For all you hobby enthusiasts out there, here a few tips to get out of the little troubles in your work:
Ever get tired of your brushes always getting hard and stiff after you use them for paint or glue? Acrylic paint is the worst for this kind of thing because it crusts so easily. What you can do is wash your brushes after every use with a little bit of soap and warm water. In case they've already hardened, don't fret. You can leave them on a cup of fabric softener and they'll be as soft as new.
If you do a lot of painting, you might want to spread out some pieces of newspaper on your working table to keep paint from getting all over your furniture. This is also a good way to clean up easily after every hobby session. If you're going to use newspaper for this purpose, try placing several layers of it so the paints or glue won't bleed through.
You can take away glue stains from cloth, or from any other surface with just a bit of rubbing alcohol. The alcohol is a really good solvent for glue and easily removes it. If the glue hardened, rubbing alcohol can still remove it. So keep a bottle handy, just in case.
Try placing a little piece of plastic wrap on your paint bottles before you screw them on. You'll find that the next time you open them for use, the paints won't crust out, you'll find it a lot easier to unscrew, and your materials would be considerable more fresh than ever.
Have you ever had that feeling like you're running out of places to hold while painting really small objects? Don't worry, all you have to do is to cut up a piece of masking tape and loop it. Put the sticky loop on the eraser end of a pencil and use that to hold the item you are painting. Afterwards, you can dry it by leaving the pencil in a cup or pencil holder for a while. - 16003
Ever get tired of your brushes always getting hard and stiff after you use them for paint or glue? Acrylic paint is the worst for this kind of thing because it crusts so easily. What you can do is wash your brushes after every use with a little bit of soap and warm water. In case they've already hardened, don't fret. You can leave them on a cup of fabric softener and they'll be as soft as new.
If you do a lot of painting, you might want to spread out some pieces of newspaper on your working table to keep paint from getting all over your furniture. This is also a good way to clean up easily after every hobby session. If you're going to use newspaper for this purpose, try placing several layers of it so the paints or glue won't bleed through.
You can take away glue stains from cloth, or from any other surface with just a bit of rubbing alcohol. The alcohol is a really good solvent for glue and easily removes it. If the glue hardened, rubbing alcohol can still remove it. So keep a bottle handy, just in case.
Try placing a little piece of plastic wrap on your paint bottles before you screw them on. You'll find that the next time you open them for use, the paints won't crust out, you'll find it a lot easier to unscrew, and your materials would be considerable more fresh than ever.
Have you ever had that feeling like you're running out of places to hold while painting really small objects? Don't worry, all you have to do is to cut up a piece of masking tape and loop it. Put the sticky loop on the eraser end of a pencil and use that to hold the item you are painting. Afterwards, you can dry it by leaving the pencil in a cup or pencil holder for a while. - 16003
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