Looking to get a compressor Ideas???

[justinwebb]

I am looking to get a compressor for air tools and such, and also in the future i would like to start learning how to paint. I know i need a fairly decent sized air comprressor to do that with. I have heard you need one with at least 10 cubic feet a minute at 90PSI for painting is that correct???? not looking to spend a ton of money but can anyone give me some suggestions on what model or price ranges. I was looking at some at lowes and home depot i think a 30 gallon but wasn't sure which to buy.....

[XChris1632X]

for painting and airtools i am going with an 80 gallon 5hp 2 stage ingersol. it is like 1500 but craftsman has an 80 gallon 5.5hp 2 stage for $750. all of my instructors encouraged me not to get anything smaller than an 80 gallon 5hp 2 stage compressor for painting such as all over jobs. if you were doing spot repairs i think something smaller would be alright. and i do know its possible to paint a whole car with a 30 gallon, it is just a lot of down time waiting to build pressure and to unpredictable for me. i like to spray clear with an RP gun and i like to go fast so it was harder for me in that sense. cambell hausfeld or however you spell it also has cheaper stuff but nothing but the rand for me. hope this helps.

[XChris1632X]

also i meant to mention if you look at paint gun specs they will tell you what cubic feet of air you need for a determined psi and base your compressor on that but i think most hvlp guns do not differ that much. my sata's hvlp need 24 psi into the gun to put out 8-10 psi at the cap so i look at how much cubic feet of air at 24 psi and it is the same for air tools such as a die grinder. all my regulators are set a 40 psi so things like my cut off wheels and such dont see over that.