I used the craftsman 5 hp 25 gal compressor to blast everything on my Healey
except the frame. I used about 80 psi if I remember properly. -Every once in a
while, I would stop to let the compressor catch up. No big deal. It worked
fine. I also used it, with the appropriate attachments (oil and water trap)
to spray paint all of the black parts, primer/primer/black/black/clear/clear.
It worked fine, again, with pausing once in a while to let it catch up.
I used white and "black beauty" blasting sand for the job. The white was
finer, and worked ok, but the black beauty was a lot more efficient, and less
prone to caking/clogging.
I'd never attempt to paint panels with it, or paint/sandblast a frame, but for
the smaller assys Even trans and diff, a compressor that size worked fine for
me for the applications above, plus, air ratchets, impact tool and cutting
wheel. I know that those used to professional grade compressors will disagree,
but for my one car, and for my intended use, it worked fine, and I could not
justify the price difference.
David Jones
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark and Kathy
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 2:36 PM
Subject: Compressor Help, again
I picked up a media blasting cabinet for cleaning up some of my Healey car
parts but still have no idea on what compressor to buy after reading some
of
the negative and misrepresented information given on many of the
compressors
that are available these days.
The cabinet states that I need a compressor that can maintain 5 cfm @
100psi.
But DO NOT EXCEED 100PSI.
One of the compressors that I am looking at is an Alltrade , 5 HP, 25 Gal,
125max psi, upright cast iron cylinder.
The output is stated at 5scfm @ 40 psi or 3.2 scfm at 90 psi. The
price is just under $200. and would fit into the garage budget.
Is this a doable combination or do I absolutely need to stay within the
specified figures on the blaster? 5cfm @
100
seems like it would take a pretty big " mother for Ya".
Any other recommendations or stores to check out would be appreciated.
Sure seems like we're at the mercy of the manufactures listed specs and for
that matter can I check these specs once I have this all setup and running?
This area of our hobby is all foreign to me so any help would be extremely
appreciated.
Mark
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