Cleaning out your sprayers

I was doing some maint. today (cleaning jets, sprayers, etc.) and came across 2-7 qt. sprayer jugs in my garage that I left for dead last year. They were caked with left over prespray cement from that FireStorm crap powder. I tried to clean them out last year with spray jets, but the stuff just wouldn't rinse out.

Well, today, that has all changed. I told you about this product before (nutra-sol) but I never tried to tackle a mess this bad with it before. So, I thought I would give it a try.

All that I did was fill the jug half-way up with water and added a packet of nutr-sol. Shook it up real good for a minute and then let sit while I was replacing the jets on my wands.

About 5 minutes later, I was able to pour out the jug and the BAM the sludge was gone! Freaking incredible. I only wish I had taken pictures as you would not have believed it with your own eyes. Fantastic stuff.

http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/nutra-sol-spray-tank-cleaner-1-oz

So you think that stuff would be good to clean the multisprayer?

Absolutely!

I am tempted to mix up a 5 gallon bucket and run it through the machine with the solution lines closed off to see if it would clean out the gunk there as well.

I don't see anything in the MSDS that would make me concerned at this point, but I will have to think about it a little first.

Be careful of it tearing apart o rings and seals though.

Seems we talked about this before?

Isn't this stuff citric acid?

https://www.bartlett.com/productlabels/pdfs/Maryland/Product%20Labels/NUTRA%20SOL%20SPRAY%20TANK%20CLEANER%20SDS.pdf

Baking Soda, Salt, and some Proprietary compound are the largest percentages.  My guess would be an acid and softening agent are the others.