Refill Aerosol Cans

[CJM8515]

http://brilliantdiy.com/recharge-an-aerosol-can-with-air-and-fluid/

pretty nifty. Ive seen it done before with drilling a hole in the can and inserting a tire valve. This way seems better, you use a tire valve itself to refill both fluid and air.

 

[1950mercury]

They sell can made to do this. I would imagine they are a lot safer than some homemade contraption.

 

[Empty Pockets]

Kinda neat. I go through aerosol cans like they're free

 

[FedUp]

Here is a ready made one that I feel is much safer.

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[Roberts210]

Fed Up, I've got one of those I bought many years ago. Trouble is something has clogged it up and I can't seem to unclog it. When it worked, it worked great.

 

[dadsEH]

Fed Up, I've got one of those I bought many years ago. Trouble is something has clogged it up and I can't seem to unclog it. When it worked, it worked great.

Well duh.
it states...." NOT for paint products " !

 

[MushCreek]

We've been using cans like that for years to spray cleaners for working on injection molds. Much cheaper than buying hundreds of aerosols.

 

[Hammer1963]

Freakin brilliant! Thank you for posting.

 

[woody 73]

I tell you boys that GJ search function just *****!

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=336378

 

[Pho20]

Here is a ready made one that I feel is much safer.

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Can you buy brakeclean by the bucket?

 

[WhiffySpark]

Yeah but it's not cheap and doesn't have the same punch

 

[2oolhound]

It looks like the small camp style propane tanks………… humm, they already have one valve on them. I cut one of those up once to make a tool out of it so you'd just have to figure out the spray nozzle. I always have some empties around, it would be nice to repurpose them.

 

[stuk4x4]

I own one of the "Sure Shot" brand sprayers (like the northern one), Friend of mine picked it up at a garage sale couple years ago and it works fantastic and I have used it for a ton of stuff. I would recommend something like it.
Walt

 

[Fedwrench]

Can you buy brakeclean by the bucket?

Yes, you can buy it in 1, 5, or 55 gallon containers.

Yeah but it's not cheap and doesn't have the same punch

I disagree. My favorite is ZEP Brake Wash. You just can't beat a sure shot sprayer loaded with it.

 

[MushCreek]

We use the small 16 oz. Sure Shot. You can get 'em much cheaper, though.

http://www.mscdirect.com/product/de...XNoXcQ0o_cxmOuCYpFgyR1pYY5h-B796V4aAnhO8P8HAQ

 

[bdelmar2]

Yeah but it's not cheap and doesn't have the same punch

I got one for $5 from a guy on Craigslist when I bought some other tools he had. There were 3 of them, I would have bought all of them but I ran out of cash.

I'm not sure how much pressure you should put in it, but I just held the chuck on there for a second or so.

I can say it had plenty of punch. I filled it about halfway with solvent from my parts washer, which I believe is mineral spirits or mostly mineral spirits anyway.

It emptied that pretty fast, and sprayed it like mad. I tried it on a transmission case, valve body side for my first trial and got a fair amount on myself and the surrounding area as well.

I normally hit that area with regular brake clean in a can and manage not to spray it hither and thither in the process.


A rough guess is that it dumped about 4 times faster/harder than a can of brake clean.

So lack of punch isn't an issue, though you may want to stand back for your initial trial run, and/or use very little air pressure.

EDIT: I see it says 80-150lbs with a max of 200, hard to say how much I had on it, but I would say within normal range.

 

[FedUp]

I own one of the "Sure Shot" brand sprayers (like the northern one), Friend of mine picked it up at a garage sale couple years ago and it works fantastic and I have used it for a ton of stuff. I would recommend something like it.

Walt

Sure shot is what I used to have when I was working in a shop. We had 55 gallon drums of parts cleaner, iirc a drum cost around $500 us. I would suggest searching for a commercial chemical supplier in your area for your products. Most of the time you can go into the local quick lube and ask who supplies their bulk chemical, who know they may sell you some for the same cost.


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[FedUp]

Now that I no longer turn wrench for a profession and only work out of my garage I use two different systems for cleaning parts and stuff.
1 if I can not or don't want to rinse with water I use brakleen from the parts store.
2 if I can rinse with water I use a small pump sprayer from the hardware store and ZEP purple degreaser concentrate. (This stuff is stout when not diluted as directed. It WILL REMOVE anodizing from aluminum parts.




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