Keeping your tools clean will help them last longer. When cleaning the brush end, I find using soap and water for water-based ...

Tip #3: Store the brush correctly Once the brush dries, use the cardboard sleeve that came with the brush for storage. It keeps the bristles straight and helps you avoid damaging them.

Paint brush cleaning soaps or solvents: These include mineral spirits, paint thinner and turpentine, as well as liquid or solid soaps formulated for oil- and water-based paints.

The cleaning technique shown above only uses 1/8 of an inch of thinner to thoroughly dip and saturate the brush. Higher amounts of thinner won't be more effective at cleaning a brush, so why waste it?

Things I hate about painting: everything else. Near that top of the hate list has to be cleaning up after a paint project, which is always a pain in the proverbial arse. Fortunately, I’ve found an ...

Innovations from miniature paint makers mean that Warhammer 40,000 mini collectors can now enjoy fine art’s best kept secret ...

As you can see in the video above, we found that the best tool for cleaning a dashboard is a disposable duster. For smaller areas, all you need to remove dust is a can of compressed air, a paint ...