Date:         Thu, 2 Feb 1995 15:00:41 -0800
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Erik Soule"  <erik@henries.nsc.com>
Subject:      Re: Air Compressor Mods - Results

I thought you were supposed to have a big tank for spraying, like 20-30 gallons 
minimum. But if it works...what the hey!

My VW's all have good paint, but I've got a shell of a 2002 that's stripped and 
ready to paint. Well, maybe the paint needs to be roughed up and feathered a 
bit, but that's about it. It's got "come spray me" written all over it.

I'm willing to guinea-pig away! Want an all expense paid trip to 
beautiful.....San Jose?

Erik

In message <9502020638.AA20755@orion.tim.com>  writes:
> 
> Awhile back, I'd posted how I took a 3/4HP air compressor and fitted
> a 7 gallon tank to it, to use for general air needs and for painting.
> Tonight I tried it out "for real" and shot some sealer onto the bus.
> Worked excellent, with both my small detail gun and my full sized 
> professional gun.  The only thing I have to watch for is to not 
> spray too continuously, or my pressure starts to drop.  I have a regulator
> on the system, so idle time is no problem.   I had none of the 
> air starvation problems I had when I painted my last bus, which I did with
> this compressor, but without the tank.
> 
> Now I'm all hot and bothered to paint something!  Any guinea pigs out there?
> I guestimate that with a pre-prepped car, you could take 3 hours or so
> to mask it, shoot it, and then let it dry for a day (depending on the paint
> system) and be done.  Mind you, on my bus I'll be using a basecoat-clearcoat
> system, and painting everything inside and out and underneath!
> 
> Thom
> -- 
> > Okay, who put a "stop payment" on my reality check?
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