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key benefit of waterborne acrylic coatings is their ease of clean-up.
As long as a latex paint is not allowed to dry on tools and equipment,
the best method for cleaning up is rinsing with clean water.
Spray pumps and hoses should be flushed with
clean water until all wet paint is gone. Only then should a
water-miscible solvent such as acetone be used to flush the
water out of the system, followed by mineral spirits. Leaving
some mineral spirits in the equipment will help prevent corrosion
if non-stainless steel parts are present. DO NOT
try flushing spray equipment with a solvent while wet latex
paint is still present. The solvent can cause the latex to coagulate
in hoses and pumps, which flushing with either water or solvent
will not remove.
For dry paint, a solvent such as acetone may
be used to soften to paint film so that it can be wiped off
surfaces.
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