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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