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Unplugging a can of spray paint???? #7253726 04/28/21 01:30 PM 04/28/21 01:30 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 21,716 Sandhills Nebraska G Gary Benson OP trapper
Gary Benson OP trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 21,716 Sandhills Nebraska	They say to turn the can upside down and spray until no more paint comes out. But, if ya don't do that and it plugs up next time you want to use it............any awesome tips on how to get one unplugged again? Buy a new can??? Life ain't supposed to be easy.

Re: Unplugging a can of spray paint???? [Re: Gary Benson] #7253731 04/28/21 01:37 PM 04/28/21 01:37 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 15,697 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes T Trapper7 trapper
Trapper7 trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 15,697 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes	I have had some luck using the wire portion off a twist tie that comes on a loaf of bread. I poke it into the plastic top's hole and work it around. Also running hot water on the plastic sometimes will open it up. The best is, like you said, holding the can upside down spraying until only air comes out. We are told not to judge all Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but are told to judge all gunowners by the actions of a few.

Re: Unplugging a can of spray paint???? [Re: Gary Benson] #7253734 04/28/21 01:45 PM 04/28/21 01:45 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 21,716 Sandhills Nebraska G Gary Benson OP trapper
Gary Benson OP trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 21,716 Sandhills Nebraska	It's not the white tip that's plugged, but the dang can itself. Maybe heat it up hot with a cutting torch. Life ain't supposed to be easy.

Re: Unplugging a can of spray paint???? [Re: Gary Benson] #7253751 04/28/21 02:05 PM 04/28/21 02:05 PM
Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 3,076 Wyoming C cmcf trapper
cmcf trapper C Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 3,076 Wyoming	Sometimes taking the white cap off a manipulating the tube repeatedly will get it going again. Soaking the can top In the appropriate solvent sometimes works too. “The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined” B. Disraeli

Re: Unplugging a can of spray paint???? [Re: Gary Benson] #7253758 04/28/21 02:15 PM 04/28/21 02:15 PM
Joined: May 2016 Posts: 3,517 Southern Illinois F Foxpaw trapper
Foxpaw trapper F Joined: May 2016 Posts: 3,517 Southern Illinois	Originally Posted by Gary Benson It's not the white tip that's plugged, but the dang can itself. Maybe heat it up hot with a cutting torch. You like to live dangerous don't you? I know a guy with a few stitches got by just walking by the burn barrel. I have saved the paint when the can was almost full by poking a hole in the bottom of the can over a big can, but is extremely messy and was not worth the second time.

Re: Unplugging a can of spray paint???? [Re: Foxpaw] #7253791 04/28/21 03:07 PM 04/28/21 03:07 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 15,697 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes T Trapper7 trapper
Trapper7 trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 15,697 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes	Originally Posted by Foxpaw Originally Posted by Gary Benson It's not the white tip that's plugged, but the dang can itself. Maybe heat it up hot with a cutting torch. You like to live dangerous don't you? I know a guy with a few stitches got by just walking by the burn barrel. I have saved the paint when the can was almost full by poking a hole in the bottom of the can over a big can, but is extremely messy and was not worth the second time. One Christmas, my grandkids were over. One of them threw an empty aerosol can in my burnable paper trash. I threw the bag in my outdoor wood boiler. When I opened the door later to add some wood the can exploded and shot passed my head and travelled about 20 feet. We are told not to judge all Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but are told to judge all gunowners by the actions of a few.

Re: Unplugging a can of spray paint???? [Re: Gary Benson] #7253800 04/28/21 03:20 PM 04/28/21 03:20 PM
Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 1,553 Saucier, Mississippi Harrison ... T turkn8rtrapper trapper
turkn8rtrapper trapper T Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 1,553 Saucier, Mississippi Harrison ...	Put it in the microwave, turn on said microwave it'll come unplugged. "Skin that smokewagon and see what happens"

Re: Unplugging a can of spray paint???? [Re: Gary Benson] #7253840 04/28/21 03:55 PM 04/28/21 03:55 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 746 Tennessee Deerhunter51 trapper
Deerhunter51 trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 746 Tennessee	I have unplugged them before by removing the spray tip, turning the can upside down and setting it in a cup of paint thinner for a while - throw the spray tip in also. If it doesn’t unplug stick a pin in the can valve and work it a few times and put it back in the thinner. Rinse them both out good with some hot water afterwards.

Re: Unplugging a can of spray paint???? [Re: Gary Benson] #7253874 04/28/21 04:50 PM 04/28/21 04:50 PM
Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 3,166 Pa. B Bigbrownie trapper
Bigbrownie trapper B Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 3,166 Pa.	I find a similar spray head from another can laying around and use it.

Re: Unplugging a can of spray paint???? [Re: Deerhunter51] #7253879 04/28/21 04:54 PM 04/28/21 04:54 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 21,716 Sandhills Nebraska G Gary Benson OP trapper
Gary Benson OP trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 21,716 Sandhills Nebraska	Originally Posted by Deerhunter51 I have unplugged them before by removing the spray tip, turning the can upside down and setting it in a cup of paint thinner for a while - throw the spray tip in also. If it doesnt unplug stick a pin in the can valve and work it a few times and put it back in the thinner. Rinse them both out good with some hot water afterwards. Good minds think alike. That's exactly what I did and unplugged three cans of spray paint! Problem solved. Another well job done! Life ain't supposed to be easy.

Re: Unplugging a can of spray paint???? [Re: Gary Benson] #7253910 04/28/21 05:24 PM 04/28/21 05:24 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 746 Tennessee Deerhunter51 trapper
Deerhunter51 trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 746 Tennessee	Glad it worked - I don’t know how many cans I threw out over the years until I tried that method.

Re: Unplugging a can of spray paint???? [Re: Gary Benson] #7254070 04/28/21 08:41 PM 04/28/21 08:41 PM
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 10,625 Iowa T trapdog1 trapper
trapdog1 trapper T Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 10,625 Iowa	Originally Posted by Gary Benson It's not the white tip that's plugged, but the dang can itself. Maybe heat it up hot with a cutting torch. You have to get it really hot, and make sure you keep your face near the bottom of the can.

Re: Unplugging a can of spray paint???? [Re: Gary Benson] #7254102 04/28/21 09:13 PM 04/28/21 09:13 PM
Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 25,694 nm A adam m trapper
adam m trapper A Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 25,694 nm	90% of the time it's the tip that gets clogged. Depending on the brand and type of tip you can switch the tip. If you can't switch the tip you can run it under hot water. I'm speaking from thousands of cans of experience

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