BRUSHES
How to Take Care of Paint And Varnish Brushes.
It is a good plan to fill the varnish brush before putting it in the keeper.
Whitewash or kalsomine brushes should not be put into newly slaked lime or hot kalsomine.
Cement-set brushes should never be put in any alcohol mixture, such as shelacs and spirit stains.
Varnish brushes should be selected with a view to their possessing the following qualities: 1st, excellence of material; 2d, excellence of make, which includes fullness of hair or bristles and permanency of binding; 3d, life and spring, or elasticity sufficient to enable the varnisher to spread the varnish without reducing it with turpentine; and 4th, springing, when in use, to a true chisel edge.
Temperature For Brushes.
Cleaning Paint Brushes.
Cleaning Varnish Brushes.
Setting The Paint-brush Bristles.
Paint Brushes At Rest.
Varnish Brushes At Rest.
Washing Brushes.
To Restore Brushes.
Put the pencil in oil and brush it several times over a hot iron in such a manner that the hairs touch the iron from each side; then dip the pencil quickly in cold water.
A Removable Binding.
See also Cleaning Preparations and Methods.
BUBBLES IN GELATIN: See Gelatin.
BUBBLE (SOAP) LIQUID: See Soap Bubble Liquid.