Beanmetalworks
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whats the best and easiest way to clean out your spray guns and pots??
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Strip 'em down, gunwash thinners (celly thinners). I use stainless bowls, one is a dog food/water bowl. Selection of brushes, you can buy sets cheap.
I have one set for metallic/pearl/flake and another for 'straight'.
I keep a 5 litre can with used thinners for first swill, then do a final swill and blow a bit through with fresh. If that's not met/pearl etc it gets filtered into the seconds can.
I have one set for metallic/pearl/flake and another for 'straight'.
I keep a 5 litre can with used thinners for first swill, then do a final swill and blow a bit through with fresh. If that's not met/pearl etc it gets filtered into the seconds can.
pedrobedro
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My cheap guns get the paint tipped out, wipe the pot out with thinners then blow thinners through onto a sheet of card till there's little or no colour. Wipe with kitchen roll and put it away. Sometimes I get enthusiastic and strip the air cap and needle out but not very often.
langy
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X 2 plus don't leave your gun with thinner in it
500e
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Langly
What is your take on not leaving thinners in gun?
On our JGAs we striped guns down every day a brushed out their orifices, but left an eggcup full in pot, this kept any leftovers & pot seal soft, never liked the plastic cup seals,
have things changed that much we tried the early gun cleaning machines as well, not a great success at the time either.
What is your take on not leaving thinners in gun?
On our JGAs we striped guns down every day a brushed out their orifices, but left an eggcup full in pot, this kept any leftovers & pot seal soft, never liked the plastic cup seals,
have things changed that much we tried the early gun cleaning machines as well, not a great success at the time either.
langy
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When I was taught I was told not to leave thinner in the gun so I never have but they were pretty insist ant about it, I've not had any problems and most of my guns are quite old now.
pedrobedro
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I once left cellulose thinners in my aluminium suction gun cup overnight (just forgot about it) and it left the inside black and pitted. I never did it again
500e
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Never had that problem always used suction cup guns, could never get on with gravity fed, spect it was only what we were used to.
Did use one for some German filler primer for Fibreglass it had biggest nozzle set up we could find, paint was like treacle but did it fill & not craze, for about a year
Went over to flow coat & very fine mat after time, it was a sticky time for us
