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| posted on August 29th, 2003 at 02:41 PM |
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Air Compressor (sp?)
Hi guys,
I'm considering buying an air compressor primarily for some paint work I will hopefully use it to spray my kombi.
As it will recieve little use after that I dont want to spend a fortune.
I saw one today on special at Kmart for $150 with a 15m hose and tyre pressure guage thingy it is 2hp with a 24 litre tank - will it be able to do the
job ?
The other one I have looked at is supercheap at $199 for 2.5hp and 40 litre will it be a big differance?
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| posted on August 29th, 2003 at 03:20 PM |
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Try and find one of the custom VW heads Queensland rail used to have. Then you can turn your spare beetle motor into a compressor.
2 Cylinders for the compressor and 2 to run it.
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| posted on August 29th, 2003 at 07:25 PM |
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Cheers andy- not really practical for me though.
NE1 ?
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| posted on August 29th, 2003 at 08:20 PM |
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the bigger tank would be better for spraying...........I think !
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| posted on August 29th, 2003 at 10:12 PM |
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This was briefly covered recently see
http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=9512
from what i discovered stay away from the cheap ones as you'll run out of air after a couple of passes and then have to wait for yonks to go
again.
if you are only useing it to spray the kombi go hire a decent unit for a week, will work out much cheaper |
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| posted on August 30th, 2003 at 08:01 PM |
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arlec enforcer
i brought an arlec compressor from kmart awhile ago. Its pretty good, i brought the spray gun from kmart aswell. They do a pretty good job, just
have to use low pressure.
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| posted on August 30th, 2003 at 08:29 PM |
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As in a low pressure spray gun ?
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| posted on August 30th, 2003 at 09:11 PM |
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Hey Chris........does this been your not going for the Rat Look with your kombi anymore and you'll actually paint it??
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| posted on August 30th, 2003 at 10:32 PM |
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YEP!
yes it is a low pressure gun... i think i cost $60 around about...
i have painted a new sliding door, and the door that i brought off you Graham... i'm getting there slowly.
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| posted on August 31st, 2003 at 12:11 AM |
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"Little Beaver" works well with enamel !!
As long as you have plenty of wet and Dry
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| posted on August 31st, 2003 at 09:50 PM |
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...and buffing compound
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| posted on September 1st, 2003 at 02:32 PM |
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Steve, I've got an eager beaver that you can borrow, if you haven't already bought a compressor. It should cope with what you have in mind.
Kruizin Kol
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