Any recommendation on a specific compressor? One that is small and quiet as possible. Will use the airbrush for wargame miniature painting.
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I have a airbrush compressor that is 1/5 HP oil-less and quite quiet. It will overheat after like an hour or so, but works great, just make sure if you get a small compressor that you do NOT get one without a tank on it. It should look like 2 tanks on top of each other. If you get one without a air tank on the bottom you will get inconsistent air pressure as well as overheat it pretty quick. Mine is a silver motor on top of a black tank and is pretty small has a moisture trap and air hose. Also this airbrush is probably not going to be best suited for you if you are going to be painting miniatures. The needle is large which allows quite a bit of paint to come out making it very difficult to paint small details. I would recommend the badger renegade krome. The patriot seems to work well with putting out a lot of paint. I use my patriot for laying down kandy colors over a larger surface than a miniature. The krome will produce hair size lines, or like inch size lines, with the 105 patriot you will likely not get any finer of a line than a skinny marker would give you.
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No air compressor needed. Only need electrical connection. Like this sprayer, but have not been able to use for all of the painting that I want to do. Have only been able to paint an out door (10 x12) shed without thinning paint and it worked great.
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I use this compressor to run my 3 air brushes. Compressor >> water separator >> manifold >> Pasche H / Talon / eclipse. It has held up fine and runs intermittently unlike most AB compressors. Almost daily use since oct 2012
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A porter cable pancake style air compressor will work just fine also bostitch pancake,, those are about the smallest that I would use and anything bigger is just gravy
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Probably....... I used my last one to paint my fence. The Spec on the Compressor Reads: SCFM at 40 PSI of 4.8 cu and a Standard Paint Gun Operating Pressure found on Amazon is found to be 29 to 51 PSI Avg. Air Consumption: 4.2 to 7.1 CFM. I found another that read "Requires 43-58 PSI inlet pressure for proper operation" but doesn't reference how many cubic feet per minute.
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I worried about the size of my compressor at first also. I have a Kobalt cheap 5.5 gallon 1 HP compressor and it ran the gun well. I also used a small pancake Porter Cable and it also ran it easy. That being said, the type of work and speed you do it really will determine what compressor will work better. If you're working at a slow pace and doing work yourself with one gun I think a small pancake compressor or any will work good. It will recover as you go. If you will be working fast and maybe have more guns, then you will need a bigger compressor that can keep up. If you're also buying a compressor and you have enough money to get, I would have loved to have the DeWalt model D55146. Thats a good compressor that can recover fast and is built to work better if you're a hardcore framer and or running 2 guns at one time.
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Hey Nick , I'm not sure what your wanting to use this for but it is a very good airbrush compressor for airbrushing .
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It will certainly do the job, but you really don't need a compressor this powerful. A smaller one like the Senco PC 1010 would do just fine.
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Yes but there are a few questions. What are you spraying? A compressor needs to supply 43 to 58 psi at the gun. But air storage of the compressor is important if you are spraying a lot. Small tank storage of the compressor will empty quickly and you will loose pressure. My home compressor has about 4.8 gallons of storage. It is good enough to blow out air filters, fill tires, clean the garage out and supply pressure for short term needs. If I was painting a car, a compressor with a 60 gallon storage tank would a better choice as the compressor would not have to run all the time and the pressure would not vary. Also consider a properly placed water filter that will take the moisture out of the compressed air if that would be an issue for your project. All fittings and tubing are very common and available at your local Sears, Ace Hardware, Home Depot and of course Amazon.
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this one has that feature and is a very quiet running compressor; I recommend it highly. The only downside is the small tank. I added a 5 gallon propane tank for extra volume. With a ball valve cutoff between the tank and compressor, I can use it or not.
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Yes, this compressor would work fine for airbrushing. This compressor is very quiet.
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This is the third Paasche H I've had since 1971 or so, just a great, simple and easy to use and clean airbrush. I build model trains and used cans for years then I bought a compressor on sale at Sears about 10 uears ago The cans will do you fine but once you buy a compressor you ask yourselg, "why did I wait so long?" RegardsDon
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The airbrush is good for detail painting and it's awesome for scale models. However, based on the size of the paint reservoir and that you're painting such a large panel...you might need something more industrial than this unless you have a lot of patience.
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My husband used an air compressor. We've been using them all summer on our boat and they work great. I would definitely recommend them. Also, the cheapest I've seen.
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The compressor runs good but paint does splatter a little I bought a quick release with pressure adjuster for $2 , but could also be paint clogging , gonna try thinning paint or filtering it with like some kinda pantyhose material
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I'm not sure I would buy a compressor for one job: they're not cheap. But if it's a big shed, and you have other future stuff in mind, OK. I would think you need a compressor that will do 2-3 scfm at 90 psi. The gun needs 80 psi or so but doesn't use much air in normal use. Depending on compressor type (oil or oil-free) you will probably need a small filter as well, not expensive. And hose fittings. All on Amazon. I spray wood finishes as well, and have a Makita 4.5 cfm, highly recommended, but more than you need.
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not for an air brush the one piston is a small pulse..you should consider a small compressor with small tank