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Post by ochoin »

I'll admit to buying very expensive Winsor & Newton Sable brushes. This is after decades of using fairly cheap brushes that never lasted long, lost points quickly & even when new, made painting difficult.

Clearly, I've bought bottles of brush cleaner, re-fresh the water container regularly & after painting, re-shape the point by inserting it (you know where). Anything to prolong the life & usefulness of these expensive tools.

However, I caught this in passing: "Never dry your brushes with cloth. Use tissue paper or paper towels".

No reason given: is this a thing? Any light you can shed on this?

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I’ve always used paper roller towel. Purely because it’s disposable

I suspect on cloth, the paint may dry hard and damage the bristles?
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I’ve seen comments that cloth rags if used need to be lint free. Possibly to stop loose fibres getting into your brush bristles ?
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Rosemary & Co sable brushes can be a viable cheaper alternative to Winsor & Newton for some people
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I always use kitchen roll.
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Vintage Wargaming wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2020 1:20 pm Rosemary & Co sable brushes can be a viable cheaper alternative to Winsor & Newton for some people
Agreed. Plus you may find tip #2 useful - https://blog.vexillia.me.uk/2019/02/two ... -tips.html
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I'm a Rosemary man too!
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I'd keep something like that quiet, it's very close to lavender.
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OK, I'm in the market for new brushes. Looking at the Kolinsky stuff on Rosemary & Co, what types do people recommend? I normally paint 28mm and don't do huge amounts of detail..
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I’ve got a Windsor & Newton Series 7 that has probably painted about 500 or 600 figures over the last 3 years. Possibly more. And still as good as new. I clean it every few sessions with their brush cleaner, I let it soak overnight in the bottle.

Expensive yes, but if it lasts a few years, then it’s worth it.
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