To throw away paint brushes instead of cleaning them ?

[Lardlizard]

Used two this week proabky cost about two quid form the range
Just can’t be arsed to clean then
It is water based paint so can be cleaned

Feel guilty chucking them out though

Clean them

Yabu. Don’t be lazy.

You can’t be bothered to run a brush under a tap? Christ you’re a lazy get.

Clean them. Especially if they have plastic handles.

Chuck them

Yep. Obviously we need more stuff going to landfill, not less.

Why have you posted?

Feel guilty chucking them out though

Don't lie. If you felt even a little bit of guilt, then you would put in the tiny amount of effort required to clean them.

My husband does this. Drives me mad. Luckily there's not much painting that goes on.

In a world where resources are becoming more and more precious and need to be totally appreciated, you 'couldn't be arsed' to wash them!
They may be 'just' paintbrushes, but they are a re-usable item, and will last for years if cared for properly.

Shame on you.

YABU, especially water based paint!

In the time you posted this, you could have cleaned them.

Kids paint brushes and paint? They are easy to rinse and reuse.
"I've just repainted the lounge and wont be decorating again for the next 6 month" waterbased paint, I'd be more inclined to chuck.

I chuck painting supplies after a few uses (I don’t want to buy really expensive brushes that are difficult to clean but equally cheap ones done last more that a couple of uses).

Yanbu , We chuck cheap emulsion brushes
We do have a really good one that we always wash out properly though, the cheap ones just seem to loose bristles as you wash them anyway so what’s the point

During the job, I wrap them up to keep them fresh for next time.

It is difficult to wash them out thoroughly and washes paint into the drainage system which is not consequence free for the environment. White spirit to wash out oil based paints should not be washed down the drains at all.

During the last DIY project we had, compared to the amount of builder's waste and rubble produced, paint brushes will have scored less than 1% of waste produced.

@hippopootamus when was the last time you painted? I spent ten minutes washing out a brush last week. When I then went to paint a different room the next day I realised I Hadn’t cleaned it out full because the colour from the day before had leeched into the new paint which I then had to scoop out and reward the brush.

I have good brushes - my late Dad bought them 40 years ago. Buy good ones and keep them!

I've done this in the past because I was a lazy so and so but now I get some strange satisfaction from running then under a warm tap squeezing all the paint out, stick them on a paper towel on the radiator and they're good to go again next day! Good brushes aren't cheap either!

YAB a bit U. Run them under a tap (bristles down) with a bit of washing up liquid and shake the excess water off. Takes less than a minute.

Cling wrap brushes if you stop half way through a job and they'll stay fresh and bendy for a good couple of days. That goes for water based (emulsion) and oil based (wood paint).

I must admit i don't clean cheap DIY brushes after doing wood work because of the farting about with white spirit.

And this is a prime example of why we are fucked. You should feel very guilty.

Seriously, I've been painting this morning. It takes all of five minutes to wash a brush.

@HasaDigaEebowai yeah , that’s the prime reason .. nothing to do with farming , factories , cars, lorries etc.. etc..

I didn't say it was the prime reason. I said it was a prime example. Completely different.

YABU, that's just lazy, ot literally takes a few seconds to put on the tap and rinse the brush clean.

yanbu. They're never the same after. The only brush i was is my angled one because i love it. The rest generally get chucked

(i know its environmentally awful, i do, but i do my bit in other ways i promise!)

Of course you are. Where do you think they end up after you have thrown them in the bin? I guess that's probably the problem, some people either don't think or don't care.