Bonide Auto Mix Hose End Sprayer - Manual

MODEL 051 LIQUID SPRAYER
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR PRECISION,
PATENTED BONIDE ® Liquid Sprayer
NOW...
IT’S AS EASY AS DIALING A GEAR-DRIVEN SLIDE.
THIS IS THE ONLY SPRAYER YOU’LL EVER NEED!
U.S. Patents 5320288, 5372310
©2009 Manufactured for Bonide® Products
Made in U.S.A.
CLEANING INSTRUCTIONS
Your sprayer will give you many years of service if it is properly
maintained. You must clean the sprayer after every use. The thicker the
product the more the need for careful cleaning increases.
1. After removing unused portion from the jar, rinse with water.
2. Fill jar with water and reattach the head to the jar.
3. Put dial on all settings you have used and flush each one with
quick bursts of water.
4. For each setting, flush for at least one minute per setting.
5. Turn off water at the hose bib and remove sprayer from hose.
Remove head from jar and rinse thoroughly.
6. Clean out water holes by carefully poking a straight pin or
bobby pin up through the bottom of the head with the dial set
on the hole you want to clean.
A small amount of time spent cleaning after each use will
ensure the many years of service your liquid sprayer is
designed to provide.
TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL SPRAYING
• With your lawn and garden dealers’ help, select the right
sprayable product for the job at hand. Follow label
instructions exactly.
• Spray only during calm weather to prevent wind drift.
• Always water thoroughly before and after spraying
liquid fertilizers.
• Spray trees and shrubs totally, including: branches, trunks
and underside of leaves.
• Spray until plant begins to drip.
• Spray at first signs of conditions that you wish to control
or correct.
• Spray early or late in the day. Do not spray when hot weather
(over 85°F) is expected within 24 hours.
• Do not spray pesticides to plants under moisture stress.
Water them the day before spraying.
• When applying insecticides, fungicides and liquid fertilizers,
spray until plant is wet and just begins to drip. The drip
drenches leaves and grass and goes right on working.
• The product manufacturer’s directions always will be the
controlling factor.
• Do not spray when rain is expected within 24 hours.
• Turning the product knob to “OFF” turns your sprayer into
a handy watering tool. This is also a convenient way to rinse
product off of areas that you may not want treated.
USING THE SIX-GALLON SETTING
Your Liquid Sprayer has been equipped with a special six-gallon
spray setting. This setting is very useful for products with odd
mixture rates and for products that need to be diluted with water
before they are sprayed. Such products are soluble fertilizers,
thick liquids, wettable powders (fungicides) and fish emulsions.
Six-Gallon Filling Instructions
1. Unscrew plastic jar from sprayer and place the jar on a
flat surface.
2. Pour in the amount per gallon of product that you want to
apply. Multiply the amount per gallon shown on the label times
the number of gallons you want to spray. (See mixture example.)
3. Fill the container with water to make the number of gallons of
spray desired.
4. Replace sprayer head on the jar and attach to your garden
hose with the swivel hose connector.
5. Make sure the water control thumb switch is in the forward
or “OFF” position and the product knob is in the center or
“OFF” position. turn the water on to the garden hose.
6. Rotate the control knob so that the indicator points to the six-
gallon setting. You are now ready to accurately spray a
properly diluted solution.
MIXTURE EXAMPLE: If the chemical product calls for 1 tbsp
per gallon and you want to spray 6 gallons of finished spray,
place 6 tbsp of product into the jar and fill with water to the
6 gallon mark on the side of the jar.
SPRAYING INSTRUCTIONS
1. Select the desired Spray Pattern Setting on the front spray
nozzle by rotating the dial. The setting that you choose will
always be on the top or “12 o’clock” position.
Do not turn water on when adjusting the spray nozzle.
2. Be sure the Product Control Knob is set at the measurement
indicated by the product label.
3. When you are ready to spray, hold the contoured handle in
either your right or left hand and slide the thumb switch back
to the water “ON” position.
4. You are now spraying a properly diluted solution. To stop
spraying, simply slide the thumb switch forward to the water
“OFF” position. The valve will automatically snap in place and
stop the flow application.
5. When you have finished spraying concentrate products, pour
any unused product back into the original product container.
NOTE: Do not allow any water from the sprayer or hose to mix
with the concentrate as the “shelf life” of the product may
be reduced. If you are using the six-gallon setting be careful
to measure out only enough product to cover the desired area.
Product mixed with water should not be poured back into the
container of concentrate.
6. After spraying, clean your sprayer according to the cleaning
instructions on the back page of this pamphlet. Never leave
unused product in the jar for an extended period of time.