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    Quote Originally Posted by jack620 View Post
    You'd still need a way to stop and start the flow I think Steve?
    I think that's what the trigger does on those blow torches.

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    Admittedly I'm stretching my memory back about 45 years, but I don't remember my dad's blow lamps having a trigger. I thought they needed to run continuously to vapourise the kero. Same as a shellite camp stove.
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    I'll vote for the Wurth style bottles too, despite the price. We had 3 of them in a workshop I was in that had been used for spraying petrol every day for well over 10 years, and were still good. Forch also make the same ones, I have one here that I've been using as a petrol sprayer for 10 years and it still works just as well as on day one. They can sometimes be found cheaper than the Wurth ones, and they're intended to handle brake cleaner as well if you really insist on using it (I've never seen the appeal personally, I find it absolutely reeks and isn't any more effective than petrol, which I always have some that's gone a bit stale kicking around spare).

    They shoot a pretty powerful jet, and setting the nozzle to a spray pattern is great for rinsing areas after loosening up the bulk. And if the seals should actually start to fail, you can buy seal kits to rebuild them. They also seem to bounce pretty good, without taking damage.

    This is the type here, the cheapest I found on a very quick search: https://dk17.com.au/products/forch-p...nt=38343629581

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    Quote Originally Posted by jack620 View Post
    You'd still need a way to stop and start the flow I think Steve?
    Bugger - yes I think you’re right.
    My experience is back about that far too, but my memory not so clear.
    IIRC the kero ones started squirting as soon as you started to pump them, and to stop you had to release the pressure on the tank which stopped the flow.

    Ah well - another wacky idea wiped off the table unless you add an outlet valve and trigger

    Steve

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobL View Post
    I think that's what the trigger does on those blow torches.
    No trigger on blow torches....

    Also: those blow torches are now worth at least $50 when cleaned up! I just sold my last one of Facebook Marketplace....
    You can buy a LOT of spray bottles for that!!!
    Cheers, Joe
    retired - less energy, more time to contemplate projects and more shed time....

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    Spraying your own product is always goin to be more economical than throw away aerosols....but if u are ever goin to be slack and just buy aerosols remember the Bunnings brand BOSTON It’s an alternative to wd40 crc etc. it’s 3 bucks for a big can instead of 6 or whatever for the well known brands

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