Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning and reforming a brush which contains a base and a cover removably attached to said base. The cover is a laminated structure containing a top wall, an intermediate layer, and a bottom wall. Each of the top wall and the bottom wall contains at least three orifices, and least two of which differ from at least one of the other. The intermediate layer contains elastmeric material and at least three orifices, each of which is smaller than any of the orifices in the top wall or the bottom wall.