lets talk air compressors

[craigcole20b.]

i have or had a paasche d500sr second time it has broke first time the head was leaking air out of the seam sent it in they fixed it now today in the middle of laying a matte coat down it just quit big psi drop and you could hear the motor try to turn on and off it will be in the mail in the am to get re fixed....
but now lets talk compressors what are all you using not sure what to look at the guy at the hobby store hear list to push the testors compressor with extra tank
i need something quite because i ab in the house so i dont see the need for the pancake one i have one its loud
i use two airbrushes a iwata eclipse hp-cs and a aztek
so lets see and talk set ups ;D

[Deleted]

Craig,I'm not sure where you live,but get in touch with the Airbrush Company,theyare one of the site supporters ,and they are more than willing to help,with info,set up etc....

[craigcole20b.]

iam in san jose calf ill have to check them out

[`Boots`]

I use `Everything Airbrush`s` AS186 compressor...............has built in moisture trap, regulator and a largish tank and is very quite...................i AB indoors too.............this is connected to the `Badger Sotar 20/20` AB

[reserve]

I use an old Titan compressor with a 10 gallon tank. It's not very quiet but with 10 gallons volume and 120 psi pressure it only needs to come on once unless I'm painting something really big.

Regards,
Mark

[brembo--Rest In Peace]

I guess if you were to make a list of desirable features they would be:

low noise/ low vibration
( i once saw a friends comp that would jump around the floor at will....initially very entertaining but then later quite annoying)

should have a water trap/filter with a purge valve

should have an adjustable air pressure of at least 0 to 60 PSI range.

holding tank with an auto cut on/off is the best set up but at least a pressure cut out if it doesn't.

price will be variable and depend on your local market/brand availability but generally the holding tank models should cost more and should last longer because they dont work the motor so hard.

non tank, oil less piston models heat up much faster (excluding tamiya spraywork) and can have issues with condensation in the lines as a result (even with a filter /reg set up). Holding tanks virtually eleminate that problem.

lastly make sure your airbrush will attach to it! ( most comps come with a hose these days), braided hose is the way to go, vinyl hoses are prone to splitting.

[craigcole20b.]

Thanks guys for the info not sure in what direction iam going to go in but I'll need to work with both of my brushes
Not sure why this compressor keeps breaking down it's only two years old
It's oil less no tank with a trap could I be over working it?
It does get hot but not like today you could smell it.
I'll have to look some more online to see what is out their and the best bang for my buck
This one was a few hundred bucks