Over time, the pigment will sink to the bottom, leaving reusable clean spirit above. Decant the dirty 'wash' spirit into an empty clean spirit container. Take it to your local recycling centre, or even better, recycle it yourself. Use this just as you would traditional white spirit, but please don't pour it down the drain afterwards. The next best alternatives to white spirits are ‘clean' spirits such as Bartoline Clean Spirit. Ditch the white spiritįor some, the go-to cleaning solution for oil paint is white spirit (mineral spirits in the US), but there are much better and safer alternatives, both for the user and the environment. Continue until very little paint is left showing on your cloth. Wipe upwards when cleaning with a cloth or paper towel (Image credit: Rob Lunn)įirst, remove as much paint as possible from the bristles by folding a clean cloth or paper towel around the ferrule of the brush (the bit just below the bristles) and wiping upwards – always move the cloth from the ferrule to the end of the bristles You don’t want paint getting down the ferrule as this will ruin the brush.

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