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| Author: | joemichaels70 [ Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:59 am ] | ||
| Post subject: | Last Gasp for the Crappy Brush! | ||
so, i had a brush on it's last legs due to some drybrushing... and i decided to cut it down to three bristles. It works great for eye & supreme detail. i recommend this to anyone tossing those brushes out...
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| Author: | MacGyver [ Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Last Gasp for the Crappy Brush! |
Customizing our customizing brushes, are we?  Actually that's a really good idea and I've granted a couple of brushes longer life by doing this. |
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| Author: | Doc Rob [ Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Last Gasp for the Crappy Brush! |
Wish I'd had though to do that with some of mine before I simply turned them into stirrers (bristles became so clogged they turned into solid blocks.) What did you use to trim it down? Last time I tried to cut a stray hair off my brush with the Xacto, I lost half the bristles. 
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| Author: | Keenan [ Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Last Gasp for the Crappy Brush! |
That's cool. I did the same thing. It's the brush I use for the whites of the eyes. Glad to see you got to keep ol' yeller there. 
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| Author: | ZombieGuide [ Sun Oct 19, 2008 11:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Last Gasp for the Crappy Brush! |
A very, very fine point pen also works well for eyes and watchfaces. |
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| Author: | Mysterious Stranger [ Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Last Gasp for the Crappy Brush! |
I have a couple brushes that have gotten a last minute reprieve by using them this way. Makes detail work a lot easier. |
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| Author: | joemichaels70 [ Sun Oct 19, 2008 1:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Last Gasp for the Crappy Brush! |
i used a small fiskars-type scissors (very sharp  ) that i picked up at michaels.there was more luck than science involved...i just quit when i got down to the last couple, cutting from both sides (it was a flat brush) until i got near the middle - |
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| Author: | MacGyver [ Sun Oct 19, 2008 6:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Last Gasp for the Crappy Brush! |
I used an xacto...with a sharp tip you can separate out the bristles you don't want and get rid of them pretty easily. |
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| Author: | joemichaels70 [ Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Last Gasp for the Crappy Brush! |
one step up and two steps back...  so, last night i was letting my brushes soak in dish detergent, as i was going through them too fast to keep them clean... and i forgot them overnight. so, today i have a bunch of clean brushes that had soaked up so much water in the handles that they split the paint... oh well, at least they're clean! //Jm7o: adopting the 'natural' look... |
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| Author: | MacGyver [ Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Last Gasp for the Crappy Brush! |
LOL! Yeah, I think most of my brushes have suffered that fate. Of course most of them are practically antiques anyway... And a fluke of leaving a small round brush in water too long... Attachment: Picture 044.jpg [ 83.67 KiB | Viewed 1135 times ] But it's perfect for edges, especially those hard to reach ones. It's now my favorite brush and I keep repairing the place where the handle and metal meet so I can keep using it! |
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| Author: | pluv [ Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Last Gasp for the Crappy Brush! |
I cut old, worn out brushes down to detail brushes too. They don't hold there pointy shape too long but I get at least a few more strokes out of them. Like MacGyver I have some curved brushes that I was for certain painting like edging or something that needs a curl look to it. I also have some wild bristle brushes I've used for dry bruching or painting dio stuff with. Some of the worst offenders end up as enamel brushes. |
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