Spray guns and Compressors

[no_8wire]

Im looking to get my own spray equipment and was wondering what sort of rating/ specs the compressor should have.

I am going to be using it mostly for paint&panel work

Any body know what I would need? pressure wise and stuff?

Cheers

[fangsport]

buy the biggest quality unit you can run on single phase. you won't regret it.the bigger the pump, the more free air you get, and the less the pump work, the less heat meaning less moisture. to spray you need 20-50PSI, but die grinders,D/A sanders etc need 80+psi to operate.

i have an Ingersoll Rand 16cfm, ( i think they now do an 18cfm unit) and it cost me $1400, but they are much cheaper now. whatever brand you buy ,make sure there is a decent warrenty on the pump and preferably be of a known brand. the motor and resivour aren't so important as the pump.

[vhpacer]

The bigger the tank the better. Cos you dont want to stop all the time painting a car. You would want at least a 50l+ tank. You need about 50 psi usually for both suction and gravity fed guns.

[neo]

and just incase your really new to this... Belt driven, not a stupid $200 toy!

Also you really need a good watertrap and discodecent dryer (500 I paid for those bits)