{"id":630,"date":"2009-12-08T08:45:59","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T08:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=630"},"modified":"2009-12-10T00:20:09","modified_gmt":"2009-12-10T00:20:09","slug":"oil-painting-brush-cleaner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=630","title":{"rendered":"Oil painting brush cleaner."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think there comes a time for every painter when they inadvertently forget to wash their brushes properly after using them.\u00a0 I am not that artist, I am the one who forgets repeatedly.\u00a0 So having a few brushes that required some care, I bought some brush cleaner.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve obscured the label for the benefit of my imaginary sponsors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-full wp-image-631\"><span><span><span><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-631\" title=\"Cleaner-0790\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Cleaner-0790.jpg\" alt=\"Cleaner-0790\" width=\"322\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Cleaner-0790.jpg 536w, https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Cleaner-0790-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m always somewhat skeptical when it comes to claims of non toxicity and efficacy.\u00a0 It elicits the same response as a late night ad for knives that cut through steel and\u00a0 they can still cut a tomato &#8220;this thin&#8221;.\u00a0 In my slightly industrialized world if it doesn&#8217;t require a respirator how could it possibly work.\u00a0 Well it does,\u00a0 in a matter of minutes dried oil paints were dissolved and brushes were &#8220;restored&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"frame-outer  size-medium wp-image-635 alignleft\"><span><span><span><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-635 alignleft\" title=\"Cleaner-0794\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Cleaner-0794-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cleaner-0794\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Cleaner-0794-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Cleaner-0794-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Cleaner-0794.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"frame-outer  size-medium wp-image-636 aligncenter\"><span><span><span><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-636 aligncenter\" title=\"Cleaner-0799\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Cleaner-0799-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cleaner-0799\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Cleaner-0799-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Cleaner-0799-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Cleaner-0799.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I was amazed, so amazed in fact that I had to know just how it worked.\u00a0 So like Toto I pulled back the curtain, actually I downloaded the MSDS sheet for it.\u00a0 And behold I had been sucked in as assuredly as\u00a0 if I had ordered those knives in three easy installments.\u00a0 Ethanol 1000 ppm,\u00a0 What?\u00a0 It&#8217;s alcohol and it&#8217;s only 0.175 proof, no wonder it&#8217;s non toxic and the label doesn&#8217;t say what the active ingredient is.\u00a0 Oh well it worked and that&#8217;s all that matters but if I ever run out of this stuff I might try a martini.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think there comes a time for every painter when they inadvertently forget to wash their brushes properly after using them.\u00a0 I am not that artist, I am the one who forgets repeatedly.\u00a0 So having a few brushes that required some care, I bought some brush cleaner.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve obscured the label for the benefit of 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