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Clean Prime Tube and Recirculate

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HOW TO CLEAN A Titan Wagner or Graco Airless Paint Sprayer after oil based paints.

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What happens here

After flushing the bulk of the primer, the presenter moves the spray gun from the primer can to the dirty mineral spirits bucket. He then runs the sprayer through the prime tube (recirculation line), making sure the screen and the tube itself are thoroughly cleaned by swirling them in the mineral spirits in the clean bucket. He alternates between running the mineral spirits through the spray gun and the prime tube, observing the clarity of the fluid emerging from both. This helps to dislodge and remove any remaining paint residue from all internal components of the sprayer.

Goal: Thoroughly clean the prime tube and internal components

Tools and materials

  • Airless Paint Sprayer — To circulate mineral spirits through the system
  • Clean Mineral Spirits Bucket — To hold clean mineral spirits for recirculation
  • Dirty Mineral Spirits Bucket — To collect flushed mineral spirits
  • Mineral Spirits — Continued cleaning of the sprayer

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cleaning the sprayer. Now, I can see mineral spirits starting to come out of my hose and gun now. So, I'm not going to transfer it over here. And then I'm going to just take my bucket and swish around the screen cuz I want to get this screen nice and clean right here. Swish it around. So, it's clean. And I'm going to continue running this um these mineral spares through here. On your airless sprayer, you also want to make sure you run it through your prime tube also. So, I'm going to just hit this thing on to prime. Now, I'm almost out of this half a gallon of mineral spirits, and I'm going to just swish this around. Make sure I want to run just a little bit more. And then I'm going to put some clean mineral spirits in here again. And do it one more time. Just wanted I got, you know, some milky mineral spirits in here that's just dirty from it coming off my screen. I'm just going to dump this into here and get myself about a a half a gallon more clean mineral spirits. And we'll do it one more time.

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