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Douglas Tappan (Dougthebonifiedbusnut)
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Username: Dougthebonifiedbusnut
Post Number: 39
Registered: 10-2004
Posted From: 75.69.44.219
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, May 02, 2007 - 9:30 pm: | |
I'm setting up my air compressor for both sandblasting and painting and need to find an economical way to dry the air. Any ideas greatly appreciated |
David Hartley (Drdave)
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Username: Drdave
Post Number: 768
Registered: 5-2005
Posted From: 72.189.203.211
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, May 02, 2007 - 9:37 pm: | |
Harbor Freight sells a refrigerated air dryer for I think it was $299 good for 21 cu.ft @120 psi.
It's a chinese copy of an IR unit and not bad just a bit on the unusual inside.
I tested one for the shop @17 cu.ft. flow at 140 psi and it seemed to work ok for the money.
Sure beats $600 from other suppliers for a short term solution. |
Randy Lackey (Leadfoot)
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Username: Leadfoot
Post Number: 7
Registered: 3-2007
Posted From: 207.55.227.2
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, May 03, 2007 - 10:03 pm: | |
I'm curious, are you going to be blasting your whole shell or just some small parts? Sand blasting takes a huge volume of air and a bunch of horsepower. We generally rent a chassis mounted rig to do our car bodies. |
Douglas Tappan (Dougthebonifiedbusnut)
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Username: Dougthebonifiedbusnut
Post Number: 40
Registered: 10-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, May 04, 2007 - 9:01 pm: | |
Hey Leadfoot,
By the way,I love your handle. I will be blasting small areas such as seams and rusted screw heads so it's not alot of blasting but I need dry air. I will be painting the bus myself so for that I also need dry air.
I have about 400 gallons of storage that I am converting to a gas engine to turn the compressor.It's a big two stage compressor so I'm confident I will have the required volumn.But as you know moisture is a killer. |
Randy Lackey (Leadfoot)
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Username: Leadfoot
Post Number: 9
Registered: 3-2007
Posted From: 207.55.227.2
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, May 05, 2007 - 10:21 am: | |
Theres any number of dryers available at your local auto paint store, but you can catch a lot of water in any low spots of your air supply. Plumb your air through the top of a tank with a bottom drain and you'll catch a lot. A decent dessicant dryer can be reasonably priced, and you can reuse the dessicant by drying it. I hope you have some sort of pressure pot for your sand. If you plan on siphoning the sand you'll waste a lot. Washed sand is getting expensive, I think I paid 8.95 per 100# a couple months ago.
The handle was put on me by my hot rod buds, can't shake it. |
larry currier (Larryc)
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Username: Larryc
Post Number: 96
Registered: 2-2007
Posted From: 64.12.116.203
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, May 06, 2007 - 3:52 pm: | |
Doug, I have 150 feet of extra air hose that I hang from 7 feet in the air and coil so it just touches the ground. Then I use another filter before my last hose. The coils catch most of the moisture and I blow them out and throw them out in the sun for a few hours once in a while. |