gun cleaning

[blown54]

what is the best cleaner to use for cleaning out your spray guns.i have allways used laquar thinner as its pretty cheap.

[steel town]

Thats all I use or they also sell Gun wash which is watered down Laquer thinner .I prefer a good laquer thinner cause the gun wash doesn't clean as well and it streaks .

[Rick_R]

IF you can find some MEK it is the closest thing there is to a universal solvent, it dissolves everything. It will even dissolve your blue nitrile gloves so be prepared.

[steel town]

Ya MEK is great if you want two headed babies I used it when I worked at a urathane company not to good smelling .Your better off with tried and true laquer thinner . Sorry just my opinion Rick .

[Rick_R]

I only use MEK as a last resort for cleaning the stuff that don't come off with thinners. proper precautions must be taken, it will dissolve just about anything.
Fortunately 99% of what I shoot is water based so cleanup is simple as a squirt of water.

[totalchaos]

laquer thinner hands down. plus the fumes are great for headaches......lol

[onelowxa]

definitly laquer thinner. use virgin laquer thinner, not recycled. recycled thinner may have small amounts of mettalic left in it from the recycling process, witch will screw you when painting a solid color.

[rlarson]

Thinner here to but after a few jobs I take it all apart a set it in a 5 gallon can of carb cleaner for a day or 2 (cuts it all) then rinse off with thinner and it's like new again.