Paint & Colour Mixing / A practical handbook for painters, decorators and all who have to mix colours, containing 72 samples of paint of various colours, including the principal graining grounds

by Arthur Seymour Jennings

The Care of Brushes.

—However good a brush may be it will soon be ruined unless it is properly treated when out of use. The following hints will suffice as a guide in this respect:—

Writing Pencils, etc.—Wash in turpentine until quite clean, and if they are not to be used for some time dip in olive oil and smooth from heel to point.

RED SABLE.

Stipplers.—Wash thoroughly in pure soap and hot water rinsing with cold water. Place point downwards to dry.

STIPPLER, WITH BRIDGE HANDLE.

Varnish Brushes.—The best method of keeping varnish brushes, in the opinion of the author, is to suspend them in the same description of varnish as that they are used for. As this is not always possible boiled oil may be used instead.