Hello Friend
First…thanks for the post.
And…it’s not too much to ask for all 3…!
Here’s my rule…only the cutting agents touch each other.
In other words…if I have Latex in my machine…and I want to switch to Acetone…
First…I flush out the Latex, once with water. Then…I flush out the water with Xylene.
Then…then…I flush out the Xylene with the Acetone.
Something else…I always think in terms of; what do I want IN my machine.
I do not think in terms of…how do I get something OUT.
( You get something out by putting something in. )
Again…only the cutting agents touch each other.
Next…then…if I want to switch back to Latex…
First…I flush out the Acetone with Xylene.
Then…I flush out the Xylene with water.
THEN…I flush out the water with Latex.
Does that makes sense?
Next…if…if…I flush out water with Acetone…I get maybe (2) seconds of “silly string” coming from my gun…!
It isn’t a big deal…but…I believe it’s just the Acetone paint “touching” the water and “reacting”.
Yes, I’ve been on a job and had water in the machine. I had NO Xylene…! ( Dummy! ) So…I used the Acetone to flush out the water. Yes…I had silly sting looking stuff coming from the gun…for about (2) seconds…then the Acetone.
No big deal. All is well.
But…my rule…only the cutting agents touch each other.
How’s that?
And…I can flush out with as little as (2) gallons of whatever cutting agent I need.
Bottom line…it’s quick…easy…( flush once )…and I think…best.
I hope I helped.
Dan
