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Check out this cool tool — the Sprayer Saver! #cooltools #painttools #paintsprayer

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Video by The Idaho Painter

The Idaho Painter

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This DIY project demonstrates how to effectively use a 'Sprayer Saver' tool to prevent a paint sprayer from sucking air when paint levels in the bucket are low. By securely tilting the paint container, the tool consolidates the remaining paint, ensuring continuous intake by the sprayer, thus maximizing paint usage and avoiding premature refills or pump wear.

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So I'm working with my sprayer. The thing started sucking air. I've got, you know, maybe a half a gallon of paint in there and I'm gonna use a sprayer saver. A sprayer saver will just have your five gallon bucket or gallon bucket or a quart tilted right there. Now your paint's gonna move to one side and you're not gonna suck air. You can get all the way down to just a tiny bit of paint. So it's pretty cool instead of using like rags, a rock, a cocking gun and tilted on there. This is extremely stable. It's got grooves in it right there that keep it locked right in place. So just set it there. Now it's gonna sit just where I needed to. All the paint's gonna run down there and I won't suck air again. As soon as it started sucking air, I was like, oh my gosh, I need to get a sprayer saver and I don't want to have to go buy another gallon of paint just so I can keep this thing prime. So the sprayer saver is going to save your sprayer from sucking air and wearing your pump out.

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