This cleaner does a good job of keeping the brush moist and removing excess epoxy.

How should the moist brush be prepared for the next application of epoxy?

Will epoxy cure properly if the moist brush is used with cleaner still on it, or should the brush be cleaned with soap and water or a chemical?

Bill

I always wash my brushes with soap and warm water. I have sable brushes that are 5 - 10 years old that have been used to apply varnish, Perma Gloss and all kinds of other paint that are still as good as new. A little tender loving care will do wonder for your brushes.

Bob

I also wash mine with soap and warm water (just ivory bar soap) followed by a cold water rinse. They last a long time and these aren't really very expensive brushes. $2 ox hair Duro-Art brushes. They dry nice and soft just as they were to begin with.

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The instructions taught in art school and printed in artist brush catalogs recommend rinsing brushes in an appropriate solvent if an oil based material was used (mineral spirits was the standard in my time), then washing with soap and cool water . Standing the brushes tip up or laying them flat for drying was also the rule. Wrapping in brown paper or newspaper is good, too. Good brushes are a pleasure to use and can last many years when properly cared for.

Having said all that, I must admit to losing track of my share of brushes and not finding them until they have hardened into solid spears. Even petrified brushes can often be revived, but unless they are a costly type I just toss them out. If the brush is of particular value it is definitely worth all the lifesaving techniques available.

One item that is handy for the task of bathing brushes is called a brush holder. Found in art supply stores, this spring shaped metal contraption has a base that fits neatly into a can and suspends several brushes in your solvent of choice. This protects the delicate tips from getting the "bends" as the brush soaks for as long as it takes the material to dissolve. A long soaking in solvent will usually return a hardened brush to some level of use.. Epoxy blunders are not as forgiving. Once they set up I don't even think of trying to clean them from a brush. One more reason I use a spatula to apply epoxy finishes.
Dave