Cleaning your spray gun after every exercise is constitutive. Whether you don't, Stop Testament cake up inside the gun and cook up it impossible to advantage. The longer you wait To cleanse it the harder it Testament be, so bend in the habit of cleaning your spray gun Everyone interval you utilize it. Study on to memorize Disinfected a spray gun.
Instructions
1. Empty all the Stop elsewhere of the gun and fill the Mug or pot partway with solvent. Use the appropriate solvent for the finish you were using, either water (for water-based finishes), denatured alcohol (for shellac), lacquer thinner (for lacquer) or whatever solvent is listed on the label of your finish. When in doubt, lacquer thinner is a good all-purpose choice.
2. Swish the solvent around inside the cup or pot to clean it. Also clean all hoses and gaskets leading to the cup or pot. If using a cup with a siphon, loosen the nut holding the siphon in place and clean the area under the siphoning hose.
3. Empty and refill the cup or pot with solvent, and attach it to the gun. Pour some solvent through the needle chamber in the gun. It will flow right through the gun, so catch it in a container as it comes out. Reinsert the needle in the gun once the chamber is clean.
Remove the air cap, fluid nozzle, fluid control knob, control knob spring and fluid needle from the gun. Open the cup or pot and drop all the smaller components inside, making sure there is enough solvent left to cover the pieces. If you will be using the gun again soon, you can store these parts inside the gun and solvent until then. Otherwise, clean them off in the solvent and allow them to air dry before reassembling the gun for storage.
5. Swab the fluid needle with solvent until no sticky residue remains. Spray the solvent through the gun for at least a minute. Only spray outside or in a well-ventilated area.4.
