The best way I know of to clean brushes is what I whimiscally call "counterflow" but most people call "3 jar." You (after squeezing out as much as possible) swish thoroughly in each of 3 jars in turn. The first one gets dirtiest, the second not so much, and the third hardly at all. Once your first jar is too gucky to use, you responsibly dispose of it, move the other two up, and pour another to take the "jar 3" spot. This way, you get the brushes cleaner, while using solvent more efficiently.
James ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 5:48 PM Subject: Re: KR> Cleaning Brushes and Buying Peel Ply I use lacquer thinner to clean brushes. First I use a paper towel to remove as much of the epoxy as I can by squeezing it out of the brush and into the paper towel, then I use about a half inch of lacquer thinner in the bottom of a baby food jar to thoroughly swish the brush around and remove more epoxy, then I dry it off with another clean paper towel. That method will get you several uses for a brush. Cap the thinner and use it the next time. Dacron is supposed to be the suitable substitute for peel ply, but the word is to remove it before the epoxy completely cures because it will be harder to remove after curing. Real peel ply (depending on who you buy it from) has a release agent on it that makes it easier to remove after curing, but even then, it's not "easy". Mark Langford N56ML "at" hiwaay.net website at http://www.N56ML.com --------------------------------------------------------
