What s the best bang for buck gun and compressor combo for diy? Are those low cfm paint guns terrible compared to the higher 10-15 cfm guns. I was looking at the devilbiss finish line or the finex guns.

 

I have read/ heard good things about the Finish Line.. Compressor and the gun for 6? I guess sweet deal used, or Harbor Freight? (Compressor)

 

http://m.sears.com/craftsman-profess...a=00916476000P

I was looking at this craftsman for $489. Spits out 12.9.cfm at 40psi and 11.3 at 90psi. The bad news it's 230ac and oil.

 

I have a Devilbiss Starting Line set that I haven't even gotten dirty because I don't have the compressor for it.

Nothing wrong with 220V. If it was 110 it would have to pull a F**k ton of amps at that power level. Also pretty much anything at this level is going to be oiled.

I've been shopping for the last year or so and have pretty much settled on this Kobalt for $499, probably going to pick it up in the next couple of weeks actually:

http://www.lowes.com/pd_54284-1126-V...sor&facetInfo=

It's a rebadged Campbell-Hausfeld that can be found in multiple "brands" for between $500 and $700. Specs are fairly similar to the one you posted and are typical for compressors of this class. Also, the Kobalt above has a full cast iron pump where that Craftsman is aluminum with cast iron sleeves.

 

im pretty sure all 3-5hp compressors are made by the same company. husky, kobalt, even the harbor freight ones. they are work good though

I got a 60 gallon husky brand new on Craigslist for $250 i think. I use a cheap cf spray gun with 1.4 tip and hf guns for primer
most of the cheaper made guns are replicas of highend guns like iwata's and work the same
but usually use shitty parts.
But get a good gun if you want to use it often. I cheaped out and but a cheap 30 dollar cf gun with 1.4 tip which actually works damn good

 

$600 is gone really fast on this stuff.

I am just getting set up and got a and the Kobalt 60 Gallon compressor. That's over the $600 already and I still needed a regulator, filter/dryer, misc pipes, elbows, and fittings ($120-$200). The compressor needed to be bolted to the floor and wired to 220v ($25-50 DIY).

Now I'm working on improving ventilation and lighting. This is all just for DIY painting in 1/2 a 2 car garage. Going cheap it's easily over $1,000 before buying any paint or supplies.

 

Compressor doesn't need to be bolted to the ground... Check eastwood for water filter and oil filter, you want the cleanest air possible, also use a disposable filter the goes before the regulator on the gun. You can use HF guns as primer guns as the work pretty damn good for that. If you didn't buy the compressor already look on Craigslist, I got my Coleman compressor on there for 200 bucks and use it a lot for the last 5 years.(its a 60 gal)

 

I've been lurking on CL for a while, there's never a deal good enough to warrant buying used... I'm not paying $400 when I can get the Kobalt for $500, the market for used stuff is a little retarded these days.

I'd rather bolt to the ground on isolation mounts like they're supposed to be, they run a bit quieter when they're able to dissipate some of that energy into the ground.

 

yeah if you can mount it outside in a shed or something. lines are easy to run I just run copper lines.

heres the filter/regulator I use and set it at 60-70psi. Never had any problems

I have my compressor mounted the ground and use hockey pucks for insulation. no vibration and hockey pucks are cheap. If you run the compressor in the garage then Id suggest running the air intake outside, they are annoying running indoors and running the intake outside will probably reduce noise by 50%

 

If you're feeling really adventurous, one of my engineer friends built a helmholtz resonator for his inlet and cut the sound level nearly in half.