Quick DIY: Make your favorite spray bottle work upside down

**Harry Da Hamster** · 02-13-2014, 01:46 AM

Originally Posted by valleyrider

Why not just remove the tubing all together and keep it simple if you are only going to be using it upside-down?

Seriously? You really don't understand the purpose of this, huh?

**valleyrider** · 02-13-2014, 01:54 AM

Originally Posted by cshamilton

Thanks for the responses. I definitely know of some that are available to purchase, but I had these parts in the tool bag already. I've seen those SM Arnold mechanisms on some sprayer before, but didn't know what it was called. Thanks for the info. If you're curious, they have a "BB" in the chamber that seals off the tube if sprayed upright; but, as soon as you turn it upside down, the BB releases and uses the chamber at the top of the sprayer.

Removing the tube all together would work spraying upside down, but the point of this one is that if you used latex or other extremely flexible tubing- you could use the spray bottle in any direction. I see the confusion that my last pic caused. The weight will draw the tube back to the bottom if you are spraying upright. Sorry for the lack of an upright pic.

My initial problem was when I wanted to spray upside down it wouldn't spray. I use the bottle upright 95% of the time. Removing the tube would only help me in the 5% of the time that I need to spray upside down.

That makes sense now

**Matt-erhorn** · 02-13-2014, 09:17 AM

Ok that's makes much more sense now. Sorry must have read to quickly and not realized that it will draw from the bottom also. I thought it only stayed near the top.

**jlinder** · 02-13-2014, 10:15 AM

Genius!

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**swanicyouth** · 02-13-2014, 10:32 AM

Just curious. Why would anyone have to spray with the bottle upside down?

**WillWashesCars** · 02-13-2014, 10:52 AM

I'm going to try this idea when this damn blizzard is over.

**Dr_Pain** · 02-13-2014, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by swanicyouth

Just curious. Why would anyone have to spray with the bottle upside down?

Subbing for future use! Thanks for the write up!

I may not find many use for a completely inverted bottle but will find plenty use for horizontally tilted almost empty bottles where the tube seems to flex in the opposite direction... or is too short to reach the bottom section where the fluid is. I do find it to be a major pain to spray an almost empty ironX bottle on the upper most portion of a barrel, or spray some product on the inner fenders, and at time some glass cleaners on the interior portion of a moon roof

Also found myself frustrated with the delivery of Folex on a headliner stain

**cshamilton** · 02-13-2014, 01:02 PM

Originally Posted by Dr_Pain

frustrated with the delivery of Folex on a headliner stain

Folex on the headliner and Apc on the lower part of the glove compartment have been my main offenders. I always end up just spraying the towel but I prefer to apply to the spot.

I used the latex tubing today and it's 100x more effective. I'll snap some pics later.

**cshamilton** · 02-13-2014, 09:07 PM

Updated with some latex/surgical tubing.

Check it out.

Sunk to the bottom

Spraying at a forward angle with little solution

And of course, upside down

It's much more flexible, it adjusts very quickly. I made it a little long, so sometimes it takes a quick shake to get it right on the bottom. If I were to trim it, it would be perfect. Enjoy.

**rolop6** · 02-13-2014, 09:23 PM

All I can say is WOW!!!!! To some of the posts here. I didn't find it one bit hard to understand!

The reason you don't take the tube out completely is to use the bottle regularly, upside down and sideways. If you take the tube out it is strictly limited to upside down spraying, then you would need two bottles.

Great write up!! I'll have to give it a try, I have this issue all the time, thanks!!