Paint brush cleaning soaps or solvents: These include mineral spirits, paint thinner and turpentine, as well as liquid or solid soaps formulated for oil- and water-based paints.

The cleaning process is a messy but essential aspect of painting projects, and it only seems messier when working with oil painting brushes. And if you do it wrong, your brushes will lose their ...

Fortunately, I’ve found an ally in that fight. The Ryobi Paint Brush Cleaner is pretty self-explanatory in name and function; still, its performance held a pleasant surprise. If you’ve done much ...

If you’ve been painting moldings and trims with oil-based paint, you’ll need to use mineral spirits or turpentine to thoroughly clean your brush. Denatured alcohol works best for shellac.

They also note that since you're boiling the brush on potentially an open flame (if you have a gas range) take special care with oil-based paints, or only use this method for caked on water-based ...