How to free a sticky spray bottle trigger

What solves the problem? A new sprayer. they are made of crap, Chinese.

Sounds like a blockage, so pump cannot suck. I had a sprayer pack up this way, and was shocked to find I could take the head apart with no sweat, no tools. Once the head is apart, cleaned orifice and innards, then ran tapwater under pressure, thru the separated siphon tube. All works fine now, but this was a bottle sold empty for several bucks, as a container for garden spray, etc, so yours might be cheaper, with non-disassembly parts. Some cleaners, like bleach and mildew sprays, are hell on return spring and other parts, and may contribute to breakdown.

This is Turtle.

I use these spray bottles in my HVAC / R business and I have found that everytime they stick I go down to Walmarts and get a repair kit for them at 99 cents called a [ new one ]. I get 6 of them and that last me the whole year.

TURTLE

Seems like regardless of the contents (bleach, non-bleach cleaners, etc.) it's the same problem: the spring doesn't have enough force to return the trigger to the relaxed position, or spring is binding on something like a rough edge or cleaners that become gummy between long periods of disuse.

Thanks to all.

Ray

replying to m Ransley, anon wrote: In 2018, we call that racist.

Took you 14 years to be offended?

The person made a comment regarding the very, very sub-standard products that are made/constructed in China that are made using child labor and far-below “builder-grade” inadequate materials, which in plain English are pure “crap” and result in consumers being forced to pay more money than they should have to, and for that you call her a racist. In 2024, we call that hypocrisy. If there is a store near you who sells mirrors, the overwhelming majority of people who read your condescending comment would recommend you buy a mirror, but based upon your comment, look for a small one, a very small one. When you walk in, be sure to request a small, “crappy” one, but it must have been made by some child in some non-air conditioned “crappy” factory that has no ventilation. The sooner you buy the mirror, the better it will be for the rest of us. Even though “m Ransley” wrote her comments 20 years ago, and “anon”(nice tag to hide behind, btw), responded to her comments 6 years ago, nothing has changed, and if it does, it will continue to deteriorate in craftsmanship and quality, continue to increase in price, and “anon” and everyone else will continue to receive “CRAP” for their hard-earned money. Oh, and btw “anon”, there was nothing whatsoever racist in her comments. You wouldn’t possibly have written this from the Chinese Embassy, could you ? Mr. Pawlowski, very appropriate comment(my comment appears 6 years after yours , but this is the first time that I have ever seen this web site).

Your comment was brief, but on point. Please refer to my comments if you’d like to, but know you said precisely what needed to be said, I just elaborated further.