I just sprayed some wrought iron with my spray rig. I have a Husky
compressor and a generic paint pot (one quart or so) sprayer.

When done, I spray some solvent through the rig, flush the paint from the
pot with the solvent, and store with some solvent in the pot. The solvent
depends on the type of paint I am using.

Over time, there is a buildup of dried paint all over the sprayer. I know
it is down in the channels. I usually just keep using it, take it apart a
time or two and clean it in a bath of lacquer thinner or some solvent, and
reassemble, giving me some more life. I go through and put small wires
through the ports and channels, but never seem to get it all.

What do you use to clean the paint off? Is there something that will
literally eat the paint off but not corrode the metal? The surface of the
spray nozzle are particularly vulnerable where the venturi sprayers are that
suck the paint out of the pot and atomize it. After a few times, they clot
up, and have to be cleaned.

Any ideas? What do you do? Or do you just use it until it becomes a PITA,
and then go buy another for $40 like I do?

Steve