Sharpen a brush

(Deutsche Version) A newly bought brush is usually sharp and also a bit hard so you can draw very fine lines. After a while, the hair of the brush starts to point into every direction so you cannot use the brush any more. To get the brush back into the state which it has been after buying, you can use a simple trick.

A used brush which you cannot use for fine details any more.

First you have to create a mixture of sugar and water. Simply mix the two ingredients and stir. Now you may put the brush in the liquid. The surface tension keeps the hair together.

Brush tip with the sugar water mixture applied. The hair is kept together (Surface tension).

To get the brush back into the perfect shape, you have to wipe off the brush off carefully, this gets it even sharper. If the brush dries, the tip gets even better, as good as for a newly bought brush. I use brushes of the size 00, you can get them in every toy's shop. If you take good care of the brush, you should be able to use it forever.

The sharpened brush.