Hammerite paint Brush Cleaner & Thinner shortage

peter999

There is a massive shortage of Hammerite paint Brush Cleaner & Thinner product.

No shops seem to have it in stock and haven't for months.


Was told by Hammerite, you can use:

-Polycell Brush Cleaner to clean brushes

-White Spirit to thin paint

phill99

And your point is?

Poppycat

I clean my brushes with white spirit it works with Hammerite since they changed the formula a few years back

muckybutt

Ohhh didn't know they had changed the formula - it was always cellulose thinners you had to use to clean hammerite off with.

peter999

Poppycat wrote: »

I clean my brushes with white spirit it works with Hammerite since they changed the formula a few years back

muckybutt wrote: »

Ohhh didn't know they had changed the formula - it was always cellulose thinners you had to use to clean hammerite off with.

Don't think cellulose or white spirit worked properly for me in cleaning brushes.

peter999

Poppycat wrote: »

I clean my brushes with white spirit it works with Hammerite since they changed the formula a few years back

My Hammerite paint was bought years ago.

Cellulose & White Spirit back then didn't work properly cleaning brushes, that's why you had to buy their own cleaner/thinner.

I'd be surprised if White Spirit works ok cleaning brushes, as it would make their more expensive variant redundant.