Your brushes are an investment. By cleaning them thoroughly and  properly at the end of a painting session, they will last longer.

Here are some tips introduced.

1.Always use separate brushes for oil painting and water-based  medium. After all, oil repels water. Also use separate brushes for  varnish, gesso, and masking fluid.

2.Don't let acrylic paint dry on a brush as its water-resistant when  dry. But also never leave a brush standing in water.

3.Never use a lot of pressure to force paint out of a brush. Be  patient and rinse it several times.

4.If your brush is made from natural bristle, you can soften it by  rinsing it with hair conditioner or baby oil.

5.Misshapen synthetic brushes can sometimes be reshaped by soaking  them in hot water (not boiling).

For artists or some amateurs paint brushes are very important. Owning  a good tool as the precondition condition, we will may create some  masterpieces. So we shall know how to clean and protect our tool, in  this way, we also are able to economize cost.