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Universal Final Flush with Acetone

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What To Clean An HVLP Spray Gun With

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After the initial cleanup with either dishwashing soap and warm water (for water-based paints) or lacquer thinner (for solvent-based paints), always flush the paint sprayer with acetone. Acetone is a universal solvent that will pull out any remaining oil residue left by solvents like lacquer thinner, or any water deposits left by water-based cleaning. This step is key to ensuring your gun is completely clean, dry, and free from any incompatible residues, making it ready for any type of finish without contamination issues.

Goal: Perform a final flush with acetone after cleaning with either water/soap or solvent to remove any remaining oil or water residues, ensuring complete compatibility for the next finish.

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dishwashing soap then I'll flush out afterwards with a little bit of acetone and what the acetone will do is pull out any oil that's in there that's left over from the lacer thin or if I use that to clean or in vice versa it'll pull the water out of the gun too so that it's not leaving it in the gun to uh evaporate and leave any um water deposits or anything like that inside the gun so keeping the gun clean and using it with acetone is is key to to keeping it in good shape all right John

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