How to Clean Your Airless Sprayer
In this Paint Sprayer Review article, we are going through steps to clean your airless spray properly after each use. I think it’s important to remember that in this post I’ll mention the steps to clean an airless spray, not an HVLP or a cup gun-styled power painter. Although some methods may differ in how to clean these tools, why cleaning is important and some tips I give will apply.
Your brand new airless pump looks so clean and beautiful when you pull it out of the box for the first time. It’s not unusual to swear that this car is shiny and shiny. I’m laughing a little because I’ve been doing this for years, and finally, after a while you’ll realize that it’s a useless exercise. And in a short while, the bright and bright coins are no longer so beautiful. It’s hard enough when you’re the only operator of this fine paint pump. Leave it alone when your employees spray it all day long.
But despite the impossible dreams of keeping your machine clean outside, it is not desirable to keep it clean inside. All the internal parts from the foot that sits in the color end your spray tip. You have to clean everything up properly or you have to feel a lot of potential problems and costs. Replacement parts, repairs, down time, adding labor costs, and bad fan patterns will only face some problems if your rig is not cleaned properly. None of these methods are difficult or time-consuming, but no matter how tired you are at the end of your work day, you have to work continuously.
The steps I plan to cover are common in the nature of most spray pumps. However, engineering and design changes separate each manufacturer and each machine, so please read your instruction manual and consider my advice as the best supplement. When I write this I’m going from memory, but I want to point out the important things that you need to find.
Pull your color: I like a five gallon strainer bag, but the Throw Away Trainer Cup also works. You don’t want to be a dry-colored powder from dirt or to remove these particles from your pump or your spray gun. It goes for your work, just keep it clean.
Don’t set your car in the trash: I think I know common sense, but it happens all the time. Use plywood, cardboard or a powerful drop under your machine all the time. Once the dirt is entered at the bottom of your siphon tube, you must clean it separately.
Place a separate set of hoses: I’d put three separate sets of hoses, one for latex, one for oil-based paint, and one for a clean polyurethane. Latex is clean with water, mineral-based oil-based paint, and clear urethane or seal crystals. It’s optional, but it makes it much easier to clean.
Clean all filters and feet or take the tube: After the clean water from the gun is exhausted (it usually takes 3-5 gallons of water) I recommend removing all filters, legs and/or pick-up tubes, and gun filters and tips and tip housing. First, release all the pressure from the line, and then run a few gallons of water again.
Once this last step is finished and you see all the clean water or spirit, leave the pressure in the line again and carefully fold your hose and gun so that there are no relatives or bends in it. These tips are generalized for cleaning, I know. But if you want to make your airless spray last many years, then they are really important. I hope this information helped you… Thank you for stopping!