How to use
purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner
A powerful cleaning alternative for
MEK, Toluene blends, Acetone, Xylene
and other dangerous solvents for resin
and paint equipment clean-up.
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How to use purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner
purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner is designed to be an alternative for MEK,
Toluene, Acetone, and Lacquer Thinner blends, in the application of cleaning
painting equipment.
CAUTION: purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner is not a thinner or diluent.
How does it clean? purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner cleans in a manner different from
traditional thinners, and will clean all standard solvent based epoxy paints and primers.
Thinner or MEK dilutes the paint until all that remains in the line or gun is thinner, which
evaporates. The used thinner, and the paint cleaned from the equipment then becomes a
waste; an emulsion of paint and thinner.
purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner cleans by displacement, rather than dilution, and lifts the
paint from surfaces by the action of molecular polarity, much like a magnet lifts filings.
Reduce, Re-use, Recycle! By not mixing with the paint, the purasolve Paint Equipment
Cleaner allows paint to fall out of the purasolve and settle, enabling the purasolve to be
poured off, or separated, and re-used repeatedly. By not forming an emulsion with the paint,
the cleaning power of the purasolve does not diminish with repeated use.
The paint that is left after the purasolve is poured off, or separated, is the only waste that is
generated by using purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner. Not a mixture of paint and solvent.
This reduces the volume of waste generated by over 80%!
purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner is not combustible, non-volatile, and does not evaporate,
which means the purasolve is not lost to the air. The lack of evaporation gives cost, usage and
safety benefits, but also requires some changes in procedure for cleaning equipment when
using purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner. (See instructions for different equipment below)
Extends equipment life! Due to its more powerful cleaning action, the purasolve will also
affect paint residual in hoses and equipment that are already in use, as it lifts the paint from
the surface of the hoses and guns.
This in turn can cause tip blockages and paint defects from the residual pieces of paint being
released and forced out.
We strongly recommend commencing the use of purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner with
new hoses and equipment.
The purasolve will then keep these hoses and equipment as new, as it will not allow any
residual paint to build up inside, enabling significantly extended hose and equipment life.
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How to use purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner
Dramatic colour changes! By not allowing any residual paint to be left in
equipment also enables dramatic colour changes, as the lines and hoses are
completely cleared of any of the previous colour used!
Since the purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner does not mix with the paint, it will clean even
when tinted from repeat use.
It is possible to clean red paint or primer, with black purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner, and
charge with white paint, and see no effect on the color of the paint sprayed!
Safer, healthier, and responsible! This product is a cost effective, safer, healthier and more
responsible alternative to traditional solvents and thinners; however the manufacturer takes no
responsibility for coating contamination. Your paint manufacturers Technical Data Sheet
should be followed at all times.
The purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner is not flammable, and has such low vapor pressure
that no respirator is needed when using this product. Eye protection should be used, as well as
Nitrile (not latex) gloves.
Instructions for:
Cup Guns and Gravity Feed Guns
Step 1
Cleaning Set Up
Set up a “gross cleaning station” with sufficient purasolve Paint Equipment
Cleaner to submerge equipment.
Step 2
Gross Clean
Drain all paint out of cup. Clean cup and head using the purasolve Paint
Equipment Cleaner.
Step 3
Final Clean
With a separate tank or bucket complete a final clean and detail with new or
filtered purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner.
Step 4
Drying Equipment
Using a rag or compressed air, hand detail and rag or air dry the exterior of
the gun head and take-up tube, and the inside and outside of the cup,
paying particular attention to the take up tube and the inside of the cup.
purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner will not evaporate on its own, and needs
to be rag or air dried to remove.
Start up and
pattern check
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It is a necessity that a pattern check spray is conducted on commencing
spraying. When the next charge of paint is put into the cup and sprayed,
a 2-second “pattern check spray” will remove any purasolve Paint
Equipment Cleaner from the barrel of the gun.
