Spray foam cleaner OOS everywhere?

[Nthill93]

I cannot find any spray foam gun cleaner in stock for the past couple months. Home Depot lowes ace Walmart Amazon all OOS by me. Any idea what’s going on? Is it just NY? I finally found some on Amazon but it’s $14 a can and a brand I’ve never used. Any other ways to clean out spray foam guns?

 

[The Cobbler]

gun cleaner is just acetone . if you can get it thru the gun somehow .... lacquer thinner may also work

 

[03ranger]

Try making up some "Ed's Red Gun Bore Cleaner”. I haven't used anything else in the pass thirty years to clean rifles, pistols or shotguns. Be aware when using around plastic and wood.

 

[The Cobbler]

^^^ he's cleaning a spray foam gun

 

[mike93lx]

In stock near me but I don't think it can be shipped. Must be a local thing

https://www.lowes.com/pd/GREAT-STUF...n-Cleaner-12-oz-Spray-Foam-Insulation/3613740

I wouldn't use it without cleaner on hand unless you want it to be the last time you use that gun

 

[Nthill93]

I tried acetone and compressed air last time and had to toss that gun. It looked pretty clean but the ball was all gummed up. It’s been like this for atleast 6 months never came in stock

 

[The Cobbler]

the foam doesn't harden all that fast in a gun, you can easily go a month without using it & it won't clog .

 

[The Cobbler]

take the gun apart & clean off all the hard foam , some heat to soften the foam will help get it apart

 

[mike93lx]

the foam doesn't harden all that fast in a gun, you can easily go a month without using it & it won't clog .

My experience is very different

 

[jack stand]

OP, check with a larger distributor (contractor lumber yard) that mostly deals with contractors.
I think the same cleaner works on the adhesive type foam as well and a lot of guys are using that for the sub floors in place of tube glue.
I've also seen a good variety of foam gun ''stuff" at a drywall/steel stud distributors.

 

[egdede]

Amazon out of stock, uh oh:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002YWRG4/?tag=atomicindus08-20

Weird generic brands I never heard of though (kind'a like the new brands of power tools that appear now, eh?):

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B087PZW1NS/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[rooster59]

MSDS says it’s acetone with propane for propellant.

https://masoncontractors.org/pdf/sd...-great-stuff-pro-gun-cleaner-12oz-hc-12ct.pdf

 

[mike93lx]

MSDS says it’s acetone with propane for propellant.

https://masoncontractors.org/pdf/sd...-great-stuff-pro-gun-cleaner-12oz-hc-12ct.pdf

It's commonly known to be acetone, but the issue is getting it through the gun

 

[Shiftless]

It's commonly known to be acetone, but the issue is getting it through the gun

How about carburetor cleaner in spray cans?
Isn’t carburetor cleaner just acetone with a propellant?

 

[mike93lx]

How about carburetor cleaner in spray cans?
Isn’t carburetor cleaner just acetone with a propellant?

It needs to have the right fitting to pressurize the gun

 

[jack stand]

I've come to the conclusion that depending on your use, eventually your chucking it out despite your best efforts. Same goes for the unused cans in that case you bought.
Like milk, check the dates before you walk out of the store.

 

[rooster59]

Gumout carburetor cleaner MSDS

https://gumout.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/29216-Gumout-Carburetor-Cleaner-EN.pdf

 

[mike93lx]

I've come to the conclusion that depending on your use, eventually your chucking it out despite your best efforts. Same goes for the unused cans in that case you bought.
Like milk, check the dates before you walk out of the store.

I had a gun last one big project and I felt like I cleaned the heck out of it, even for overnight-2 day breaks. Despite using all that cleaner, the gun was junk the next time I tried to use it. And it was a great stuff gun, great stuff cleaner and great stuff construction adhesive.

Not a cheap thing to toss away, but I did run two cases of adhesive through it, so I'm still very glad I had it over caulking guns. Not sure i would get another short of building a house

 

[jack stand]

Mike I've had it happen even to a Hilti gun. A name that I've always respected.

 

[BillK]

If Acetone will work then the Carquest W7341 Brake Clean will probably do the trick. It is mostly Acetone.

 

[mike93lx]

If Acetone will work then the Carquest W7341 Brake Clean will probably do the trick. It is mostly Acetone.

It won't clean the inside of the gun...

 

[rayra]

what's so hard about taking the gun apart, or filling the gun / wand with acetone and jamming an air hose up against its back end?

Surely there is SOME way of putting pressurized acetone thru the tip.

/troubleshooting and improvising really isn't that difficult

 

[The Cobbler]

the guns come apart easily. a bit of heat will help if the foam has cured . they aint rocket science . no need to toss a stuck gun if you have some basic hand tools