Every paint shop cleans spray guns; the question is whether it happens in a bucket of dirty thinner or in a station built for the job. Bucket washing wastes solvent, exposes painters to fumes and splash, and still leaves guns half-clean. A purpose-built spray gun...
If your press operators are bumping ink to hit density targets, the problem usually isn’t the ink — it’s the anilox. Every hour of production drives ink and coating residue deeper into engraved cells. Cell volume (BCM) quietly drops, ink transfer falls...
Most shops buy finishing equipment one piece at a time — a blast cabinet this year, a spray gun washer the next, a solvent recycler when disposal costs get painful. But blasting, painting, and cleanup aren’t separate purchases. They’re one connected line,...
Every shop that runs a solvent parts washer eventually faces the same question: what do you do with the dirty solvent once it’s loaded with oil, grease, and metal fines? Used parts washer solvent is almost always classified as hazardous waste, so pouring it down...
A parts washer is only as good as the fluid running through it, and the filter is what keeps that fluid clean. Skip the filter maintenance and you get cloudy solvent, clogged nozzles, worn pumps, and parts that come out dirtier than they went in. Here’s how to...
If your shop uses solvent to clean parts, spray guns, or equipment, a solvent recycling system can turn a recurring expense into a one-time investment. Instead of buying fresh solvent and paying to haul the dirty stuff away, you reclaim and reuse the same solvent over...