Cleaning Shellac Spray Gun

If you have a long line set then use the ammonia and water mix to purge the last remaining shellac before using it for waterbased clears.

Cleaning shellac spray gun. Rinse through machine and gun well. We spray sealcoat all the time. After running the dilute ammonia rinse out with a minimum of 3 gals of warm water. If you want to go to solvent based varnish flush it with lacquer thinner prior to cat varnish or alcohol only.

Hold a metal part of the gun firmly to a grounded metal pail and trigger the gun to release the pressure. Start by cleaning your lines with 4 6 ounces of alcohol. Turn the onoff switch to off. I shoot nitrocellulose lacquer as my main finish.

Reverse the spray tip and disengage the gun trigger lock. What do the members here who hvlp spray shellac use to clean the gun and how easy is it. How to clean your hvlp spray gun matt lane. Same as with the brush after the first cleaning and you have put the gun back together spray new clean solvent through the gun.

No tannin with shellac. Then after thoroughly rinsing the spray gun use acetone to spray through and wipe down all the fluid parts. Basic procedure for cleaning an airless sprayer. Turn the pressure control to the lowest setting.

When cleaning your airless after running shellac through your pump. From the original questioner. I find shellac a bit more difficult to clean out of my gun relative to nitro and i spray such a small amount of shellac that i just use the prevail spray jars and keep an extra jar filled with straight dna to clean propellant tops when done. Unsubscribe from matt lane.

I got several questions about properly cleaning a spray gun. Acetone is about the only material besides our kleen again spray gun cleaner that works well to clean up water base materials kleen again is a bio degradable soybean product available at the finishing store. Shellac uses denatured alcohol has the reducer. Engage the gun trigger lock.

I dont use shellac as a finish in new construction but i do use de waxed shellac sealers over top of oil based stains for brushing purposes. Plus a clean 1 gallon bucket would be useful. Ive sprayed about a gallon of target coatings water based topcoat over the last 6 months and of course it just disappears in water making cleanup extremely easyno brushing of small holes required just soak splash rinse.