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Building Tips and technical articles. => Building techniques => Topic started by: Wayne J. Buran on January 24, 2007, 05:20:42 AM
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I am currently reassesing my spray equipment for size and versatility. Down size would be the direction. I currently have a Sears 5 HP piston compressor 220V. Since we have moved and downsized I am not excited about adding a 220 V line or for that matter a large compressor thumping away and producing excess air capacity. I have noticed there are a lot of airbrush packages out there with some pretty good sized compreessors that are much quiter. One caveat is that I would like to continue to utilze my HVLP gun for spraying large areas such as clearing an entire airplane unless there is a smaller HVLP unit. I will continue to use dope but have not ever considered the automotive stuff. Let me know what some of you folks use.
Thanks
Wayne
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Wayne,
just a thought, a great number of 220 volt shop equiopment can be rewired to allow use at 120V. You might pursue that as a thought. FWIW Make sure that whatever compressor you end up with has sufficient CFM to support your Gun. IO would stay away from samller "airbrush" compressors unless you only plan on using an airbrush, I dont beleive most of them will support even a detail sized HVLP
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Mark, can you recomend a spray gun ? something good but not super expensive.
Also do you keep a separate gun only for clear ?
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Wayne,
I have been using a "True HVLP" system (turbine powered) for about 12 years. You do not need a compressor, the overspray is minimal, and it takes up almost no space. The quality is quite good. I live in a condo and paint on my balcony. I have never had noise complaints and there is little mess. Check out these links.
http://www.fujispray.com/
http://www.lemmer.com/hvlp.htm
Kim.
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Boy would sure like to have that compressor. When I bought mine I was living in a rented duplex and 3 HP was the biggest thing I could get that would run on 110. Now I have 220 everywhere and can't afford to buy a larger compressor.
I don't personally have one but several have raved about how well the Harbor Freight gravity feed spray guns work. Some are advertised as HVLP but they really aren't. Any half way diecent 2-3 HP compressor will run the things and from everything I have read and the finishes I have seen they do a good job with both dope and auto finishes.
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I have a 2 or 3 hp with a 20 gallon tank and it seems to work fine for painting the planes. I use a detail gun that really don't us much volume. I use mostly auto paints and clear coats. I cut the clear alot to keep the weight down.
Lee TGD
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I just have a little Sears job. Seems to work fine though it's not particularly quiet. Use with a Bink HVLP Touchup gun for color and clear and a POS Harbor Freight gun for primer. They seem to work well with the little Sears job.
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Hi Wayne,
You have the perfect size compressor.
I have a Sears 3 Hp, 15 Gal. tank. It cycles so often I have to take breaks & let it catch up. If I try to keep spraying the pressure drops & the paint comes out in blobs.
Snap a 220 breaker in your box & run the wire where you need it.
I look forward to flying with you again this summer.
Patrick
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Well, thanks everybody for the input. I guess that I will run the 220V line and stay with what I have. Makes sense and the price is right.
Thanks
Wayne.
PS: Pat, see you when the flakes stop falling.