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265743 | RH <rhhutchins@h...> | 2018‑04‑20 | Cleaning Paintbrushes with Lye |
Scott G wrote this yesterday: Dollar Tree is selling good old sodium hydroxide (lye) as drain cleaner for a buck. Its still good for cleaning your coffee pot (dipit) your paint brushes (brushsaver), your oven or anything else that it won't hurt. It dissolves many crusty things. Including your favorite natural bristle brushes if you leave it too long. ("Nair" is hair removal by modified sodium hydrox.) Don't soak forever and keep it far away from your eyes or aluminum (they use heated high pressure lye to actually mill aluminum) yours scott Scott, I need more instruction in resurrecting gummy paint brushes with lye. I've got a pretty good Purdy brush that I let get gummed with poly. I thought I had cleaned it, but when I went to use on some oil=based paint, I found the goo. Care to give this galoot, and any others listening in, a lesson in sodium hydroxide for paint brush cleaning? I've got a Dollar Tree store a few block over. Best regards, Bob Hutchins, Temple, TX, USA |
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265744 | scott grandstaff <scottg@s...> | 2018‑04‑20 | Re: Cleaning Paintbrushes with Lye |
> Care to give this galoot, and any others listening in, a lesson in sodium > hydroxide for paint brush cleaning? > > Hey Bob and Gang > Cleaning brushes is pretty straightforward > Get a tall slim container. Tomato paste for small brushes, asparagus > can for 2", > well you get the idea. Try to find a container not too much wider than > the brush. > > A clip of some kind of hang the brush up off the bottom of the > container, keeps bristles from curling. Small clothespin type spring > clamps are good. A couple of regular clothespins will work for a smallish brush. Anything to clip onto the brush and hang it up. Otherwise, just check it every hour or two. The "gum" will loosen before the bristles do. When you catch it just right, not only are the bristles completely clean to the ferrule, but at least as soft as new bristles. Make no mistake though, natural hair will be eaten to the nub if you totally forget it. DAMHIKT Synthetic bristles you can just leave a week if you want. Nylon never dissolves in lye. Well not that I have found anyway yours Scott > ******************************* Scott Grandstaff Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca 96039 scottg@s... http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/ http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html |
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265745 | scott grandstaff <scottg@s...> | 2018‑04‑20 | Re: Cleaning Paintbrushes with Lye |
naaa, its plenty weak enough right out of the bottle hahaha Having worked with this chemical, of varying concentrations, the stuff they are legal to sell across the retail counter? yeah you're ok watch your eyes. no kidding watch yor eyes gloves are optional at this strength, but hey they're cheap. It takes a long time to wash it off your skin anyhow. good 'ol hydrox. Its like a secret weapon. It has a lot of uses. Its about the fastest ph adjuster in a fluid. Acidic fluids have no chance. Add a very little hydrox? and just jack that ph back up, I mean now. Hydrox neutralizes them brutally, goodbye acid. Its the simplest ingredient of soap. yours scott -- ******************************* Scott Grandstaff Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca 96039 scottg@s... http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/ http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html |
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265746 | RH <rhhutchins@h...> | 2018‑04‑20 | Re: Cleaning Paintbrushes with Lye |
Thanks, Scott!!! |
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265747 | Matt Cooper <MaNoCooper@l...> | 2018‑04‑20 | Re: Cleaning Paintbrushes with Lye |
This brings up an important question. Hydrox or Oreo's. (Chocolate sandwich cookies, Jeff) Ba dum dum. Sorry I will slink away now. Happy Connecting. Sent from my Sprint Tablet. -------- Original message -------- From: scott grandstaff |
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265748 | <gtgrouch@r...> | 2018‑04‑21 | Re: Cleaning Paintbrushes with Lye |
Hydrox is the best: you wouldn't lye to me, would you? (Ducking and running away!) ---- scott grandstaff |
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265749 | gary may | 2018‑04‑21 | Re: Cleaning Paintbrushes with Lye |
You the Man Scott---- btw, galoots, when working with heavy bases, like lye, lime and portland cement, rinse your hands or body parts with vinegar for fast relief from the dryness that accompanies having ALL of your natural oils and moisture sucked out. If I got lye in my eye, I'd figure out a way to rinse with kitchen vinegar while waiting for the ambulance. You do what you think is right. best to all galoots everywhere: gam in OlyWA/USA How horrible it is to have so many people killed!---And what a blessing one cares for none of them! Jane Austen From: "gtgrouch@r..." |
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265750 | Don Schwartz <dks@t...> | 2018‑04‑21 | Re: Cleaning Paintbrushes with Lye |
On 2018-04-21 11:53 AM, gary may via OldTools wrote: > btw, galoots, when working with heavy bases, like lye, lime and portland cement, rinse your hands or body parts with vinegar for fast relief from the dryness that accompanies having ALL of your natural oils and moisture sucked out. If I got lye in my eye, I'd figure out a way to rinse with kitchen vinegar while waiting for the ambulance. > You do what you think is right. > best to all galoots everywhere: gam in OlyWA/USA A small spray bottle of vinegar might prove handy. Don -- I have decided to leave my past behind. So, if I owe you money...I am sorry, but I’ve moved on. “The events of the world do not form an orderly queue like the English, they crowd around chaotically like the Italians.” Carlo Rovelli |
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