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Chebanse, IL..... | Why don't the mfg of spray cans of paint (= "poof cans") offer replacement nozzles for sale @ their retail outlets, like Farm & Fleet, or Menards, or Ace Hdw, or John Deere, or CNH? 90% of the time when the can won't spray any longer, it's because the nozzle has blocked either totally or partially. Actually, a partial blockage can ruin your day if you're coming with the 2nd coat. It can really screw up the start of a nice paint job. Normally paint may have dried over the nozzle face. I'm aware of preventative means available to me the user, but they don't always work. Yes, after painting, turn the can upside down & spray for a few seconds to exhaust air (= LP gas) from the can without paint, thereby keeping the nozzle open. 2 problems. 1, it doesn't always work, & 2, then there's the good chance of running out of gas (LP) before the liquid paint is all expelled from the can. Again, aggravating & needlessly expensive. I'm also aware of the cleaning methods. I use brake cleaner (evaporates fast with no liquid residue) & air hose to blow out nozzles. Sometimes when the paint has dried, I carefully use a pick to break the paint loose around the nozzle & then blow it off with brake cleaner & 120# of air. Of course, make sure you remove the nozzle from the can first so you don't paint yourself. Then, make sure you're holding on to the nozzle tightly when you remove it so you don't blow the nozzle across the shop & lose it, because they don't sell replacements. Any of the methods are time consuming when you want to just pick up a can & paint something. Cost of painting can be much higher when you have to throw away 1/3 of a can. Yes, we keep old nozzles from spent cans if the nozzle was still working. But, if they'd sell new replacement nozzles for $0.10 each, I'd buy a couple bags & keep them. I realize there are different styles, but that's OK....I'll figure out what to stock. Most stores only sell 1-2 different brands of canned paint, but sometimes they're the same nozzles & cans. That's my idea. So...where is it already being done that I haven't discovered? I did notice in my local Farm & Fleet last yr they had a display envelope with handfuls of those little red nozzle/straws that go in the buttons of WD40, brake cleaner, etc because they always get knocked off the can. Seems like they're a spring looking for an excuse to go flying. I think there must be thousands of them laying out in our yard since they most often don't make it back to the shop. Thanks |
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Central Sask. RM#254, Canada | We save all the nozzles off the empty cans and have a bunch clean and ready to go for a picky job ..
Edited by Tired of Working 1/16/2016 12:57
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Middlesex County, Ontario | I also have a small bin full of used nozzles and straws ready to go. |
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south east iowa | This will not work on paint cans but on other cans such as brake cleaner or wd40. I use the standard issue "cap" that comes on the can. Drill a small hole for the straw to line up with the nozzle tip. On the top of the cap I make a large hole, large enough for a finger to press the spray nozzle. I have taped the cap on. Most of the time the straw and nozzle will withstand a fall and remain intact. I then move the customized cap to the next can of the same product. |
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Paxton, IL | I've bought some new nozzles off the internet for exactly that reason.
I can't remember where I got them, but I would think a google search would turn some up. |
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WC Iowa | i agree that would be nice to buy new tips. I tend to use alot of Van Sickle, rustolium or Deere paint so i have saved quite a few of the new tips off cans and use a good used tip off of another can I just emptied. I really like the tips deere paint cans have and they fit van sickle cans (they both have a male tip/female can). Also Deere brake cleaner has the same tip setup and size hole so as soon as im done with the can of paint, I do the upside down clear the tip then put the paint tip on the brake cleaner can and blow the tip and the top of the can with a shot of brake cleaner. If a can is plugged ill use the brake cleaner open tip to help flush the can open.
