Cleaning Clogged Spray Can Tips
Elisha AlbretsenArgh! You grab an aerosol can of finish off your shelf and when you try to spray finish, nothing comes out. But the can is nearly full. Don’t dump the rattle can. There’s a good chance you can salvage it. Elisha tells you how.
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Here's a super frustrating problem that I'm sure a lot of us have had. You have your project, it's ready for finish, you go to the cabinet, pull out your favorite paint and it won't spray. Odds are the tip is probably clogged. A quick solution for that. You pull the tip off, and you drop it in a jar of lacquer thinner.
You wait a few hours and give it another shot. Most of the time it works. I had the same problem with this can yesterday, and I just pulled this tip out a little bit ago. Let's see how we're doing now. Hey, it works.
That's great. If it doesn't work, sometimes your pickup tube is actually clogged, and unfortunately, if that's the case, you're out of luck. But if you're able to just spend a couple of dollars for some lacquer thinner, clean out your tip, you saved yourself some expensive product.
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turn can upside down and spray for a few seconds after can use, and that will clean the tip
Will the plastic tip get dissolved by lacquer thinner?