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Now then, em,
as regards cleaning the brushes,
because we've got quality brushes,
they are worth cleaning them. As I said if you bought the cheaper brushes
there's no point in cleaning them 'cause there might not be any bristles left on them anyway.
Now all you're holdiing is a piece of wood with the rest of the bristles
stuck on the door. Sorry about that folks. Sorry, just laughing.
See people scraping bits of
paint brush off the door.
So we are going to put in some turpentine, turps or substitute.
whichever you want, right?
Now the idea is to get it up into the brush. So we're going to squeeze the brush down flat.
I hope you can see that? Yes, no?
Now squeeze the brush down flat. I'll give
a demonstration in the sink itself but for the minute this'll do fine. Now thats me.
Whereas before I was absorbing the paint
into the brush, I'm now absorbing the turpentine into the brush.
Again laid out flat, opens out like
a skirt so that we can soak it all up.
Same with the smaller one.
If you get half a chance
you could also do the same to have it, squeeze it
so as it runs down the handle, to take the paint off the handle. So lets try and get it through
it, the turpentine through it, right? Soak it up.
Now squeeze it out or squeeze it throughout. Right, when we're finished
with that, we've got plenty of turpentine, plenty of water.
So let's now, oh, and, by the way, for goodness sake
do not put your paint hands on the tap. Use something to turn the tap
on and off or there will be all hell let loose. Excuse the language.
So lets just break that down a bit.
Pour it out. Now
some washing up liquid.
Same again.
Now let the water come in there.
Yeah.
Same procedure with this. I'm soaking up the soapy water onto the brush
and again
with the smaller one. Get rid of all the turps
by my way of it.
However, I think I'd like to squeeze that
dry the best I can and we will do
another.
Some turps. Now remember
DON'T! Put some sello....., eh
cling film over the top of the taps before you
start, you know, which I should have done
but then again I was too clever to bother with that, wasn't I? Aw.
So let's get that off. Clean it out.
Now these brushes are worth cleaning. A wee bit pride in your work and you realise you've got quality
stuff and you're doing a good job. So lets just, need to get a kiddy to open this
for me. More turps in there.
This time it'll give you an idea
till I just......
Oh, oh, oh, don't make a mistake.
Now
turps in the sink. Show you how the brush should spread out.
You can see that. Spread out like so
into the turpentine. Sorry about that,
into the turpentine. Right, now we're really getting into it.
We're getting the paint off the brush.
See how like a skirt, soaking all the
turpentine up and probably lots of professionals
are looking now to give me a row. Anyway it works for me and, if a good brush,
it'll take it
and I really would suggest
you know, get good, good tools.
Makes it a lot easier. See them spread out
like a ballerina.
What do you call those things ballerinas wear? Whatever it is.
"Clonk"!
There we have it.
Now let's soak it all up.
Now I reckon that's us broken the paint,
isn't it?
So let's finish the job.
I'll stay with the sink.
Now then, let's have
some soap.
I work work work work work work work, I work the whole day through.
I work work work work work work, hows about
you? How have you all got time to sit and watch this? Have you got nothing to do?
Nothing to be painted? Goodness sake.
Oh you want to be able to instruct others. Oh, I get the idea. Right,
now that is us broken it.
Now, obviously, you want to rinse the soap out of the
brushes too.
Same idea,
nice flared skirt
soaking up all the water. Now backwards
and that.... I'm just going
to make sure, bit more soap.....
Sorry to be so pernickity and take up your time but that's just what I do, right?
Rinse that at the same time
and again and that's us finished.
Last wee thing to do,
are you just watching? Squeeze it dry.
Now to dry it off, I don't know how it works for other people
but
if you stick it up that way
not that way. For some reason or other
It drys it up quite quickly. Tomorrow they'll be ready to go again.
Good brushes. Ladies and gentlemen, could I
thank you once more. Hope that was of some value to you.
and I'll catch you all again some time. Thank you.