Rustolium and some other types of paint use a female tip and male can so i have 3M brake cleaner that matches that setup. If i shoot the tip clean with brake cleaner you will rarely have any problems anymore, as I have multiple butter containers full of differnet unused tips from new cans for the occasions someone else uses my paint without clean-out. Glad to hear someone has the same hate for plugged cans of paint that I do. |
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SE Nebraska | Once you turn it upside down and spray to clean the nozzle out, store the can upside down. It's the thicker paint at the bottom of the can that usually plugs the tube or nozzle. Never had anything but paint plug up. |
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Eastern North Carolina | fatboy - 1/16/2016 13:57
Once you turn it upside down and spray to clean the nozzle out, store the can upside down. It's the thicker paint at the bottom of the can that usually plugs the tube or nozzle. Never had anything but paint plug up.
Alway turned them upside down and spray to clean out, never had one to plug.
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| http://www.ebay.com/bhp/spray-paint-caps
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North Central Illinois | They're available Ron. Google is your friend. I agree it would be nice if retailers had them on hand to purchase separate. |
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Pilot Grove, Missouri | This also frustrates me. I have been keeping the nozzles from empty cans lately. Have gotten some Rustoleum lately that will still spray paint upside down. Not sure how they accomplished this, but it makes it impossible to clean out the nozzle on a partial can. On those cans I have resorted to taking the nozzle off and blowing air through it with a blowgun. Patrick |
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Zabcikville, TX | Wow!!! I wish I had time to worry about menial sh!! like that!!!!! Throw the can away and get a new one. Either that, or don't paint whatever you're trying to paint. Gosh, what some folks think are problems!!!!!! |
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Boone, Iowa | I sent an email to Rustoleum about issues with the tips plugging up. They sent me a package of new tips. It wasn't a solution I was looking for, but will get me by a while. |
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Middlesex County, Ontario | cottonhauler - 1/16/2016 16:15
Wow!!! I wish I had time to worry about menial sh!! like that!!!!! Throw the can away and get a new one. Either that, or don't paint whatever you're trying to paint. Gosh, what some folks think are problems!!!!!!
You walk across the shop, throw out the can, and grab a new one. Estimated time 10 seconds.
I walk across the shop,open a drawer, and put on a new cap. Estimated time 10 seconds.
Our time input costs are the same but I netted $4-7 more than you.
Edited by WildBuckwheat 1/16/2016 23:33
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| PatCMO - 1/16/2016 13:58
This also frustrates me. I have been keeping the nozzles from empty cans lately. Have gotten some Rustoleum lately that will still spray paint upside down. Not sure how they accomplished this, but it makes it impossible to clean out the nozzle on a partial can. On those cans I have resorted to taking the nozzle off and blowing air through it with a blowgun. Patrick
I agree, I like the spray any any angle(I assume they work similar to gas feed on a chain saw)
BUT, if you don't use the whole can, many times it's a one use, and done. I have been returning them if they are half full or better.
I figure that is the best way to get the mfg attention. |
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Floyd County, Iowa | fatboy - 1/16/2016 13:57
Once you turn it upside down and spray to clean the nozzle out, store the can upside down. It's the thicker paint at the bottom of the can that usually plugs the tube or nozzle. Never had anything but paint plug up.
Thanks. Another tip learned here. |
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NW Central Ohio | ...every nozzle on paint cans I use gets pulled when I'm done with it and dropped in a jar of acetone. When I need it again it's clean as a whistle. I keep all the old nozzles...and have probably 20 different nozzles in my jar. |
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Pilot Grove, Missouri | You seem to have plenty of time to reply about it on here! If it's so menial, you didn't have to click on the post at all, much less get bent out of shape about it. Patrick |
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Central ND | retento - 1/16/2016 13:06
fatboy - 1/16/2016 13:57
Once you turn it upside down and spray to clean the nozzle out, store the can upside down. It's the thicker paint at the bottom of the can that usually plugs the tube or nozzle. Never had anything but paint plug up.
Alway turned them upside down and spray to clean out, never had one to plug.
I've never had more that a couple that every work after I turned them upside down to clean them out.... frustrating. Maybe storing them upside too is the answer?
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Paint spray can nozzles??
