The other have it pegged. Just regular old ammonia will neutralize the chemicals well. I was told it is to do with the fact that most chemicals are an oil based product. So the ammonia breaks the oil base down. I am not a chemist but this is what I have always been told.
I have used ammonia to clean out my sprayers for years. Even my small hand sprayers for the garden. I never have had any issues.
If you are cleaning you sprayer out for the season I have found that RV antifreeze works great to protect everything from freezing. It seems to also keep the seals and valves from drying out as well. On my 500 gallon sprayer I use about ten gallon. I spray it through the boom so the drip less nozzles are protected also.
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Today's Featured Article - Recollections of a John Deere GP - by Charlie Cook. I grew up on my dad's 280 acre general farm in Western Michigan. Dad's only tractor when I was very young was the old GP. My first recollection of this tractor was when dad allowed my brother and myself to ride on the tractor with him driving. One of us would sit on the left fender (away from the clutch) and other would sit on the gas tank and hold onto the crankcase breather pipe.
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