JimDobson
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My easy solution to No More Clogged Spray Paint Rattle Cans
What a good idea.
Alan C.
solvent to suit the paint. some may need 'cellulose thinners' or xylene, for example. my preferred option has been a little solvent in a small jar, to clean nozzle.Thanks Alan hope it helps folks out. I had to throw out so many rattle cans over the years because of clogged jets and no propellent left inside.
Thanks aRMWhat a Great simple practical Solution.
Thanks a Zillion for showing and Sharing
ATB
TC
aRM
Been there done it, but you still need to flush excess paint from the can valve other wise you end up with cans half full and it won't come out unless to drill the nozzle! DON'T DO IT! You will paint the ceiling, your hair, face, etc. And the drilling machine. It doesn't stop! Just one big whoosh!
Of course, this is only in my imagination, but I have tins that have blocked valves through lack of cleaning, not lack of propellent.
Cheers,
K2
I remove all the nozzles from all the cans and keep them in a sealed bottle full of acetone. hen needed I fish out the cap that fit the can (they are all different) and go spraying. When done the cap goes back in the bottle.
I found that the tiny hole in the cap is the clogging problem. the tube and paint path to the cap is large enough that does not clog.
Thanks for the video. Great idea!
This works in many cases except that now there are offerings where the can is designed to allow paint to come out when the can is upside down and thus this method of clearing doesn't work. Also as the original poster noted, when spraying small parts and then clearing upside down, he runs out of propellant before the paint is consumed. I am in the school of giving the nozzle a quick rinse in the appropriate solvent before returning the can to the shelf, which I have been doing for many years. I have not found the need to blow it out as the OP does.I'm simply and turn the can upside down and squirt the unused paint out of the nozzle and tube
I just stick a piece of music wire in the little hole. Works fine.
That being said, I think I'll now try storing all of the nozzles in a little jar of thinner; I still have dozens of baby-food jars left from when my son was little-- in 1976.
This works in many cases except that now there are offerings where the can is designed to allow paint to come out when the can is upside down and thus this method of clearing doesn't work. Also as the original poster noted, when spraying small parts and then clearing upside down, he runs out of propellant before the paint is consumed. I am in the school of giving the nozzle a quick rinse in the appropriate solvent before returning the can to the shelf, which I have been doing for many years. I have not found the need to blow it out as the OP does.
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