Spray Painting Air Compressor help

[Tp1992]

Hi,

Sorry if this has been asked before but I just wanted to put the question out there myself to get a answer for the specific model I'm looking at.


So I've been wanting to spray my bike for a long time and now I've finally decided to go a head with it and looking for any advice or info on equipment.

https://www.spraygunsdirect.co.uk/index.php/compressors-kits/standard-compressors/sealey-compressor-24-litre-2hp-6-8cfm-displacement.html#sthash.a1RHHXrC.dpbs

I'm looking to get this air compressor and would like to know if it'll be suitable for what I intend to do. I have a CB600F Hornet and would like to sprey the tank and plastics.

If this air compressor isn't suitable for the job then any recommendations would be appreciated

I have a rough idea of the other equipment I need just not sure on the air compressor, are these things worth buying second hand to save a bit of money?

[MCN]

TLD open your link yet.

Have you spray painted before?

Buying the gear is simple. 🤣

Prep, Paint choice and application is a whole barrel of laffs.
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[Hawkeye1250FA]

Volume not big enough (50L +)

Also what MCN said.

I would suggest borrowing a compressor and buying your own gun (cheap) and have a practice. It may put you off 😁👍

That aside, I find it relaxing - if you have loads of time spare crack on and have a go.
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[stinkwheel]

More volume is more volume, they go through air very quickly.

Oil-less bearings for preference.

Other considerations are:

1) Spray booth. The overspray makes a horrendous mess. It gets absolutely everywhere (including under doors, through keyholes, up under dust sheets). Also keeps dust off your piece. Ideally a sealed area with ventilation or all that overspray settles again. You can buy popup tent type spraybooths if you don't have an area you can section off.

2) PPE. Proper respirator or forced air ventilator, not just a dust mask. Most especially if you are using 2k paints. Minimum P3 mask for spraying normal paints. I'd want a proper forced air respirator (plugs into compressor, which you locate away from where you're spraying so it doesn't suck in the overspray) or gas mask for 2k coatings. They give off nasty fumes.
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I've got an Aldi 9CFM compressor with a 25L tank.

As it was out of the box, it was terrible for spraying. The biggest problem with these is the hose gauge and fittings gauge. From memory they weren't BSP they were narrower Euro guage or similar and the hoses were thin. Thus severely restricted airflow.

I popped to Toolstation and bought a load of BSP male and female fittings and wider hoses. Fitted them to the comressor and guns and it sprayed all 40 plus Moisture resistant MDF for the furniture in my campervan in high gloss 2PAC black and 2PAC white. I never ran out of air, but was spraying lots of small wood panels, no larger than 2M square.

You'll need an in line regulator/moisture trap too or you'll end up dripping water all over it.
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[Baffler186]

[url]https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B074J9LDLB/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_LX6zEbCWAR31Y [/url]

This one is a 50ltr, higher flow rate, similar price to the one you were looking at
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[dynax]

Unless you have access to a hefty compressor don't bother, your other option although not as cheap would be using HVLP but for decent kit you are still looking at hundreds
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[megaross]

When it comes to spraying it's kind of waste of time unless you've got a big compressor (think 200l) which is capable of delivering the massive cfm of air required for a long length of time.

Spraying uses 12-18cfm and that is a lot of air. Also remember professional spray guns cause mass air turbulence so having a clean working environment becomes far more important than compared to spray cans.

24l is basically basically enough for blow gun and tyre inflator, maybe a small air ratchet or 3/8" impact. Most air tools that are even worth having you really can't run on something that small, they just aren't capable of throwing out enough cfm fast enough and would pretty much always be running.

Me personally? If a rattle can isn't good enough I'll pay a professional to do it, bikes aren't super pricy to get sprayed professionally anyway.
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[stirlinggaz]

[sickpup]

You will struggle running spray guns with large nozzles from a small compressor. You will get away with using a small compressor with a mini HVLP gun but you won't get much runtime between the compressor recharging. Luckily a mini HVLP spray gun is very cheap.

I've used a small compressor to spray Land rover door tops and they came out nicely, much better than using spray cans.

Nowadays I have a 14cfm compressor with a 150litre receiver with moisture filters which will do most things I need but is over the top for a normal home, it's 6' tall and weighs over 100kilos. I also run 3/8ths or 1/2" airline which helps get the air where I want it.

[stirlinggaz]