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OPERATION
NOTICE:
It is important to thoroughly clean paint sprayer and
pistol-grip sprayer after each use or when changing paint
color. Allowing paint or stain to remain in an idle paint
sprayer for an extended period of time may cause its
hoses to clog and its moving parts to seize.
Always use drop cloths or other cover to protect areas
from possible spills.
Lock pistol-grip sprayer and follow
Release Pressure
Procedure
.
Unplug the paint sprayer.
Remove the spray tip and nozzle tip guard assembly from
sprayer.
Use cleaning brush (not included) to clean material from
spray tip holes.
Soak spray tip(s) and nozzle tip guard in water (for water
based paints) or Klean Strip
®
Green Safer Paint Thinner
(for oil-based paints or varnish), rinse.
Fill a bucket (waste container) with water (for water based
paints) or Klean Strip
®
Green Safer Paint Thinner (for oil-
based paints or varnish).
NOTE
: If flushing or cleaning using water for water based
materials, It may be easier to use a garden hose and the
garden hose attachment (included). Remove filter from
intake tube and attach intake tube to garden hose with
attachment.
Place intake tube into the bucket of water (for latex
materials) or Klean Strip
®
Green Safer Paint Thinner (for
oil-based materials).
Place return tube into waste container.
Turn PRIME/SPRAY lever to PRIME.
Turn variable pressure control to PRIME.
Turn HI/OFF/FINISH switch to HI.
The paint sprayer will draw cleaning fluid up the intake tube
through the pump and out the return tube into the waste
container. Allow the cleaning fluid to run through the system
until it runs clear.
Turn prime/spray lever to SPRAY.
Unlock pistol-grip sprayer.
Point sprayer at the interior side of waste container to flush
out the high-pressure fluid hose and pistol-grip sprayer.
NOTE:
If using the garden hose adapter, turn on garden
hose and run water through system until water runs clear.
Leave system running for approximately one minute or
until cleaning fluid runs clear.
Turn PRIME/SPRAY lever to PRIME.
Turn HI/OFF/FINISH switch to HI.
Unplug the paint sprayer.
Dispose of dirty water (or Klean Strip
®
Green Safer Paint
Thinner) in accordance with federal, state, and local or-
dinances.
CLEANING THE PAINT SPRAYER WITH
GARDEN HOSE (FOR LATEX MATERIAL ONLY)
See Figure 17, page 20.
Remove filter from intake tube.
Attach garden hose adaptor to garden hose.
Push garden hose adaptor onto the intake tube and secure
with butterfly clamp.
Turn PRIME/SPRAY to PRIME.
Turn variable pressure control to PRIME.
Turn on garden hose.
Turn HI/OFF/FINISH to HI.
Run water through system until clear water runs out of
the return tube.
Turn PRIME/SPRAY to SPRAY.
Unlock pistol-grip sprayer.
With the nozzle tip guard assembly removed, point the
pistol-grip sprayer at the interior side of waste container
to flush out the high-pressure fluid hose and pistol-grip
sprayer.
Leave the system running until clear water runs out of
the pistol-grip sprayer.
Turn PRIME/SPRAY lever to PRIME.
Turn HI/OFF/FINISH switch to OFF.
Unplug the paint sprayer.
Dispose of dirty water (or Klean Strip
®
Green Safer Paint
Thinner) in accordance with federal, state, and local or-
dinances.
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