what compressor??

[chriz1]

Looking for a compressor to just practice SMART repairs at home,i have a few typical SMART jobs to do bumper scuffs,alloy resprays.
I have seen a Clarke Rebel 30 compressor local to me second hand its a 2.5 hp 26ltr tank.produces 10 bar pressur and 9 cfm.
anyone have one of these?do you think this would be ok for this type of work?
Cheers

[paintman]

Usually best to decide what airtools you want to use then buy a compressor to suit the most air hungry of the tools.

[asrpaint]

i have a 50ltr compressor to do smart repairs

[retrorider]

I used a Sealey 25 litre compressor when i did SMART repairs for a living.Never had a problem using either a Pasche airbrush or my Devilbiss SRI HVLP gun with it...

[Stitch]

If yo do a search in the Porsche forum you will find a pretty good post on the topic of choosing a compressor.

[chriz1]

thanks guys

[7even]

Im sure I read somewhere on here theres a forum that specialises in this sort of help.

[Eddie 4 2]

I use a 50ltr works ok for me,I do think 25ltr might be a bit to small and it will burn out in no time if you use it a lot.
Ed

[chriz1]

sorry to bring this back up but just wondering if anyone has this compressor or what do you think

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Stanair-Professional-14-CFM-...

should i be put off by the unknown make?

Thanks

[EViS]

chriz1 said:

sorry to bring this back up but just wondering if anyone has this compressor or what do you think

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Stanair-Professional-14-CFM-...

should i be put off by the unknown make?

Thanks

I'm looking at the same compressor. I wonder what it's actual FAD cfm is though...

[paintman]

Usually a fair bit less than the displacement.
As an indication, this 3hp sealey shows 13.6 cfm displacement but only 9.9 cfm FAD maximum.
http://www.sealey.co.uk/PLPageBuilder.asp?id=20&am...

Edited by paintman on Wednesday 26th January 13:46

[Stitch]

I would question the claim in the advert for the Ebay one that it is ideal for running air tools.

I don't think that compressor with a 50litre receiver would be ideal.

I have an Abac 3HP with a 150 litre tank and even that needs a breather every now and then when running an angle grinder for example.