Paint brushes
Find the right brush for every technique from well-known brands like Amsterdam and Rembrandt. Our range includes brushes made with natural hair or polyester in different shapes and sizes, designed for various painting styles and techniques.
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Everything you need to know about paint brushes
The choice of brush depends on the painting technique. Brushes made of hog bristle are the most commonly used for oil paint. The stiffer hog bristle can hold a lot of thick paint, but gives too imprecise a stroke for painting fine details. For detailed work and glazing techniques, sable hair, among others, is very suitable. For all techniques, brushes made of synthetic fibres (selected filament) offer a good alternative. Oil paint brushes have a long handle so that sufficient distance can be kept from the work when painting.
Brushes can be cleaned in the solvent of the paint being used. Depending on the type of paint, this can be water or white spirit: watercolour, poster paint, gouache, ecoline, water mixable oil paint and acrylic paint are cleaned with water. Oil paint or alkyds with white spirit.
Acrylic paint: Under the name "Amsterdam Acrylic Remover" Royal Talens supplies a solvent with which dried-in acrylic paint can be broken down again. Pour so much of the liquid into a small glass jar or bottle that the hair bundles and part of the ferrule can stand in the solvent. Now soak the brushes for ± an hour, clean them with soap and water and rinse them with water. CAUTION: Do not put the brushes too deep in the solvent as the lacquer on the handle may also dissolve! Acrylic remover is completely biodegradable.
Oil paint: Dried oil paint can only be broken down in very aggressive solvents such as xylene. Due to the harmfulness of these solvents, they are not sold by Royal Talens. The long drying time of oil paint gives the painter enough time to clean the brushes.