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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Hobbies, Crafts, & Houses > Tool thread: hammering on things was a minor secondary function of these tools
 
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trufflefoo
Oct 29, 2006
 If I was looking for a compressor and spraygun in the UK, what should I buy?
It’s for painting bicycles and maybe something suitable for airbrushing? Unsure if that’s a compatible aim.
I don’t really need to run air tools and it’ll be infrequent use.
Budget of < £250 ideally. I know nothing about compressors or spraygun, but LVLP guns are intermittently recommended for this, according to that there internet.

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trufflefoo
Oct 29, 2006

Jaded Burnout posted:

I don't know much about sprayguns, but I get on fine with this compressor for infrequent use:
https://www.screwfix.com/p/impax-om227-24-cm2-proe3625-24ltr-electric-air-compressor-230v/4070v

It doesn't have a huge tank though, so take that into account with whatever stuff you use it on.

A bit piece of advice I received was to not use power extensions, and instead use long air hoses, so I picked up some reasonably priced on Amazon.

Thanks, that looks about what I was after. Will pick one up.
Advice about hoses is good, that would never have occurred to me. Cheers!

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trufflefoo
Oct 29, 2006

Jaded Burnout posted:

Specifically I grabbed this cheap accessory kit, this 15m hose, and this 30m hose.

The 15m hose required some adapters because it's BSP instead of quick-release "euro" adapter, but that wasn't so bad. Much more annoying was finding the right adapters for the nailguns I bought because I got them from the US (price inc. international shipping was still much cheaper than buying here). That saga is probably somewhere back in this very thread.

I think given I mostly want to use this for painting in my garage (and my driveway is right outside), I think the 15m hose is all I'll need. I'll grab that and the accessory kit.

Looks like an approriate spraygun, if anyone does have opinions (1.3mm + 18.mm LVLP).

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