What Spray Nozzle?

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JeffM

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What does everyone use for a spray nozzle? I was blasting out my wheelwells and bumped my paint with the metal one i have, and yup, it chiped the paint a little.
 
When I don't have my foam gun attached I use an Ultimate Nozzle from Home Depot, $20 sure beats $77+ from Griots :eek:



Oh yeah, be sure to get plenty of plastic cut off switches and brass quick disconnects. Thanks to Accumulator for that tip. They are indispensable :up
 
As Bill D said, I have all my hoses fitted with plastic shut-offs and then brass quick-disconnects. I use a variety of nozzles depending on what I'm doing.



For safe wheelwell cleaning, the "nozzle" I use isn't even something designed to be a nozzle! It's a plastic quick-disconnect fitting, the female end. These are shaped sorta like a mushroom- the thing you pull down to open the fitting is at the end of it. It's not the end of the world if you bump your paint with it and its compact size fits into a lot of places. Gives a good flow of water too (adjust with the shut-off mounted on the hose).



I hold the hose at the shut-off, this places it and the brass quick-disconnect right around where my fingers are so I have decent control over it. I haven't had any problems with hitting the paint (at least not hard enough to matter) with the brass quick-disconnect.
 
I was able to find a pic of the quick disconnect setup:
 

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Sorry, no pics of the plastic ones. But if you go into the garden/hose center of a big-box place (or Sears) you'll find them. They're usually gray in color with a green or yellow ring. Might be hard to find out of season, but trust me, you'll spot them if they have them in stock.
 
I even have the cheapie $1 yellow Wal-Mart variety of hit or miss quality in the mix. They can work in a pinch or even beyond if you're lucky
 
Thanks so much for this info!



The quick disconnect looks like it would make life so much simpler :)



The order of the connectors would be: Plastic shutoff valve then the quicky at the end right?



I was careless with the nozzle, i didnt think anything of it until i heard the fateful metal on metal sound...



Thats what a $1 nozzle will get ya!
 
JBM said:
The order of the connectors would be: Plastic shutoff valve then the quicky at the end right?
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That is correct, it's how I switch back and forth between the nozzle and foam gun.
 
The items in the photo can be found at any decently stocked Sears: I suppose that may be variable this time of year.
 
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