Save money and your favorite brushes by learning how to clean paint from paint brushes, with techniques for every paint type and condition.

How you should wash your brushes and rollers depends on the type of paint you've been using. Thankfully, we've got all you need to know on how to clean off latex or water-based, and oil-based paints.

If you’ve been painting moldings and trims with oil-based paint, you’ll need to use mineral spirits or turpentine to thoroughly clean your brush. Denatured alcohol works best for shellac.

To clean water-based paint, such as latex or acrylic, off of your paint brush, you won't need much more than a good liquid dish detergent and warm water, says Annie Sloan, paint and color expert ...

Replace the bucket with clean soapy water and soak brushes for 5 to 10 minutes, depending on how much paint remains on the brushes. Rinse brushes again until water runs clear.

The cleaning technique shown above only uses 1/8 of an inch of thinner to thoroughly dip and saturate the brush. Higher amounts of thinner won't be more effective at cleaning a brush, so why waste it?

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If you’ve been painting moldings and trims with oil-based paint, you’ll need to use mineral spirits or turpentine to thoroughly clean your brush. Denatured alcohol works best for shellac.

Clean the paint tray next, by rinsing the paint out, using our trusty bucket of soapy water, and using a stiff brush to get rid of stuck-on paint.