[Shop-talk] Run air tools on a water hose?

[eltonclark at gmail.com (Elton E. (Tony) Clark)]

*I never did it but I once thought of rigging a shop-made*
*drier in my air system using bulk calcium chloride.  CC is extremely good
at absorbing water from air; they use it on dirt race tracks to absorb water
enough water to control dust.  We once bought it from a Coca-Cola bottling
plants*
*or concrete bulk plants **for cheap in 100 pound sacks.*
**
*I was thinking I could use an old air tank or compressor tank plumbed in
the air system,  down-stream from all the lines and drains for use only in
moisture critical applications: painting and such.*
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*One would have to plumb the air to waft through the CC*
*and provide a drain for collected moisture.  I guess it could be used on
the intake side of the compressor as well; wouldn't need a pressure vessel
in that case.*
*Tony*