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Understand Paint Residue Issues

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Best Cleaning Practices | Cleaning HVLP Spray Guns

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Before beginning the cleaning process, understand the common issue of paint residue buildup in gravity-feed or pressure-pot paint sprayers, specifically in the bottom cap fitting. This residue can lead to cross-contamination when changing colors or even dry inside the fitting, rendering it unusable. Removing this cap is crucial for a complete and effective cleaning, especially for water-based or latex paints where water is often used, but here we focus on mineral spirits for broader paint types.

Goal: Recognize the importance of thorough cleaning and residue prevention.

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all right today we're going to be giving you a pro tip on cleaning the atomizer 7700 gun I got John here today and John you're the expert on this gun so um I hope so we actually were talking about cleaning it and this is something I know now cuz I've never done this before and um you're going to talk about actually removing this the importance of removing it when you're actually doing the cleaning and how much easier it makes the cleaning other guns so can you give us a little pointer and a little Pro tip on cleaning the gun absolutely um so when you're using the gravity feed Cup on the atomizer gun we have the cap on the bottom here which is normally where you'd attach your bottom cup or your or your pressure pot but what happens is as you're painting you'll end up getting a little reservoir of paint that will build up into this little fitting right here and if you're not careful and you don't clean it after you're done you can

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