Howards Combustability?

[Midnight Carver]

I have some Howards Feed-N-Wax. On the bottle it says it is combustable, but it doesnt say anything about caring for the rags after using it. I was planning on applying and buffing it with a shoe brush. Typically I apply my oils/stains with rags and burn them after, but that would get expensive with brushes
Are there any precautions I need to take with the brushes after applying the Howards to keep it safe?

Thanks in advance
Eric

[Bob K.]

When something is said to be combustible that means it can ignite when raised to a certain temperature...usually much higher that standard room temperature. I would just store your brushes in a cool place and you should have no problem.

[Robson Valley]

Label appears to claim that you could put a wick in the bottle and use it for a candle.
On a rag, the slow combination of the product with oxygen in the air "might" generate enough heat to begin burning. Probably a good thing that you burn the rags.
I clean all of my brushes, acrylics or oils, with hot water and mild soap. Dish-washing detergent is good. When nobody is looking, I just scrub the brush(es) on the handsoap bar!

[Midnight Carver]

Thanks. It doesn't mention rag disposal like the stains do, so I figured it wasn't a problem. I hadn't thought about cleaning a brush like this, but it sounds like a good idea. Thanks again

Eric

[Robson Valley]

Just make certain that you don't leave any tell-tale paint streaks on the bar of hand soap.

Dad painted oils and acrylics for decades, that's how he cleaned his brushes, first cleaning in turpentine (oils) then the HOT water & soap trick. Just the hot water & soap for the acrylics brushes. Every brush had a small hole so he could hang them on a rod with bent paperclips.
His "field kit" (besides the la-de-dah French easel), was a suitcase of paint & brushes, etc., which I inherited.

[ka0fan]

In the water color class my wife took several years ago the instructor told them to use "LAVA" hand soap to clean their brushes.
So I keep a bar of the stuff where I can use it if I need it and also if I need to clean my brushes. It works good for me.
I also use it to clean roller covers and my large paint brushes after painting around the house/yard.

[Robson Valley]

Tery, I agree. Don't know what makes Lava different other than the pumice. Great soap.

[gtech]

I never noticed about Feed&Wax combustability so I never used any precautions with the rags as with BLO...

I also learned to use a soap bar from my teacher to clean my brushes when I took painting lessons with oil paints. But now I use Lava soap when it's close by or standard soap when it's not. For a better cleaning, I use Orange based thinner/cleaner which is has a better smell than turpentine or the standard paint thinner. It costs more, but it lasts a long time.

Gilles