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07-15-2018, 09:33 PM
I have a ton of spray bottles, mostly with Tolco sprayer heads. They get "tired" and stop performing well after awhile, especially those that are spraying wax, sealant and other things that have coagulants in them. Here is an example of a 32 oz bottle of spray wax.
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Notice the dip tube end position. This is very important if you're spraying with a forward tilt to the bottle. Always try to orient the dip tube to match the spray head position. If you're "active" when you're spraying, that is, you move the bottle quite a bit you need to try to keep the dip tube end submerged in liquid and making sure the tip is oriented this way tends to allow for more effective spraying when the bottle is almost empty.
This is the head and dip tube.
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If your sprayer head is getting unresponsive, spotty, ineffective or otherwise dysfunctional, try blowing it out with compressed air. I use an air nozzle like this. Notice the rubber tip on the end.
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I start blowing gently and the liquid and embedded crud starts blowing out of the sprayer head in an atomized flow. Lightly pumping the spray handle while air is blowing through the mechanism also helps to clean out the plunger mechanism. You'll see an amazing amount of stuff blow out of your sprayer when you you do this. Start gently and gradually apply more pressure. Once all of the atomized stuff stops coming out of the head, you're done. Reassemble and enjoy your new sprayer head.
Here are some of my spray bottles, on my cart, in my totes and still unpacking from past orders.
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Notice the dip tube end position. This is very important if you're spraying with a forward tilt to the bottle. Always try to orient the dip tube to match the spray head position. If you're "active" when you're spraying, that is, you move the bottle quite a bit you need to try to keep the dip tube end submerged in liquid and making sure the tip is oriented this way tends to allow for more effective spraying when the bottle is almost empty.
This is the head and dip tube.
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If your sprayer head is getting unresponsive, spotty, ineffective or otherwise dysfunctional, try blowing it out with compressed air. I use an air nozzle like this. Notice the rubber tip on the end.
64267
I start blowing gently and the liquid and embedded crud starts blowing out of the sprayer head in an atomized flow. Lightly pumping the spray handle while air is blowing through the mechanism also helps to clean out the plunger mechanism. You'll see an amazing amount of stuff blow out of your sprayer when you you do this. Start gently and gradually apply more pressure. Once all of the atomized stuff stops coming out of the head, you're done. Reassemble and enjoy your new sprayer head.
Here are some of my spray bottles, on my cart, in my totes and still unpacking from past orders.
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64269
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64271
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