Preserve Quality Paintbushes Forever. Drip-dry. Built-in Handle. Easy Clean-up.

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Preserve Quality Paintbushes Forever. Drip-dry. Built-in Handle. Easy Clean-up.

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Clean, dry and keep quality paintbrushes for a life-time.
Soak and rinse a paintbrush with no mess.
Drip-dry paintbrush vertically with a small rubber clamp attached to the paintbrush handle.
Made from an empty gallon milk container.
Can also use empty detergent containers for handheld paint container.

You Need:

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Plastic gallon milk container
Scissors or a box cutter
Marker
Small rubber clamp

Mark Outline on Container for Cutting

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1. Draw a line down the mouth of the container to neck of the container (at the top-point of the outline shape).
2. Draw outline shape above (similar to shape of a house)

Cut Outline on Container

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Cut outline.

Cut Slit in Mouth of Container

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Cut a line in the mouth of countainer down to the point of the outline shape.

Clean Paintbrushes Sized Up to 4 Inches

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Clean paintbrush sized up to 4 inches.

Soak, Clean and Rinse Paintbrush

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Fill the container with enough clean water to cover the dirty bristles.
Soak, clean and rinse dirty paintbrush.

Easy-dry Paintbrush

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Raise paintbrush and use rubber clamp to vertically hold the handle above the mouth of the container.
Vertical drip-dry is the best method to preserve life of paintbrush bristles.