Keith Barkhau
01-24-2006, 6:31 PM
If I may I'd like to sup of the font of knowledge that is Sawmill Creek....
I'm thinking of trying spray finishing for the first time (always been a wipe one, wipe off sort of guy) but had a couple of questions.
First on the equipment side, I've been looking at the turbine vs conversion gun question, but am unsure which is the best choice for me. I have a mid sized compressor (30 gal, 2hp, 6.4cfm@90psi (46.4cfm@90psi)) and was not sure if it had the umph to drive a conversion gun. Those of you with experience out there, what do you use?
If the compressor route won't cut it, I like the performance of the turbine systems, but I'm not really excited about dropping $700+ for a Fuji or Turbineair system. I've also looked at the HF/Rockler $100 units and have seen some *kinda* positive reviews on them, but I'm guessing you get what you pay for. Anyone have any experience with this cheap systems? Would this make a decent entre into spraying, or would I be better off feeding the $100 to my pug?
Then my second question is on the safety side. My shop is what was once a two car garage (LOML has graciously agreed to a hot car in the summer and scraping windows in the winter), so I don't really have the space to make a dedicated spray booth. I would expect to wear a respirator and goggles and open the garage door, but do I need an exhaust fan for more positive ventilation? Also, do I need to fully enclose the area where I spray (temporary walls or plastic sheets) or is it good enough to just have a panel or somesuch behind the project to catch the over spray. The last think I want is to spray my project and then have overspray settle on all of my equipment (or me).
Sorry for all the questions, but I am at a little bit of a loss here. I've been able to find a lot of posts on individual pieces of equipment, but really not much on the process/set up side.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I'm thinking of trying spray finishing for the first time (always been a wipe one, wipe off sort of guy) but had a couple of questions.
First on the equipment side, I've been looking at the turbine vs conversion gun question, but am unsure which is the best choice for me. I have a mid sized compressor (30 gal, 2hp, 6.4cfm@90psi (46.4cfm@90psi)) and was not sure if it had the umph to drive a conversion gun. Those of you with experience out there, what do you use?
If the compressor route won't cut it, I like the performance of the turbine systems, but I'm not really excited about dropping $700+ for a Fuji or Turbineair system. I've also looked at the HF/Rockler $100 units and have seen some *kinda* positive reviews on them, but I'm guessing you get what you pay for. Anyone have any experience with this cheap systems? Would this make a decent entre into spraying, or would I be better off feeding the $100 to my pug?
Then my second question is on the safety side. My shop is what was once a two car garage (LOML has graciously agreed to a hot car in the summer and scraping windows in the winter), so I don't really have the space to make a dedicated spray booth. I would expect to wear a respirator and goggles and open the garage door, but do I need an exhaust fan for more positive ventilation? Also, do I need to fully enclose the area where I spray (temporary walls or plastic sheets) or is it good enough to just have a panel or somesuch behind the project to catch the over spray. The last think I want is to spray my project and then have overspray settle on all of my equipment (or me).
Sorry for all the questions, but I am at a little bit of a loss here. I've been able to find a lot of posts on individual pieces of equipment, but really not much on the process/set up side.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.