Can anyone please tell me the best way to clean out a jet in your wand? It's not spraying in a complete pattern like the other jet is. I'm getting ready to just take it off and check it out but thought I'd just run it by you all first before I go all McGyver :AddEmoticons04259:
Teejet or Veejet? If you have teejets, just temporarily install the jet backwards (leave the screen out if you have them) and hit the trigger. Usually works for me. If you have Veejets with the threaded end then this trick wont work, obviously.
Carry some bread ties with you, strip the coating off and just pole through, gets it most of the times, or I carry a 1/2" wrench in my tool bag and a couple extra jets, can change them out in a min.
The easiest way is to use a wire brush (the kind that look like tooth brushes) and scrub the jet with the trigger pulled on the wand. It knocks all but the worst junk loose w/o taking the jet off the wand. It takes a little practice to do it w/o getting wet but well worth the learning curve.
Compressed air. Impossible to damage the jet. I also carry spares so I don't have to mess with one if it clogs on a job.
I read somewhere else here that someone would swipe the opening with a business card and it worked most of the time
Bread ties or a wire brush, work best for me. Make sure you have a filter right after your QD too, this can make a big difference.
I got welder tip cleaners from HomeDepo They have several sizes tip cleaners fit in any jets.. I keep these on my trucks..
Carry spares and a wrench. Clean out when you return to shop. CHOKE-- what kind of deposits ?? Calcium (white) or Black or ?
Cannot believe I've never thought of that. Thanks Frank! At any given time I have 3 or 4 old, half rusty twisty ties hanging off my wand that I keep around to unclog jets.
These are great for jet cleaning ..They have several size's and will not damage your jets.. Only few dollars and save you ton in jet replacements .. http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/cat...d=10051&catalogId=10053&Ns=None&Ntpr=1&Ntpc=1
I like the welder tip cleaner idea. I normally just use a small pin, the type you get when you buy a new shirt. I normally just pull the jet off and rinse it under tap water and hold it against the light to see if there is anything clogged in it. If there is I just use a pin to dislodge it. If it still gives a bad spray pattern even after you clean it the jet is bad and needs replaced.
needle for injectors works well. small enough to not damage jets. also on the lines as above i use a knife blade across the jet not a business card.
I put an inline filter,(like-on the hydra force) between the quick connect and the wand trigger. now I never get anything in the wand to block the jets. But before I did that. I always used a utility knife blade.
I use the same filters, but once in a while something makes it through. Especially after you've had the filter out to clean it. Almost without fail I'll have a few tiny specks fall of the filter into the wand valve. Next stop, jets.
Frank, That is a great idea. Thank you very much. Johnny Jimsteam, I'll have to get into my wand and find out what color the deposits are. Thanks
Oh my local distributor tells me I am damaging the tip by making the hole larger. Even if I am I would rather have a tip that sprays than one that is clogged.
Basic 101 when cleaning carburetors "damaging/scratching the jet by using an metal object to clean" BUT this cleaning carpets not feeding an gas engine. Carry on.
I use a utility knife I carry in my spotter kit to cut off long strands of unraveling carpet. Once in a while, I have to remove the jet, hold it up to the faucet backwards, and blow out something that's lodged.
