Put paint thinner on an old eye dropper bottle. Make sure you label it since paint thinner would be bad for your eyes.
Immediately after spray painting ( I do this after every coat) pull off the nozzle and drop some paint thinner on the top of the tube. Then drop a drop into the bottom of the nozzle. Let it soak for a second or two. Using a paper towel to catch the spray, stick the eyedropper into the bottom of the nozzle and give it a little squirt. Do this a couple of times. You will see the paint particles blowing out of the nozzle.
Put the nozzle back on. When you spray the next coat, remember that the thinner you put on the tube will splatter a bit, so start off to the side.
In reply to Autovelox :
Thanks for the tip.
I've tossed way too many cans that still had paint in them because the nozzle was froze up
CSPCRX
New Reader
12/18/24 4:01 p.m.
My neighbor, who painted cars, thought me a trick decades ago that has served me well. Turn the can upside down and spray it for a few seconds. No clocked tips.
Mndsm said:
CSPCRX said:
My neighbor, who painted cars, thought me a trick decades ago that has served me well. Turn the can upside down and spray it for a few seconds. No clocked tips.
this is what I do.
As lame as it is to admit that I've read the directions, it's what the cans tell you to do, too.
CSPCRX said:
My neighbor, who painted cars, thought me a trick decades ago that has served me well. Turn the can upside down and spray it for a few seconds. No clocked tips.
Yep, that's standard until you get one of the 360* spray can that work upside down.
I just pull the tip off and grab the blow gun on my air hose and blow a shot of air through them
ShawnG
MegaDork
12/18/24 6:10 p.m.
I ask the local autobody supplier for a bunch of extra nozzles when they make me some cans of a colour I need.
I have a box of them in my paint cabinet for when thinners don't work to clear the nozzle anymore.
