Refrigerate and allow to set for 30 mins to 1 hour.. 2)Mix the lemon Jello.
The bristles come out so soft and the paint rinses out even easier.The bristles are all shiny and pliable and flowing in the breeze like they’ve just been to the paintbrush hair salon.
You need to do this..I loved this other tip that someone shared as a follow up as well.If you have a nice big dedicated shop space with a sink in it (I don’t, but wouldn’t that be awesome?
), then you can set up a dedicated brush cleaning station.All you need is a piece of wood, maybe screwed down onto a workbench and a metal bristled brush.
After cleaning your paintbrush, lay it down on the wood and brush it out with the metal brush really good a few times to keep your brushes like new for years and years.
Now wouldn’t that be a nice follow-up to the paintbrush hair salon we had going on earlier?.You can either make a whole lot of icing, or just a tiny bit for a few little dots and lines, whatever works for you.. You’ll need ziplock bags, large or small, (I find if you’re going to be really intense about the squishing, the name brand ones do tend to hold up better, but dollar store bags work in a pinch too), icing sugar, butter, vanilla, and food coloring.. No matter what amount of icing you decide to make, you’ll need about 1 part butter to 4 parts icing sugar, a splash of vanilla and a few drops of food coloring.
So for example, I used about 1 teaspoon of butter, to 4 teaspoons of icing sugar to get these amounts..If you find your icing is too runny, add a bit more icing sugar.
If it’s too thick, add a bit of milk or vanilla.I have to tell you though, it’s pretty hard to mess up.