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Re: OT-HVLP sprayer air compressor question

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Subject: Re: OT-HVLP sprayer air compressor question
From: Ronnie Day <ronday@home.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 16:05:36 -0600
>       Been looking at air   compressors and HVLP  spray guns.  Does 
>anybody have any experience with these things and any reccomendations as to 
>what to   buy.  I am looking for a comprssor to run  air tools and one to 
>run an HVLP gun.  It just seems to me that the HVLP takes a HUGE amount 
>of  air at a low pressure and it seems like the 2-3hp air  compressors I 
>have been looking at can not put out that kind of air.
>       OR what about the little HVLP-compressor  combo's that are just for 
>painting that places like eastwood sells.

Check out the Auto Body Shop site < 
http://www.autobodystore.com/Default.htm>. This guy knows what he's 
talking about. It's a bit discouraging, but if you want a quality (even 
just decent) it pays to learn from folks like this.

I also got a catalog from TP Industries (I'll dig it up and post the 
number and/or URL) that shows how and why to set up the pipe system to 
distribute the air. If you don't do it the way they illustrate I doubt 
you'll be able to keep water out of you paint. Seems easy to do, but it's 
not. Brute force filters won't do it, except maybe in Arizona or Nevada.

Later, Ron


Ronnie Day
ronday@home.com
Dallas/Ft. Worth
'71 510 2-dr (Prepared Class Autocrosser)
'73 510 2-dr (Street Toy)

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