Paint spray guns

[robgul]

I have a small (8 litre) ‘silent’ Hyundi - not silent, but decently quiet. Too small to spray with or do much else aside from tyres, nails and blowing dust around, but that’s pretty much all I need it for. I’d be cautious about ‘going for 100-litres…’ on the off-chance you might want to do some sandblasting or spraying as the costs rise fast with the capacity. Spraying can be a bit of a minefield too, as spraying emulsion on walls or paint on a fence is different to putting a finish on a cabinet, and I’d budget for a dedicated sprayer for that application. HTH P

I'm now equipped with the Hyundai/Silverline combo - thanks for the views/recommendation* - so far seems excellent and does what I want to do . . . oh, and next job is to replace the power cord with a much longer one

*and I see you're on a Hyundai YT video saying how good the compressor is.

 

[Agent_zed]

sounds like you've used a compressor to pump up bike tyres before but I will add a word of warning.
I was in a rush a couple of years ago and used my compressor to pump up a pneumatic tyre on my kids bike trailer. I wasn't really thinking about the size and dumped a load of air into the tyre which promptly exploded the plastic rim throwing plastic everywhere and hitting me quite hard in the hand. thankfully got away with only a bruised hand and a lesson learnt, as it could have been much worse.

I do sometimes still use my compressor for bike tyres but I ensure I set the regulator very low, go very slowly and only on large MTB tyres which i don't inflate much more than about 30psi anyway.

I can imagine this is the reason all of the compressors at garages say not to be used on bike tyres.


As for your orginal compressor/question I'm not sure if it's the same as one I had years ago. It constantly pumped air and the spraygun was specifically designed to work with it as it had to have constant air flowing through and then the paint would be added when you pulled the trigger. I would think this gun would work on a tanked system although it would constantly lose air, so not great for big areas as it would empty the tank and the pump would have to run a lot.

Putting a standard gun on the constant compressor however would not work and probably damage it or maybe dangerous as the air would have nowhere to go, as when the trigger is off the air flow is off.

 

[robgul]

Yep for the bike tyres - when I managed a local bike shop we had a compressor with a low setting - and as you suggest, careful with the trigger on the inflator!! I only normally use the compressor to charge up an "air tank" that I use to blast tubeless bike tyres onto the rim.

... and I shall experiment with spraying at some point - first job is a fence with Cuprinol garden shades, very thin paint