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5 Ways to Ruin an Art Paint Brush

By Marion Boddy-Evans, About.com

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Store Your Brushes On Their Bristles

How to care for your paint brushesImage: ©2007 Marion Boddy-Evans. Licensed to About.com, Inc.
Which is the hardier part of a brush, the handle or the bristles? If you want to store you brushes upright (and it's certainly a convenient way to have them close to hand without them rolling all over the place), put them into the container so they're standing on their handles, not the soft bristles. This applies regardless of the size of the brush.

(Note to the concerned reader who emailed me: The brushes in this photo were turned upside temporarily, long enough only to take the photo.)

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