Stephen shows how to clean paint brushes, both oil and acrylic paint brushes, using solvent (like turpentine) but also without! Clean dried paint off brushes with ease using these steps.

Cleaning brushes of dried paint can be difficult, and super annoying if they’re your best brushes! So today we’re talking about how to clean painting brushes, both oil paint brushes and acrylic paint brushes, so they last you for many years to come.

You can use a solvent for oil paint brushes, such as turpentine, but you can also use other commercial products (or even soap!) Learning how to keep your brushes clean can take a little practice if you’re new to painting. But it’s also a simple task that many intermediate and advanced painters tend to ignore. We hope this tutorial helps!

If you’d like to know the brush cleaner used in this video, it’s an Australian brand by Chroma, called “Incredible Brush Cleaner”. There are lots of brush cleaners available online.