Master's Brush Soap & Preservative ... looking for copycat recipe??

[PaintyLiz]

I have a container of Master's Brush Soap & Preservative that does a great job on all brushes, oil, acrylic, etc. I'm wondering if anyone has any idea of a recipe to create my own copycat version? I'm very new to soaping so don't have a lot of knowledge of ingredients.

I would prefer if it had only coconut oil, shea butter, castor oil and/or olive oil as these are what I have on hand. I would think a good coconut oil with maybe a little shea butter would be good.

I have no idea what the ingredients in Masters Soap are, and they are not listed on the container or their website.

I have also cleaned oil brushes with Murphy's oil soap which works well.

Any ideas or suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Liz

 

[Benjifrazer]

Try a coconut only dual lye hot process soap then sub in etehelene glycol for 25% of the water amount after cook - keep super fat at 0 - it will be a cleansing bar which should remove acrylic residue - synthetic brushes will be fine, but you would need to wash natural brushes after they are clean with a superfatted body soap to replace some of the oils stripped from the bristles.

 

[Zany_in_CO]

Any ideas or suggestions are greatly appreciated!

For a copycat recipe, we would need to see the list of ingredients. We can't really help much without that.

I have also cleaned oil brushes with Murphy's oil soap which works well.

I just posted my copycat recipe for Murphy's Oil Soap so you can have a look.

ETA: Back in the day when I did such things as painting with oils and acrylics, I always cleaned my brushes by holding a bar of soap in one hand and rubbing the brush on the soap with the other hand. Then rinse, rinse, rinse until the water runs clear. Works for house painting brushes too.

 

[lsg]

Here is a quote from Review: The Masters Brush Cleaner and Preserver » Tale of Painters
" In fact brush cleaner is nothing more than a gentle soap. It’s made from 15% – 30% soap, 5% – 15% Ethylene Glycol and < 5% Anionic Surfacent."

 

[UnScented Arizona]

Try a coconut only dual lye hot process soap then sub in etehelene glycol for 25% of the water amount after cook - keep super fat at 0 - it will be a cleansing bar which should remove acrylic residue - synthetic brushes will be fine, but you would need to wash natural brushes after they are clean with a superfatted body soap to replace some of the oils stripped from the bristles.

Paint much? Let's see some art!

 

[PaintyLiz]

Try a coconut only dual lye hot process soap then sub in etehelene glycol for 25% of the water amount after cook - keep super fat at 0 - it will be a cleansing bar which should remove acrylic residue - synthetic brushes will be fine, but you would need to wash natural brushes after they are clean with a superfatted body soap to replace some of the oils stripped from the bristles.

Thank you! I've been away, sorry for the delay in answering. Sounds good.

For a copycat recipe, we would need to see the list of ingredients. We can't really help much without that.

I just posted my copycat recipe for Murphy's Oil Soap so you can have a look.

ETA: Back in the day when I did such things as painting with oils and acrylics, I always cleaned my brushes by holding a bar of soap in one hand and rubbing the brush on the soap with the other hand. Then rinse, rinse, rinse until the water runs clear. Works for house painting brushes too.

Thank you for that! I usually use Murphy's, it's fantastic & eliminates the need for turps to clean. I keep forgetting to pick up some. (I might make it but I have the feeling it calls for KOH which I don't have)

Thanks!
Liz

 

[UnScented Arizona]

I have been extremely lax since we sold our house and moved into a 19' travel trailer fulltime LOL no place to hang anything. Mostly I do commissioned pieces but wasn't really putting myself out. I haven't actually painted in about 8 years until last month when a patron contacted me to do another painting for them. I don't even have the old computer with the photos on them, but I found 4. These are from a few years back.

I donate small free oil paintings to Service & K9 dogs - that is the smiling wet dog (4"x6") (one of my fav paintings). The bird (4"x6") was one for myself, although I think I gave it away. Who knows, it might be in storage somewhere. The other two were commissioned pieces about 20"x24". I no longer have the website Portrait of a Hero, but if anyone is interested in a free painting of their service dog, just contact me.

My 'professional' site is Liz van der Werff, you can reach it through my general site Wacky Pup.

Thanks for the interest.
Liz

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Nice! Thanx for sharing. My son is an artist also. I used one of his brushes years ago and wow, what a mistake! It was a very expensive brush. Luckily, I didn't ruin it. Lesson learned.

 

[melinda48]

I have a container of Master's Brush Soap & Preservative that does a great job on all brushes, oil, acrylic, etc. I'm wondering if anyone has any idea of a recipe to create my own copycat version? I'm very new to soaping so don't have a lot of knowledge of ingredients.

I would prefer if it had only coconut oil, shea butter, castor oil and/or olive oil as these are what I have on hand. I would think a good coconut oil with maybe a little shea butter would be good.

I have no idea what the ingredients in Masters Soap are, and they are not listed on the container or their website.

I have also cleaned oil brushes with Murphy's oil soap which works well.

Any ideas or suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Liz

See if you can find the MSDS for the product - that should list the ingredients.

See if you can find the MSDS for the product - that should list the ingredients.

Nope - I checked the MSDS - nothing - nada - sorry.

 

[Montuckygirl]

The MSDS for the Escoda soap says, "Mix of sodium salts from olive and coconut oils, glycerin and water. Made by saponificationprocess: triglycerides react with aqueos NaOH converted into soap and glycerol. Negligibletraces of NaOH as it is the limiting reagent."
https://www.dick-blick.com/msds/DBH_SDS_057321001.pdf

Can anyone come up with a recipe "Made from 82% extra-virgin olive oil " as their product description states? I'd be interested as I'd like to make my own for my brushes and hands, too.

 

[AliOop]

Can anyone come up with a recipe "Made from 82% extra-virgin olive oil " as their product description states? I'd be interested as I'd like to make my own for my brushes and hands, too.

Use any soap calculator and put in 82% olive oil, and 18% coconut oil. I would use a 0% SF as I’d assume you don't want any oils left on the brush. You don’t need to add glycerin, since that is a natural byproduct of saponification.

Then set the calculator to the batch size you want, and that’s your recipe.

 

[PaintyLiz]

Try a coconut only dual lye hot process soap then sub in etehelene glycol for 25% of the water amount after cook - keep super fat at 0 - it will be a cleansing bar which should remove acrylic residue - synthetic brushes will be fine, but you would need to wash natural brushes after they are clean with a superfatted body soap to replace some of the oils stripped from the bristles.

Don't know why I didn't see this before - thank you!

Interesting idea w/ethelyne glycol ...

Paint much? Let's see some art!

Gosh, I haven't painted in years! Well, we sold our big house/studio & live in a tiny travel trailer for the past 5 years, but I've still done a few commissions.
I offer free paintings to Search & Rescue, K-9 & Military do
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Here are a couple of my fav S&Rs, plus random ...