Guides

Practical help with choosing, using and looking after a sprayer. Start with our chemical guide if you're not sure which sprayer suits your chemical.

• Acid washing concrete, bricks and aluminium with a sprayer
  Acid washing concrete, bricks or aluminium? Use an acid resistant sprayer, mix to the label and work safely. Here's how, step by step.
• Choosing a spray bottle for brake cleaner and degreaser
  Brake cleaner and degreaser damage the seals in ordinary spray bottles. Here's what to look for in a solvent resistant pump sprayer that lasts.
• How to use and look after a pump up sprayer
  How to fill, pump, spray and clean a pump up pressure sprayer safely, plus simple fixes when your spray bottle won't spray or won't hold pressure.
• Spray bottles for car detailing: which ones hold up
  Degreaser, wheel cleaner, tyre shine, brake fluid? Each needs the right spray bottle. Here's which sprayers hold up to detailing chemicals.
• VITON, EPDM or NBR? Why the seals decide what your sprayer can handle
  VITON, EPDM and NBR seals each suit different chemicals. Learn which seal your sprayer needs, the signs of the wrong one, and how to pick a seal kit.