Old Advice Remembered

I was reminded of advice that we used to give with regularity and needs to be restated. We had a machine that came to be repacked. The owner stated that he was going to convert the machine from all latex paints to a solvent only machine. We cleaned the machine, repacked the fluid section, flushed the lines and gun with solvent and replaced the filters. What we didn't do and should have done is to replace the siphon set complete. The owner charged the system and sprayed all morning. He noticed allot of junk in the filters at noon. The machine sat until the next morning. The solvent had loosened all of the latex material that has collected in the siphon set. The machine clogged. The pressure was turned up in an effort to blow out the junk. It packed it REALLY solid. The machine had to come back in for a new set. Because we didn't recommend the new siphon, we only charged for the siphon parts that needed to be replaced.
This was a reminder to us to recommend a new siphon set to all customers that are making a change like this. We haven't had a change from latex to solvent for quite sometime, so it slipped by us. The siphon set costs $196.00, so it isn't something that we would just add on automatically. So if you are making this kind of a change, remember to really check out the siphon from pump to screen. The hose and pipe are almost impossible to completely clean out. It is always better to replace them.