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My bathroom sink kind of sprays out like this:

Bathroom sink spraying

Taking the aerator off reveals a nice stream and clean receptacle for the aerator.

Bathroom sink flow without aerator

I disassembled the aerator and cleaned a number of chunks off of its screens, but this didn't improve things. The parts of the aerator are shown below. I'm nearly positive that I didn't lose any parts: I have two faucets in the bathroom with this same problem, so I'd have had to have lost the same part twice.

Disassembled aerator

Shown below is an aerator diagram from this DIY question.

Aerator schematic

My aerator, clearly, doesn't have all of these parts.

My question then is this: am I definitely missing parts (maybe a prior owner disassembled the aerator and lost/tossed them) or is there some trick to reassembling my aerator that I got wrong?

A secondary question is: can I buy these parts separate from the rest of the aerator?

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  • Also: I don't have enough rep to create the `aerator` tag, but it seems as though it may be a useful subclassification. – Richard Mar 04 '16 at 18:28

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I'd say its pretty obvious that you're missing the "mixer" and "flow restrictor" which are often one piece, or at least attached to each other.

I also agree with your hypothesis that someone took it apart and purposely removed or lost a piece. Just get a new aerator - it's a common replacement part because people break them or they get clogged with sediment.

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