Patent ID: 8470096

Claim:
A method for cleaning a paint bell cup, comprising: (a) providing an enclosure, said enclosure further comprising: a bell cup receiving portion and a cap, said bell cup receiving portion having a first end for receiving an end of a bell cup to be cleaned and a second end adapted to receive a supply of pressurized cleaning fluid, said cap adapted to mate with and engage said first end of said bell cup receiving portion so as to form a cleaning chamber within said enclosure, a passageway extending from said second end of said bell cup receiving portion into said cleaning chamber, and at least one cleaning fluid expulsion hole located in said cap and/or said bell cup receiving portion; (b) locating a bell cup within said enclosure; (c) placing said passageway of said enclosure in communication with the nozzle end of a spray gun; and (d) introducing pressurized cleaning fluid from a pressurized cleaning fluid source into said passageway via the spray gun; wherein said pressurized cleaning fluid travels to said cleaning chamber and flows over at least an interior surface of said bell cup prior to being expelled from said at least one cleaning fluid expulsion hole.