How to clean your spray gun 

You guys are great to watch and learn. Your enthusiasm resonates. People forget this is supposed to be fun and and a life learning experience. You got be an artist , chemist and the comedian to make it in this industry. I'm a car detailer in been doing it for 27 years and always wanted to paint cars or objects I dabbled here and there help block on a couple projects and now I'm seriously taking my first car and do a full paint job on it . I watch your videos and more from other people. One thing for sure is when I watch yours I'm laughing and smiling thanks for the great work and most importantly the enthusiasm thank you Paul

Fabulous video, guys, and chrystal clear! I'm just about to start out with My First Spray Gun (spraying guitars here in Holland), and my first activity has been following this vid and dismantling and remantling the gun before it even smells lacquer. I'm so glad it was so easy to follow! Thanks heaps!

Great tutorial guys, I am going to try paining myself and the cleanup process had me worried that I wouldn't get it right. This really explained to me what I need to do.

Awesome Mario, I've not used a spray gun in quite some time so this was an awesome refresher crash course :)

Thank you so much mate top notch video straight to the point. Thats what i wanted to see 👍🏼

I love how the gloves magically fix themselves at 4:32. Ha ha ha. Great Vid!

thanks 4 makin vid. nice to see it done, so much better than the crappy no help instruction sheet that came with my gun. straight to the point & well explained as nick stated.

Quick awesome demonstration!! love it! Thanks for sharing!!!

fantastic video, thanks alot, helped me loads, as im new to spraying.. I find on my gun, 2 - 2 and half turns of the paint screw, doesnt allow my trigger to go back very far at all.. But obviously, i will test this properly, with paint, tomorrow.. cheers

Another great explanation and demo. Thx Mario.

Thanks for the toothpick tip for cleaning the tiny air cap holes!

thanks for the video!! I just took apart and put back my spray gun, first time doing it and was nervous!!

Thanks! I think you solved a problem I was having with the trigger sticking on. Tom

the single most helpful vid i found on youtube regarding spray guns. thank you much. and yes, i will lube the shaft.

Thanks for the Help !! Your a good teacher.

this is a great vid no bullshit straight to the point & well explained very nice mate 2 thumbs up for me

Love your vids mate keep them coming cheers

You're right, most people dip the spray gun with thinner. Thanks for the tips .. 2 thumbs up. :)

I missed the cleaning of pot vent in the lid (5:48) makes a huge difference to paint flow if this is blocked due to the vacuum it creates. Thanks Dave 👍

Thanks Mario, great tips! Now I better go clean my gun properly.....

This is priceless stuff! I'm learning heaps!....and entertaining! Allan

Fabulous Video Guys. Thanks for the advice! Cheers

Great video very informative for a newbie like myself. 👍

Excellent tutorial! Thanks!

Great video! Greetings from Mexico!

So simple, so well done. Thanks for posting this up!

Yes that is fine. In all our videos we use the same gun for base and clear

he is really professional painter. Good tips,very nice

Great vid. Straight to the point. Leave it to the Aussies!

Good. Direct to main point. Thank you sr. 😎

This old video is more detailed than the others that i saw 👍

Thanks for the help Sir U R A Great Teacher 😎

I was wondering about this as well... noted! Disassemble gun for full proper cleaning!

Great video. Congratulations! Thank you.

thanks guys - well presented , very useful information .

very good teacher, now I can teach others.☺

This a great video. I just bought a couple mid range HVLP guns and never really new how to properly clean the guns, since I always used the cheap harbor freight guns and didn't care much. One thing I will say. This guy need to get himself some good chemical resistant nitrile gloves like Black Mambas. That thinner just ate those cheap latex gloves up

Thanks guys, really helpful video.

Thanks boys. Changing my gun cleaning habits

you always post great videos on spray painting .Excellent I learnt lot from you .Big thank for you guys!!! sam

Excellent video, thank u!

Awesome videos, thanks a lot! :)

Good, efficient workmanlike description. I got the message clear even with the Aussie accent. Next video, turn the exhaust- fan speed much lower so we can hear better! Thanks!

dam good info than whats out there cheers mate

Thanks so much for this video!

No waffle - great and useful vid!

Thank you the videos are great

Great Video, Thanks!!!

awesome video for some reason I was thinking about cleaning a M4/M16 hahah.

