Technical Mineral Spirits Dispensing...Question For Chemical Engineers???

Hey Ya'All,

I use mineral spirits to de-grease and clean car stuff however I have not found a dispensing device that will last. I have tried "chemical resistant" spray bottles and garden sprayers however after a coupld of months they die and no longer pump up. I assume that the mineral spirits is breaking down the plastic or plastic like seals...I assume that this can be answered by the chemical engineers among us.

So...does anyone else use mineral spirits for de-greasing and if so what contraption are you using to spray out the material...IF...it lasts can you PLEASE give me an Amazon hint as to what I should buy???

If there is no mineral spirits resistant contraption available what other de-greaser should I use?

Thanks for the advice!!!

 

I use a siphon gun like this hooked to the air compressor. A paint gun would work also. Also have one of these, works great for smaller stuff..

https://www.northerntool.com/shop/t...-qTVmW-D1swwgJckBELXhry4dG7hpF78aAsTTEALw_wcB

 

the Spot Sprayer looks like the ticket...THANKS!!!

 

I use it in my parts washer, it has an electric pump near the bottom of the barrel that pumps it up to the nozzle, and the solvent runs over the parts, and drains back into the barrel.

 

I use one of these to dispense a mixture of ATF/Acetone, several years now without a meltdown. Doubt mineral spirits would be harsher.

 

I also use mineral spirits in my parts washer, but keep a plastic gallon bottle full for small jobs, using rags and paper towels for parts, or pour on the shop floor and mop up grease and oil.

 

We use to call the bottom one a flat-rate gun.

 

I go old school with the reilang 3 dispenser all metal no plastic

 

I am going right down to the BIG BOX and buy one! Neat old sprayer.

Ben

 

HA HA HA you could have done that 60 years ago or so. We used cutting fluids when building machines and dies. The new plastic ones worked for a short time and ate away small parts. We found a coupe of old metal ones and never had issues again . The old Ford ones work even better being close to 100 years old

 

I use it in my parts washer but a $9 paint gun from HF does a good job of spraying it.
Pete

 

Bump.

Didn't want to fire up a new thread for this but I just resurrected one of my better spray bottles. Thought it was dried out but just the opposite, the rubber plunger was sticking in the bore. obvious once I paid attention and noticed it not returning quickly. The fix: stretcherooney of the spring. Good as new.

 

We used these to paint oil rigs in the field,worked great.

 

"Stretcherooney" being a precise technical term of course.

 

I just used the above siphon sprayer with a degreaser [MAC'S] that washes off with water on my skid steer, can get into real tight spots with a fine enough mist to cover but not be waste full..

 

I read somewhere that you could extend the useability of the solvent by rigging cheesecloth under the drain to catch the dig chunks and adapting an oil filter to the pump pick up the fine stuff. Don't know what the change interval would be, but I imagine you could figure that out by watching the flow rate so you don't burn up the pump motor.

 

Old school fire extinguisher
That should nock off the greese