Other Tips

I've also learned to wet the brush with water before painting. I used to have a problem with paint getting stuck way up in the bristles and drying that way. Wetting the brush seems to help with the clean up. Jason used bungee cords to hang the brushes to dry. So far this has kept the brushes from spreading out and getting stray bristles.

This may be way too much information for you and hopefully you'll never have to paint as much as we have.