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[flatline]

I want to strip and spray my mini so ive picked out a compressor and some other bit's on machine mart.I want to know if everything ive picked is upto the job and will all work together so if you could take a quick look for me id appreciate it

Airmaster Tiger 14/60 Air Compressor - £299.98
http://www.machinema...-air-compressor

Clarke SB3 Gritblast Gun - £20.39
http://www.machinema...3-gritblast-gun

Clarke HVLP Spray Gun - AP15 - £33.59
http://www.machinema...-hvlp-spray-gun

Clarke CAR9PC 9m Retractable Air Hose Reel - £39.59
http://www.machinema...r-hose-reel-car

Clarke 20kg 60-80 Grit Aluminium Oxide Powder - £35.98
http://www.machinema...um-oxide-powder

Not sure what filter to buy but am i right in saying that i need one with auto drain and it's best to use 2 of them for spraying?

Would 2 of these do?
http://www.machinema...-with-auto-drai

Or would these be better?
http://www.machinema...with-auto-drain

Cheer's in advance

[lapider]

yeah air master are brill im still running a 20 year old air master which my dad bought replaced the oil the other week still runs sweet as a nut. although on the limited knowledge i have of compressors if you have a bigger tank youl be able to use tools for longer without them slowing so i would go for as bigger tank that you can afford.

[flatline]

Cheer's for the reply

Im not really fussed about air tool's and i have very limited space so as long as it will strip and spray that's fine

[blue min 1]

hi mate ive got the same compresser and the CAT75 drain and it worked brill on the rebuild of my mini powering a blast cab and spraying


mike

[sam7]

the compressor is fine for home use mate. its big enough to spray a mini. just be careful of the the gun u piked out, because the nozzle size looks like its 2.2. and really for applying basecoat and lacquer for your mini a clarke gravity gun with 1.4 nozzle would be a better option. it will lay the paint on better with 1.4 nozzle. they should be roughly the same price.

[flatline]

Like this one?

http://www.machinema...ent-air-brushes

[flatline]

Just picked up all the gear and i went for this spray gun.

http://www.machinema...d-pro-spray-gun

BlueMini1 : where about have you got you filter? The guy at the shop said it's fine to put it direct onto the compressor but ive read it's best to have it as close to the gun as you can get it?

[lrostoke]

May be a bit late but those grit blasters are only really good for small jobs, and the grit goes everywhere and runs out very fast.

Ideally as well if possible have the compressor in a seperate shed from where you work, thats only got a small tank it will spend a lot of time with the motor running.

Any reason you listed the retractable hose, its only 9 meters which sounds a lot but if spraying the car you may wish it was longer when your wandering round spraying.

Edited by lrostoke, 11 May 2011 - 11:40 AM.

[flatline]

A guy on here did his mini with 20kg which is what i bought so i hope i have enough,even if i only do the hard to get to place's ill be happy

I ended up getting a coil flexi hose as i didn't have enough for the wall mounted one,it only need's to reach a little bit longer than a mini so it doesn't need to be long.

Ive not got time to try it tonight but ive got about 5 hour's to have a play tomorrow

[flatline]

May be a bit late but those grit blasters are only really good for small jobs, and the grit goes everywhere and runs out very fast.

After spending a few hour's in the garage i couldn't agree more...lol.I think my compressor is on it's limit's with this gun as i have to dab the trigger to keep it at 8bar otherwise it doesn't strip so well.On a plus note it is doing what i want it to just not a quickly as id like.

A guy on here did his mini with 20kg which is what i bought so i hope i have enough,even if i only do the hard to get to place's ill be happy

I must have read it wrong or made it up as there is no way it will do my mini

[sam7]

thats the gun mate much better for spraying with, wicked value for the money. just keep it clean and dont leave paint in them. the compressor drives you mad waiting for it to charge up dont it!!! i have a 50 litre on its last legs at home and it takes bloody ages. have fun tho mate

[blue min 1]

Just picked up all the gear and i went for this spray gun.

http://www.machinema...d-pro-spray-gun

BlueMini1 : where about have you got you filter? The guy at the shop said it's fine to put it direct onto the compressor but ive read it's best to have it as close to the gun as you can get it?

ive got mine as it comes out of the compressor but the air hose is only 5m long also i replaced the air tap as it has a small bore about 4mm and this restricts the air flow



mike

[flatline]

Did changing the tap help at all? If so where did you get it from?

[blue min 1]

Did changing the tap help at all? If so where did you get it from?

yes it did ,i got it from a local compressor repare place took the old one in as a sample and got a larger bore one it was about £4





mike

Edited by blue min 1, 14 May 2011 - 10:09 AM.