Any ideas on air compressor

Brian - living in an apartment noise will be an issue (if you want to keep living there haha) There is a nice one on www.badger-airbrush.com in the garage sale section for only $99. It is a hobby style compressor therefore quiet.

The small industrial compressors you spoke of is what I use. It is not loud to me, but were I in an apartment I know it would be to my neighbors. Both will do the job but for situation I would stick with hobby compressors. If you don't like ordering online, both Hobby Lobby and Michaels art stores carry air compressors for airbrushes at about $136.00

Good luck to you!!!

Noise is definitely the main issue for you and as such you probably will need to stick to the airbrush specific compressors. Another option though not cheap is to obtain a fridge motor powered compressor with an air tank from the industrial type you mention. These are available but I would not recommend a make your own. They are very quiet and have the benefits of a larger tank. Older air driven dental machines use this system.

Another solution is to get an air tank and regulator without a compressor at all. You can buy a 15-gallon tank for about $15 at Sears. You only need to take it to a local gas station to refil it, or you can also get a loud air compressor of your own, fill it up in the parking lot (or wherever) and then use the silent tank inside.

I'm not sure how long such a tank would last, but I can say that I have an industrial compressor with a 15 gallon tank which I pump up to 100PSI and then turn off the motor. I can run the airbrush for 45 minutes (not continuously, but that much painting time) and use maybe 1/2 of the air.

Thanks guys for the suggestions. I will take a look at all of them, and then figure it out from there.

Brian

The air tank sounds good but somebody might report you if they see you carriing a 15 gallon tank in mabye.

I am going to have to move to apartment when i go to school :<. Anybody have some pics of their paint area and how they stop the paint smell etcc...