Brushes, ContinuedBrush hairCAMEL HAIR: Camel hair is a mixture of squirrel, skunk, badger, and(Continued)pony hair. These brushes are extremely soft and have less spring in thebristles than red sable. Camel hair brushes with very long bristles letter wellon smooth surfaces. Pin stripes are made by a camel hair dagger brush.Camel hair brights and flats are used for oil and acrylic paint.OX HAIR: Ox hair brushes are strong bristled brushes. These coarsebristles are made into flats and brights. Use ox hair brushes to do rigidlettering and for painting with oils and acrylics.SYNTHETIC HAIR: Synthetic fiber hair is rapidly replacing natural bristlesin brush construction. Synthetics have the spring and resiliency to withstandabuse from multi-medium use and chemical cleaners. Fan-shaped brushesmost often appear with synthetic bristles. Synthetic bristle brushes work wellin any medium.Oil brushesIf you use both water- and oil-based paints, dedicate a set of brushes to oil-based paints only. After cleaning the brushes and before storing them, add adrop of oil to the bristles. This keeps the bristles pliable and lessens theeffect of the harsh chemicals used to clean them. Store them in an enclosedcontainer to m We airborne contaminants. A set of brushes dedicated tooil-based paints will also eliminate the chance of your confusing them withbrushes used for water-based paints. Once you use a water-based paintbrush in oil-based paints, you should not use it for a water-based pigmentagain.Continued on next page2-59
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