Chroma Incredible Brush Cleaner is a superb soap for cleaning and maintaining all your fine brushes. It cleans and preserves natural or synthetic brushes easily removes acrylic oil or lacquer and even removes dried paint that is years old. Directions for use: If cleaning oil or lacquer remove excess paint gently with a cloth. If removing acrylic remove excess paint with water. Use brush soap undiluted gently working the cleaner backwards and forwards well into the bristles. Rinse well in tepid water to ensure all of the brush soap has been removed from the bristles and water runs clear. Reshape and allow brush to completely dry before using again