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Remove Stuck Needle

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How to clean & rebuild a Graco Contractor II gun. Graco Sprayer Tips.

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What happens here

If the needle does not easily push out with your finger after the gun is disassembled, it may be stuck. The presenter demonstrates using a thin wooden paint stirrer and a hammer to gently tap the needle out from the front of the gun. This method helps to free a stuck needle without causing damage.

Goal: Extract a needle that is stuck in the gun housing.

Tools and materials

  • Graco Contractor II Spray Gun — The gun from which the needle is being removed
  • Hammer — Gently tapping the needle out
  • Paint Stirrer — Acting as a soft buffer to tap the needle without scratching it

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sides. And great sells a needle, the replaceable needle, and sometimes that that needle should just push right out. If it doesn't push out your finger, then you're going to have to knock it out. If um if you're not replacing the needle with a brand new one, if you hit it with something, it could scratch that needle. So, be really careful. I usually use a piece of wood. I just took a stir stick right here, took a hammer, just knock the piece off, the stir. Just like that. Now, I can use that little piece of wood to just cap that little needle out. It gets stuck in there sometimes and so you want to drop it free with hammer or a piece of wood. Piece of wood will scar the needle. We just set it on this box. Now we just knock that needle and there's your housing inside the gun. And

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