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Shampooing Brushes

A helpful tip to add to your painting knowledge.

By Marion Boddy-Evans, About.com

After years of my 'cheap' mother saving all of those hotel shampoos and conditioners and sending them to me, I realized they are the perfect size to dip your smaller paintbrushes in when it is time to shampoo them! Saves money too!
Tip from: Meghan Henley.

I keep a small shampoo bottle, the kind you get at hotels, by my sink where I wash my brushes. It's the perfect size to dip your brushes in to get a little soap to wash out your brushes. And the shampoo is gentle on the bristles of your brush.
Tip from: Bev Farber

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