Posts from — June 2008

Gun Cleaning Equipment

Proper cleaning of your new dedicated spray gun is also a consideration you will need to look at, water resins tend to stick to metal gun parts more so than solvent resins do. Immediate cleaning of your spray gun is recommended using a waterborne cleaning solvent such as PPG’s One Choice SWX 100. This product contains an ideal combination of water, solvent and detergent to thoroughly remove the water borne resin from the spray gun. Several manufacturers have specific gun cleaners dedicated for the use of cleaning your water borne spray gun. Uni-Ram has some excellent waterborne gun cleaners on the market. Drester also makes a great water borne gun cleaner.

These are the two I personally recommended for your shop. Some employ the use of PPG’s flocculating powder that, when added to the cleaning waste, separates the pigment and the solids from the water. Another point to consider here, waterborne requires a different waste stream. Contact your local waste disposal company for the proper way to dispose of your waterborne waste. However the use of these flocculating agents, if used correctly, can effectively recycle the liquid up to ten times minimizing your waste disposal costs.

Stay tuned for the next article on air flow equipment needed for PPG’s Envirobase HP.