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Few striping contractors give much thought to the difficult environment that striping equipment must survive in, and the strain that heavy pavement striping paints put on airless equipment.

Here are six areas of striper maintenance that striping contractors need to be cognizant of at all times to get the best return on the sizable investment made in striping equipment:

• Understand how your striper works
• Piston lubrication
• Corrosion of pump parts
• Internal paint residue
• Packing tension adjustment
• Cleaning is easy, do it daily!

Understand how your striper works

On electric motor-powered airless sprayers, electronic controls start the motor as soon as pressure drops slightly and stop it when the sprayer reaches full pressure.

Line striping equipment utilizes gasoline engines which have to run constantly, so most use an electronic clutch system to engage and disengage the pump from the engine to maintain steady pressure.