Method of removing oil-based paint from painting articles
OwnerJack W. Harrisinventor
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Abstract
A method for cleaning uncured oil-based paint and varnish from paintbrushes and other painting tools utilizes a cleaning composition produced by blending vegetable or mineral oil with emulsifying surfactants in the preferred ratio of from 85% -50% oil to 50% -15% surfactants, the composition is preferably water free. The cleaning composition is applied to the brush or tool and worked in for about 30 seconds. The brush or tool is then rinsed with water for about 1 minute. The procedure is repeated until the brush or tool is substantially free of paint.
Claims18
A method of cleaning uncured paint from paintbrushes comprising:
- (a) contacting said paintbrushes with a cleaning composition comprising:
- about 11 to about 75 percent by weight of a surfactant and about 89 to about 25 percent by weight of an oil selected from the group consisting of mineral oil and vegetable oil;
- (b) working said cleaning composition into said paintbrushes for a time sufficient to disperse said cleaning composition throughout said paintbrush;
- and
- (c) washing said paintbrushes in water to remove said cleaning composition.
A paintbrush cleaning composition comprising:
- (a) from about 11 to about 75 percent by weight of a surfactant;
- and
- (b) from about 89 to about 25 percent by weight of a vegetable or mineral oil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.