grace89•2mo agoTop Commenter

Warning: My $200 coolant mister clogged up after a month

Bought a FogBuster unit for my Bridgeport to try and cut down on coolant mist in the shop. It worked great for about four weeks, then the tiny nozzle got totally blocked with gunk from our water-based coolant. Had to take the whole thing apart and soak it in solvent for an hour to clear it. Anyone have a better setup for small parts that doesn't need constant cleaning?

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3 Comments

julia5492mo ago

Ugh, that's the worst! You spend all that money on a fancy mister just to play plumber with a bucket of solvent. @the_joseph is onto something with the filter idea. My old shop had the same gunk building up in the lines, it was like the coolant was growing its own little ecosystem. Maybe a cheap filter is the real upgrade here, not the mister itself. What kind of solvent did you end up using to clear it?

patriciam512mo ago

Tiny nozzle got totally blocked" makes me wonder if a filter would help.

the_joseph2mo ago

I used to skip filters, but a clogged nozzle last month changed my mind completely. A simple in-line filter saved me so much trouble.