We will be using a shellac-based primer on our interior walls, using an airless sprayer. I know it needs to be cleaned thoroughly with denatured alcohol. I read somewhere that I should run an additional product through the system, but cannot remember what it was. Does anyone know the process?
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Ammonia:
"…the objective is to remove the shellac from the brush, roller, etc, not to thin the shellac that is still in the brush.
Now, the explanation; just as mineral spirits/paint thinner won’t completely remove varnish from a brush, neither will alcohol alone completely remove shellac from a brush. Alcohol will dilute the cut of shellac but there will still be some shellac still in the brush. Ammonia breaks down the shellac so that washing the brush with mild detergent and warm water, after a soak in ammonia, will completely remove all traces of the shellac. When we clean a varnish brush with paint thinner we are only thinning the varnish; some of the varnish remains to cure in the brush. But, when we wash the brush in warm water and detergent (after cleaning in MS/paint thinner) the soap “grabs” the remaining molecules of varnish so that all of the varnish is rinsed from the brush…"
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Also, I'm trying to contact you personally because we are engaging in identical projects and could help each other. My email is on my profile. Commented May 31, 2012 at 1:18
When cleaning your airless after running shellac through your pump. Dilute ammonia with equal part water. Rinse through machine and gun well. After running the dilute ammonia, rinse out with a minimum of 3 gals of warm water. Good priming. No tannin with shellac
answered Nov 29, 2015 at 5:17
