When to Flush
1.
New Sprayer. Your new Ultimate NovaTM
lo00
Sprayer was factow. tested
in
No.
10
motor oil
which was
left
in
to protect pump parts.
Before
using
wafer-base palnt, flush
with
mineral
spirits, followed by
soapy
water, and then a clean
water flush.
Before
uslng
oibbase palnt, flush with mineral
spirits
only.
2.
Changing Colors. flush
with
a compatible solvent
such
as
mineral spirits or water.
3.
Changing from water-base to oll-base paint.
flush with soapy.water, then mineral spirits.
5.
Storage.
Water-base
paint
flush with water, then mineral
spirits and leave the pump, hose and gun filled
with
mineral spirits. Shutoff and unplug the sprayer,
open the drain valve to relieve pressure and leave
open.
Oll-bese paint: flush
with
mineral spirits. Shutoff
and unplug the sprayer, open the drain valve to
relieve pressure and
leave
open.
Before
using
water-base
paint,
flush out mineral
spirits
with
soapy water and then a clean water
6.
Stenup after storage.
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mh
4.
Changing from oil-base
to
water-base paint.
When using
011-base
paint,
flush out the mineral
Flush with mineral spirits, followed by soapy water,
then
a
aean water flush.
spirits
with
the material to be sprayed and the
sprayer is ready to use.
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How
to
Flush
1.
Engage the gun safety latch, turn the ON/OFF
switch to OFF, release the gun
safety,
trigger the
gun to relieve pressure, engage the gun safety and
open the drain valve.
2.
Pour one-half gallon
(2
liters)
of compatible solvent
into
a
bare metal pail. Put the suctiolrtube in the
pail.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Close the drain valve.
Remove the spray tip
from
the gun.
Point the spray gun into a metal waste container
and
with a
mepl
part
of
the gun
firmly
touching the
metal
container, squeeze the gun trigger.
'See
and splashing. With the gun triggered, turn the
Fig
6.
Thk
procedure helps awoid
stetlc
sparking
ONIOFF
switch
to
ON
and
slowly
turn the pressure
starts.
Keep the gun triggered until clean solvent
adjusting knob clockwise
lust
untll
the sprayer
engage the gun safety latch.
comes
from
the nozzle. Release
tha
trigger and
Check
all
fluid
connections for leaks.
If
any leak,
first turn the ON/OFFswitch to OFF, then open the
drain valve slowly
to
relieve pressure.
Now
tighten
fig
6
the connections, start the sprayer, and recheck the
connections for leaks;
1
from the ho&.bo nG-let
thspump.
run
dry
ior
sprayer again.
pump
packingsl Then turn
ON/OFF
switch to OFF
more
then
30
seconds
to
avoid damaging the
9.
If
you
flushed
with
mineral spirits and are going to
and engage the gun saftey.
use
a
water-base paint, flush with soapy water fol-
lowed
by
a
clean water flush. Then repeat Step
1.
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