Just wondering for those who have done their own painting, how powerful their compressors are? And what type of spray gun they’re using. Any recommendations? Nozzle size?
There’s a place around town that is having a sale on a gun
32 oz (1 litre) canister
nozzle size 1.8 mm
Non bleeder type gun w/ syphon feed
adjustable spray ttern size
1/4 NPT air inlet
9.5-13.5 CFM @ 50-70 psi
They’ve got it for 18.99, so not a bad price. But is it sufficient? Can’t remember the details for the compressor I have, other then it’s a Crappy Tire Special. Have details on it later
my guns are around 250 - 400 dollars . all of them except the primer guns are HVLP guns . if your getting a gun for $20 its gonna take a crap on you fast .
i actually got a set of hvlp gun’s that included a touch up gun, primer, base/clear gun for just over 100 dollars. I have a 30 gallon compresser. I painted 2 car with that set-up and they all came out with great results. I never had any problems with my guns i just keep them clean out after every use and oil them. If i was gunna get in to the career of being a painter then i would defenatly spend a couple hundred on each gun. But not for painting 1 or 2 cars.
i dont know wat u mean by PSI on the compressor. But it should be outputting over 100PSI i guess. But when spraying the gun depending on which one u have needs to be spraying from 20-40PSI.
Look for something with a 1.2-1.4mm tip, 1.8mm is basicaly used to spray primer
Actually, the compressor needs to supply a certain flowrate in CFM (cubic feet per min) at the specified pressure, in this case 9.5-13.5 CFM @ 50-70 psi.
The peak horsepower or maximum psi is not what you should be looking at. A small compressor can easily supply 70 psi, but it likely won’t be able to supply 9.5 cfm at that pressure. At least not for very long. I expect you’ll end up running out of air quite frequently and spending a lot of time waiting for the pressure in the tank to build back up again if your compressor is undersized.