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  • Member since
    January 2004
Compressor Requirements
Posted by mpmontgomery on Sunday, March 28, 2004 5:44 PM
I am looking into purchasing a compressor for airbrushing. I am aware I will need a moisture trap, but what other technical specs should I be looking for regarding:
HP
PSI range

Also, how will I know the compressor I get won't result in pulsing?

Is a regulator necessary?
Is there anything I should know about buying a compressor for use with a Badger 150?

Thanks in advance for your help!



  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Sunday, March 28, 2004 6:30 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by mpmontgomery

I am looking into purchasing a compressor for airbrushing. I am aware I will need a moisture trap, but what other technical specs should I be looking for regarding:
HP
PSI range


The horsepower is not really a consideration if you are using it for modeling only.
Any compressor that will deliver 20-30 psi or more should suit you just fine.

QUOTE: Also, how will I know the compressor I get won't result in pulsing?


The only compressors that pulsate are the diaphragm models such as the Paasche D-500 and others like it.

QUOTE: Is a regulator necessary?


If you are just spraying single colors on something like cars then it is not absolutely necessary unless you are using a compressor that delivers more than 40 psi or so.
You must get one if you want to be able to control the air for fine detail spraying.

QUOTE: Is there anything I should know about buying a compressor for use with a Badger 150?


Nothing any more than any other hobby airbrush.

I hope this helps.

Mike

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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