Spray bottles are great because they are more than just a container. They are also an excellent tool for dispensing liquid products. You can use them to apply chemical or organic cleaners, perfumes, colognes, air fresheners, hair sprays, pepper sprays, and even salad dressings.
However, the spray bottle also has a rather complicated structure. This is mainly due to their dispensers or nozzles. Due to this component, the spray bottle may be a more challenging bottle to clean and reuse
Unlike other jars and bottles with simpler caps, typical dishwashing methods may not be enough to clean spray bottles. Moreover, the contents they usually hold are mostly very strong chemicals and substances. Failure to clean the container thoroughly may leave a certain amount of these chemicals in the container. Therefore, these may contaminate the new contents of the bottle you are about to fill.
Cleaning spray bottles may not be as easy as cleaning most other types of containers. However, of course there are some feasible methods for you to do it yourself. The function of the spray bottles is too good to let this small problem prevent us from reusing them. do not worry. We will help you.
Understand how spray bottles work: parts and mechanisms
Before getting into the cleaning part, let's take a closer look at our chosen theme.
The spray bottle may be one of the best examples of how we can apply the principles found in nature to simple techniques. The ingenious idea behind the spray bottle is actually the same as the principle that enables our heart to pump blood throughout the body. This is what we call the reciprocating pump mechanism.
In a reciprocating pump, two alternating actions are involved. The first action is to collect liquid into a small chamber through an opening. The second action is to release the liquid through the second opening. This is how the heart collects oxygenated blood from the lungs into the ventricles, and then pumps it out to other parts of the body.
In the spray bottle, these two actions are completed whenever you press the button (or actuator), and the second action is to rise after you release the button. The release actuator will allow the pump to draw liquid from the inside of the container into a small cylindrical chamber. The chamber is located in the neck area of the bottle. Then pressing the actuator will release the liquid from the chamber into the nozzle and then from the bottle.
The reciprocating pump is a relatively simple concept, but it is very suitable as a dispensing mechanism for spray bottles. It can also be found in many other applications, such as medical equipment and aviation. It is also the basic principle of extracting water and oil from the ground.
Fine mist spray bottle
A very popular spray bottle is the fine mist spray bottle. This is a great spray bottle because it can spray liquid into such small droplets-so small that it can almost turn its contents into a mist. Smaller droplets mean more uniform distribution. This is why it works well as a liquid dispenser.
The fine mist spray bottle still uses a reciprocating pump. However, this type of spray bottle uses special parts called inserts. The insert is just a mouthpiece in which the liquid passes through a set of channels before leaving the bottle. Whenever the contents are distributed, this group of multiple channels will produce a foggy pattern.
The structure of the fine mist spray bottle is also very suitable for minimizing the volume of the container. They are famous for their fashionable and elegant forms. The fine mist spray bottle is definitely a cool crowd in the world of spray bottles. They are ideal for colognes, perfumes, essential oil blends, yoga mat cleaners, air fresheners, etc. That's great, don't you think?