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Paintbrush Cleaners and Washers


When you buy beautiful brushes for painting and making art, protect them! Blick sells a wide variety of brush cleaners and washers for keeping your acrylic, oil, watercolor, craft, hobby, ceramic, and other brushes in top working order.


Choose solvents, mineral spirits, turpentine, and other paint brush cleaners for removing oil paints, acrylics, alkyds, enamels, varnishes, and other art materials from your brushes. Some can also be used for thinning paints.


Blick also carries a wide range of natural brush, studio, and hand cleaning alternatives, such as those made from citrus peels, olive oil, linseed oil, and botanicals such as lavender, patchouli, and other natural ingredients. These gentle brush cleaners, hand cleaners, and studio cleaners contain no toxic elements.


Find brush tubs, brush washers, brush buckets, and other tools for cleaning your fine art brushes, work surfaces, and more. Let Blick be your one-stop shop for everything related to paintbrush cleaning.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • How do I care for watercolor brushes?

    To clean watercolor brushes, rinse them thoroughly in water, then wash them with a mild soap in warm water. Rinse under running water and lay them flat to dry. Once dry, store brushes bristle-end up. Always reshape your brushes before storing to prevent damage to the bristles.

  • How do I clean oil paint from my brushes?

    Cleaning your brushes is a very important step in ensuring a longer life for your brush. In the case of oil paints, the brush should be cleaned off thoroughly starting with solvent and rags or tissue. Once the brush is fairly clean from the solvent, rub the bristles in a glass or plastic jar with either a brush conditioner or a human hair shampoo. Give the brush a good final rinse and squeeze out any water. Dry the brush with its hair end lower than the handle end to prevent water from loosening the handle and the ferrule. Dry brushes can be stored bristle up in a jar, or laid flat. Protective storage containers are available too.