Re: Spray paint gun wash cleaner
[Re: 4mopower]
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12/22/22 10:25 AM
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DaveRS23
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I am not a professional painter by any stretch but I have only used acetone from day one. I disassemble the gun and clean it by hand. I realize that the pros that have a much tighter schedule than I do need to do it a different way. But acetone has always worked for me as an occasional sprayer.
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Re: Spray paint gun wash cleaner
[Re: PhillyRag]
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12/23/22 10:40 AM
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DaveRS23
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Any lacquer thinner sold by an automotive paint supplier is better then the crap lacquer thinner at home depot. Acetone, while maybe better then lacquer, just evaporates to fast for my liking, not considering the higher cost per gallon. I have occasionally used lacquer thinner, too. I only use a few ounces to clean the gun, so the cost is negligible and the acetone seems to do a little better job. I use so little, that I only keep a quart of it. The lacquer thinner, I buy 5 gallons at a time because I use it for so many other things including thinning the base in moderate weather. But either one will work just fine to clean the gun IMHO.
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Re: Spray paint gun wash cleaner
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01/11/23 10:32 PM
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I buy 5gln cans of thinner from my PPG dealer. Not the type for thinning paints, but General Purpose. The per gln price is a little more then the crap at HomeDepot & works better. Besides no sales tax. I always clean the gun very well, just looking for alternatives to using expensive automotive paint thinner to just dump.
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Re: Spray paint gun wash cleaner
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01/13/23 01:49 AM
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Has anyone cleaned a paint spray gun with an ultrasonic cleaner? Does it work or a waste of time (and money)? I have for touch up guns using laq. thinner. Dislodges small hidden particles. Great for hardened particles. Money? Not an issue with , own a unit already.
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Re: Spray paint gun wash cleaner
[Re: PhillyRag]
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01/13/23 04:16 AM
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Has anyone cleaned a paint spray gun with an ultrasonic cleaner? Does it work or a waste of time (and money)? I have for touch up guns using laq. thinner. Dislodges small hidden particles. Great for hardened particles. Money? Not an issue with , own a unit already. Thank you Mike
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Re: Spray paint gun wash cleaner
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01/13/23 09:16 AM
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i am a PPG certified painter. i probably spray automotive paint 5 times a week. i use GRAVITY guns, cup above the spray gun. i also use disposable cup liners. old style suction guns, cup below the gun. clean differently.
the shop had a spray gun cleaner. we use cheap wash thinner from the paint store in it. we also have cheap thinner in a squeeze bottle for rinsing guns.
after painting i remove the cup. i then use the bottle and spray about 1/2 oz of thinner in the cup adaptor. take a acid brush and stir the thinner a bit. then pull the trigger and let the thinner run out into the waste drum. i remove the air cap and then squeeze about 1/2 oz of thinner into the fluid tip to back flush the gun. i then put air cap and gun in gun cleaner. run for about 1 min. remove gun and blow dry outside and then thru the gun from the top and back thru the fluid tip. i then blow the air cap off and then use the squeeze bottle to force thinner thru every port in the cap., then blow dry. i then remove the needle and air cap, rinse them with thinner, blow dry. them rinse fluid openings in the gun with squeeze bottle. then blow dry. assemble gun and put away for next use. i use maybe 2 oz of thinner cleaning my gun. after about 2 years doing this i replace the gun while it still sprays just fine.
i have 1 Sata 5000 digital WSP guns for water base coat. 1 Devilbiss Tekna gun for sealer and 1 Devilbiss Tekna for clear coat.
ultrasonic cleaners might work whit dirty DRY guns. i would just recommend stopping by harbour freight and buying their gun cleaning kit. it has wood tooth picks in it. use then to clean up dirt build up in the openings. this will be easier, faster and probably work better.
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Re: Spray paint gun wash cleaner
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01/29/23 08:36 PM
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Barnabas_Kriss
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Anyone that paints are you using the $50.00 + per gal gun wash thinner to clean your gun after spraying or the box store Acetone. I never tried the cheaper but if it's just waste why not?
Sorry if I should have posted this elsewhere. You can buy the gun wash much cheaper in a 5 gal pail for under $100.
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