Safety Matters

Here is an excerpt from an article I came across from FacePaintingSchool.com that gives some detailed instructions on how to clean your brushes during a gig and after to make sure they stay germ free.

How to Clean Face Paint Brushes Between Clients:

1. A three-pot washing system is the most popular — one main container with a sanitizing and washing product such as Silly Farm Brush Bath, a second plain water to rinse off and a third for activating paint with clean brushes.
   

• 3 separate pots allow you to quickly empty and refill each one as you need or you can use a brush bath with three separate sections. Sometimes a 4th pot for the initial wash-off of paint helps to reduce the muddying of the main 3 pot system.

1. Change your water regularly between clients. Muddy looking water doesn’t look professional, and a quick water change shows that you…

Something I came across on another forum that could happen to anyone who might do an event at an indoor kids parks, trampoline park, skating rink or arcade that is cleaned frequently with an ammonia based cleaner.

here is the text from the thread...

from a Karla Thompson ·

Hi all. I needed to share something very important and potentially dangerous.

Was just facepainting at one of those indoor jump/arcade places.