How to use purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner
Instructions for:
Pots and Hoses
Step 1
Cleaning Set up
Have available a “Waste” container and a “Saving” container in which to spray
the paint and cleaning solvent in to.
Step 2
Gross Clean
Drain all excess paint, and place 7 – 10 litres of purasolve Paint Equipment
Cleaner in the pot and close.
Step 3
Gross Clean
Pressurize and spray out paint into “Waste” paint container. The painter will
feel the gun kick when the bulk of the paint is sprayed out and purasolve
Paint Equipment Cleaner is flowing through the line.
Step 4
Final Clean
Spray the purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner into “Saving” container until
lines flow clean (visual). The gun can be detailed, if needed, in the purasolve
and then rag or air dried.
Step 5
Drying equipment
Open the pot, drain any excess purasolve into “Saving” container, and rag or
air dry the top of the pressure lid, and the inside of the pot.
Please note!
The purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner will remain in the lines, and prevent
any paint from building up in the lines.
It is recommended, when using pressure pots or airless systems, to begin
using purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner with new hoses, as the purasolve
will clean the old paint from within the hoses, and in extreme cases cause
clogs at the gun tip from the old paint.
Using purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner will prevent any paint from
building up in a line, forever!
Step 6
Solvent Recovery
Save the used purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner in the “Saving” bucket and
allow the paint to settle out overnight.
Step 7
Solvent Filtration
Pour the purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner out of the “Saving” bucket after
settling and recycle through filtration unit into bucket or drum for re-use.
Dispose of the paint on the bottom of the “Saving” bucket. This is your only
waste.
Start up and
Pattern Check
When the pot is recharged, let the paint push the purasolve Paint Equipment
Cleaner out into the “Saving” bucket, and do a pattern check when the paint
begins to spray.
It is important to spray out all of the purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner
from the line before painting. This should be about 5 seconds per 10 metres
of line.
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How to use purasolve Paint
Paint Equipment Cleaner
Instructions for:
Airless Equipment
Step 1
Cleaning Set up
Have available a “Waste” container and a “Saving” container in which to spray
the paint and cleaning solvent in to.
Step 2
Gross Clean
Wipe the take-up tube or hose with a rag dampened with purasolve Paint
Equipment Cleaner and place hose in to 20 litre bucket of the purasolve.
Step 3
Gross Clean
Spray out paint into “Waste” paint container. The painter will feel the gun kick
when the bulk of the paint is sprayed out and purasolve Paint Equipment
Cleaner is flowing through the line.
Step 4
Final Clean
When the purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner reaches the spray head, begin
spraying into the “saving” bucket. Do this until the spray is clean of paint
(visual). The gun can be detailed, if needed, in the purasolve and then rag or
air dried.
Step 5
Drying equipment
Lift the take up tube out of the purasolve and rag dry.
Please note!
The purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner will remain in the lines, and prevent
any paint from building up in the lines.
It is recommended, when using pressure pots or airless systems, to begin
using purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner with new hoses, as the purasolve
will clean the old paint from within the hoses, and in extreme cases cause
clogs at the gun tip from the old paint.
Using purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner will prevent any paint from
building up in a hose, forever!
Step 6
Solvent Recovery
Save the used purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner in the “Saving” bucket and
allow the paint to settle out overnight.
Step 7
Solvent Filtration
Pour the purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner out of the “Saving” bucket after
settling and recycle through filtration unit into bucket or drum for re-use.
Dispose of the paint on the bottom of the “Saving” bucket. This is your only
waste.
Start up and
pattern check –
On start-up, place the take up tube in the paint and allow the paint to push
the residual purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner in the hose, out into the
“Saving” bucket, until the Painter feels the paint hit the tip.
Do a pattern check when the paint begins to spray, and then begin painting.
It is important to spray out all of the purasolve Paint Equipment Cleaner
from the line before painting. The pattern check should be sprayed for about
5 seconds per 10 metres of line.
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