Great video! Could you do video about differences between cheap spray guns and good spray guns (like Walcom from this video). Thanks!

thanks for the help gun works great now

I paint furniture with acrylic paint, using a gun.... I have learnt so much from this guy Thankyou

great video thanks mate.

Great info,straight to the point,thank you, you went a little to fast to where you dropped the paint bucket on your needle `sh-t ,lol Where did you get that type of squirty bottle and when looking for a sqirty bottle that holds thinners what would I search for?

Thank you so much!

I wish my employees would move as fast as this guy! There is no doubt in my mind he accomplishes more in a day than most people do in 5 days! Great video!

Thank you, I watched this video AFTER using my first spray gun (Booklet instructions included is in Chinghlise that's english chinese). ...did the 'spray thinners twice' ...now I'm going to check to see if is not ruined. Hope not!

Very good video!

hi, i'm from indonesia and i've seen all your vid and appreciate your work, just want to ask, can i use paint remover instead of thinner, because that liquid more strong then thinner, and i ask this because my sray gun now jamn :(

I have a question, please What are the components of the base coating phase thank you very much

Good tips on gun cleaning

Great video 👍👍👍

Great video, and an awesome "Tutorial" thanks, this was the best I've watched yet. Great lesson too. How often should we clean our spray guns ?

Thank you buddy

Thank you

That thing you are cleaning at the two minute mark, I did the same thing with one of those brushed. However I don't remember being that gentle as gentle and now the gun will spray when the trigger is not engaged. I cannot get it to turn off. Any idea what I did wrong and how to fix it?

Dental tools are excellent, for cleaning all areas external and internal.

GREAT JOB

how often do I need to clean my gun, obviously after paint change, but what if I am using the same paint?

Thanks, now I understand it...

Say you spray on a coat of paint, and you have to let the paint dry for 10-15 min. Will the paint in the little wholes of your gun also dry? So would you need to clean it after each coat? Also, do you need to clean your gun when switching to a different kind of paint? Like primer to base to clear. Obviously the container will need to be cleaned, but for the rest of the gun could you just spray it onto some paper or something to clear out the old paint? There seems to be obvious answers for some of these, but I just want to make sure.

Nice video Where you get the bottle from? That has the cleaner in it

I got my first gun 2 months ago and I use to soak it for like 10 min. Than it started leaking. Now I know why. What gloves can I use were they won't disintegrate?

what gun was that he was cleaning? ohh it was a walcom.. have you ever tryed the Slim model? i was thinking about buying it as a starter gun.. i want to get into painting.

parabens,otimo video!

would you cleaning a brand new gun before first time use, i just bought a devilbus and want to know should i clean it before i spray out of it for the first time

Thanx 4 the video

Excellent vid. Even if it it 10 years old 😮

Is it possible to spray etch primer through a 1.5mm gun?

Good video. I had problems with my gun after use, what did I do ? Soaked it in thinners for 24 hours. I now know why my guns fuxked. I'm only a DIY man .

so what about the thinner.. you just leave it in the gun? wont it effect the paint when you go to use the gun to spray again? or does it dry up and at that point become harmless?

Good job bro

I wonder what thinner he is using, we use MEK to clean our guns where I work

Thanks very helpful video. .

Excellent thanks

What do you do with all the used thinners? Is it expensive with the amount of thinners you use?

Excellent video. You could given lessons on how to make tutorial videos.

Do you have to disassemble the aircap prior to cleaning? Noticed there's a white plastic ring inside the aircap. Safe to use thinners on all of it?

Don't ever forget to lube your shaft. That's good advice, thank you :)

thanks much!!

So what kind of solvent liquid are using to brush clean your spray gun? Thanks

Nah, you only want to grease the back part of the needle. This part wont contact the paint.

Do you settle out the thinner and reuse it?

what of fluid in in the bootle? mix of water and thinner or only a thinner?

Hey you need a product called cam gun cleaner. You soak the gun in it and it dissolves all the hardened paint in your gun.

Good video especially not recogmending shooting straight thinner through the gun. Paisano

Thank you for sharing. Just be careful you don't break off the tip of tooth pick in nozzle. Then you have to get little piece out. Just be careful.

Anyone know where to get one of those thinners bottles? Could do with one !

Wouldn't the grease cause problems when you use the gun next time? Or do you just flush it with thinner or something just before the next use?

excellent