to find either though, had to buy it off Creature Caster's store. Price level is a little bit higher than Master's old prices. I googled that and looked for it on amazon and eBay but no results there. Google just brings up loads of reviews for it. I guess it’s not available in the UK Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/362064-brush-cleaner-advice/#findComment-5479713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhanist Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 (edited) Brush goop is available from the UK creature caster website, but out of stock ATM. (never tried it personally) £5.40 for 1 oz. Jackson's art (as above) was the best price I could find for masters brush soap a little while back; £6.50 for 1 oz. They can be a little slow to ship (few days), but they are a popular art supply store. Master's comes from the US, so price tends to vary quite a bit. I still use masters soap for lightly stained brushes at tne end of a paint session, given I already have it. When I want to 'deep clean' my brushes, I now use Brush Magic (UK made so fairly widely available). I've decanted some into a small glass jar with lid (was an old airbrush paint jar) and swirl the brush around for up to 10 seconds, then wipe it clean. When the liquid gets too murky after a lot of brushes, I dispose of and decant a little more. It really is impressive stuff at getting old invisible dried paint out after a couple of 'dips' but I've no idea what sustained use might do to my brushes as I've only been using it a few months. It is supposedly brush safe. But if I had to keep only one of the two, it'd be the Brush Magic. Edited February 20, 2020 by Arkhanist infyrana, Firedrake Cordova and Axineton 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/362064-brush-cleaner-advice/#findComment-5479735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axineton Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 Aha I knew arkhanist would come up with the goods! I’ll have a mooch around on the links and see what’s what. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/362064-brush-cleaner-advice/#findComment-5479752 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firedrake Cordova Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 (edited) Cheapest place I've seen selling The Master's Brush Soap is Grantham's Art Discount at £10.95 for the larger 75ml pot. By comparison, Jacksons is £13.80. A slightly left-field alternative would be to look at one of the "soap bars", such as the Escoda one (£6.83 for 100g from Ken Bromley ) or The Masters' one (£4.96 for 127g from Grantham's Art Discount). If you're using synthetic brushes, then Winsor & Newton's brush cleaner is effective and relatively inexpensive (~£6.50 for 250ml), but I'm not sure I'd use it (often!) on sable brushes, as I think it's ethanol-based, which will strip the oils out of the bristles. Vallejo also make a brush cleaner (£2.94 for 85ml from SnM Stuff), although I've never used it (I have, however, used their Airbush Cleaner with brushes before, although, again, it's alcohol-based). I've never tried it, but a lot of art stores are selling citrus-based brush cleaners, such as Zest-It ... P.S. I've used all of the stores I've linked to without any issues ... ++EDIT: If you use one of the more aggressive (alcohol) cleaners with a natural-hair brush, it might be worth using a conditioner on them afterwards (something like Pantene would do...) Edited February 20, 2020 by Firedrake Cordova Axineton and Arkhanist 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/362064-brush-cleaner-advice/#findComment-5479880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhanist Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 FWIW, I've tried Zest-it and bristle magic in the past - they were OK for getting out wet paint with a soak, but I wasn't terribly impressed with either. I think they work better on oil-based paint leftovers. Ethanol/IPA based cleaners will dry out sable brushes somewhat as you say, though it should be ok if you give them a little hair conditioner occasionally, you know, as a treat... And of course, the usual advice is to not to let brushes dry tip-up. A lot of people recommend using the plastic tubes they come with to store them tip-down, but that doesn't work with my brush rack so I just dry them off on kitchen roll and let them finish drying flat which seems to work OK. Firedrake Cordova and Axineton 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/362064-brush-cleaner-advice/#findComment-5479892 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firedrake Cordova Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 give them a little hair conditioner occasionally, you know, as a treat... If it's good enough for Bobby Wong ... ;) :D Axineton 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/362064-brush-cleaner-advice/#findComment-5479897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bung Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 The shampoo your girlfriend uses works too if you are out of brush soap. Axineton 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/362064-brush-cleaner-advice/#findComment-5479925 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhg033 Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 I've been in shop a few times to this place for brushes and stuff and they stock the masters stuff in various sizes. https://www.cassart.co.uk/brand/masters/masters-brush-cleaner-and-preserver.htm I may have to pick some up to try it. I need some new brushes too anyway Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/362064-brush-cleaner-advice/#findComment-5485196 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magos Takatus Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Here's a new soap product that is also on sale: http://www.greenstuffworld.com/en/inicio/1229-brush-soap-cleaner-and-preserver.html Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/362064-brush-cleaner-advice/#findComment-5485201 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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