Iwata Spray Gun Maintenance

IWATA SPRAY GUN MAINTENANCE

Keeping the Iwata Spray Gun Clean and Maintained

Welcome to our Iwata Spray Gun Maintenance page!

This page contains instructions paired with videos on maintaining an Iwata Spray Gun. Although the videos portray the maintenance of an Iwata G6, these directions can be applied to any Iwata G-Series Spray Gun. These steps should be taken as a last resort to daily general upkeep and cleaning of the spray gun, as individual parts can be fragile when removed and the gun can be tricky to put back together. We recommend viewing our Airbrush and Spray Gun Cleaning and Care page of our Airbrush Tanning Manual, which includes detailed tips on general care of an airbrush, links to cleaning products available and recipes for "home made" cleaning formulas. Of course, you still find you have unanswered questions, we will be happy to help you through our Contact Us link.

Thorough Cleaning

Disassembly

An adjustable or 9/16" wrench will be needed to remove the spray gun nozzle.

1. Remove the spray gun bottle and unscrew the wing nut on the bottle adaptor. The fluid cup joint should not need to be removed.

2. Remove the fluid adjusting knob by rotating counter-clockwise until it pops out.

3. Remove the needle spring.

4. Remove the needle.

5. Unscrew the air cap cover ring and remove the air cap.

6. Untighten the nozzle using a wrench (specified above), and unscrew the nozzle off by hand.

7. Clean the fluid cup joint opening and the front of the airbrush. Soak the needle and nozzle in airbrush cleaner if needed.

Reassembly

1. Screw on the nozzle by hand and tighten it snug with a wrench. Do not overtighten, stop turning as soon as it feels snug.

2. Attach the air cap and air cap cover ring.

3. Insert the needle.

4. Insert the needle spring.

5. Attach the fluid adjusting knob. (Detailed directions about readjusting the suggested setting of the fluid adjusting knob can be found in our Spray Gun Setting section of or Spray Gun Operation page.

6. Reattach the tapered end of the bottle joint adaptor into the fluid cup joint and secure it with the wing nut. Slightly point this side of the spray gun downward, attach the bottle to a snug fit.