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binny Regular Location: Newcastle NSW Registered: March 2003	Re: Compressor for spray painting Tue, 23 December 2003 03:27 Some people will try to say you need to spend big bucks on a compressor if you are using it for spraying but, if you are using it just for the occasional spray job and pumping up tyres etc a cheaper one will do just fine. Just buy one a few steps up from the bottom of the range. I bought a 2.5hp jobbie with a 40L tank from supercrap a couple of years ago for $250. I have sprayed a few panels with it including a roof without a prob. It would even supply enough air to raise the pressure in the tank to max and cut out while I was still spraying. If you intend doing a whole car I would invest in a seperate regulator with a water trap to keep moisture out of the paint. Have you done spray painting before? Having tried my hand at it with no experience or training I can say it is damn harder than it looks. Surface preparation takes the longest and is the most important factor in doing the job right. If you haven't sanded it for days until your fingers bleed, you probably haven't done enough. It really sucks having to start all over again from scratch when the paint turns out crap, and can work out cheaper getting a shop to do it if your not careful. [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	Compressor for spray painting	Azrael	Tue, 23 December 2003 02:50
	Re: Compressor for spray painting	NickAE86	Tue, 23 December 2003 03:26
	Re: Compressor for spray painting	binny	Tue, 23 December 2003 03:27
	Re: Compressor for spray painting	Azrael	Tue, 23 December 2003 03:58
	Re: Compressor for spray painting	Grega	Tue, 23 December 2003 05:27
	Re: Compressor for spray painting	onejayzed	Tue, 23 December 2003 06:09
	Re: Compressor for spray painting	qik22	Tue, 23 December 2003 10:18
	Re: Compressor for spray painting	Grega	Tue, 23 December 2003 19:15
	Re: Compressor for spray painting	onejayzed	Tue, 23 December 2003 23:52
	Re: Compressor for spray painting	justcallmefrank	Wed, 24 December 2003 00:31
	Re: Compressor for spray painting	Fattony	Fri, 26 December 2003 00:58
	Re: Compressor for spray painting	nomuken	Fri, 26 December 2003 02:01
	Re: Compressor for spray painting	purpleminiep	Sat, 27 December 2003 09:45

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