Yeah, so ,OK, now that I got myself "on the hook" for a couple of group builds here, I am now going back over some of my old, favorite tools, and, of course, I found that a couple of my favorite bristle brushes actually "hardened up" on me after a serious run of use with acrylics.
Although alcohol is OK for cleaning up after water with acrylics, it tends to dry out the bristles and can be hard on them.
Well, in my trusty selection of typical modelers chemicals, I happen to have a nice bottle of regular generic, Wal-Mart regular fingernail polish remover (the stuff with the acetone), which I noticed also takes acrylic paint off my fingernails.
So I set up a soak-jar with some polish remover in it, go make and drink a cuppa coffee or two, come back, and viola! With some stirring and "brow-beating" on my part, the main residue came out of the bristles as well as making the brush ferrule clean.
Not only are the brushes usable again, their bristles are nice and soft, since the glycerine in Wal-Mart's product is a water-base oil.
Now I can look forward to not having to make a special trip to Hobby Lobby for the certain style of brush for a while.
Just in case you would like to know.
Tom
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