combat_sri
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
Location: welwyn garden city,herts
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me and my mate have just ordered one aswell as a gravity fed gun and a length of hose. now as we both have never used one before can someone give me a quick run through of what to do? by the way its an oilfree compressor.
cheers
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-Aliba-
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Registered: 15th Apr 02
Location: Ayrshire
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1st thing to do is rid out your garage!
Cover all other stuff up etc.... get it as tidy i.e. dust free as possible.
Worst comes to worst, pour a bucket of water on the ground before you start spraying as to hopefully trap the dust down.
Its basically a learning process.
Dont think we'll be able to give you a step-by-step etc....
What size/power of compressor have you got aswell as gun????
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combat_sri
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
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only quite cheap gear but its only to practise with
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=000110205&r=2007&g=102
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=000510200&r=2013&g=103
will they be ok ?
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-Aliba-
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Depends on what you intend doing.
The compressor is quite small, unsure as to whether it will be able to give the gun a constant air feed though..... ask KrisTD (thats if he doesnt post in here).
I got myself a compressor and 2 guns off a guy on ebay.
Compressor : 2.5 hp 50lts
Guns: Think they are Iwata's (top and bottom coat guns). Apparently quite good so the guy says.
All for a full £142 
The joys of ebay
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combat_sri
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
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well its only for practising on panels on an old nova which is not driven,so far ive taken one of the wings off,knocked the dents out,filled and smoothed it off so now its just the spraying that needs to be done,thats the kind of thing ill be using it for
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Screaming Vtec
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Registered: 29th Jul 03
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Ive just finished spraying the G/f Corsa..
If I had known what a pain in the arse it is, I wouldnt have bothered 
The spraying aint too bad, its the filling I kept cocking up, I thought it was smooth, then you put paint on and argh... 
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Kris TD
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: Ware, Hertfordshire
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wayne, come come round mine, spray in my garage all the time, dont bother soaking the floor or ridding of dust, never get it on the paint anyway. u can use rubbing compound to remove stuff anyway.
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combat_sri
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thanks kris,i got a different compressor now,much better then that other one, where did you say you get your paint from kris? how much roughly is it for primer,thiners,solid top coats etc?
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Kris TD
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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car spares in cheshunt. depends on wat paint primer etc... u want, all varies.
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STEvieXE
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Registered: 21st Jan 03
Location: Ballymena N.I.
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if ur going to do any serious spraying ull need at least 150litre compressor to run ur DAs and give ur gun a steady stream. then mostly theres not alot of difference in price between 150litre and 200litre. up to u.
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Kris TD
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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we now have 2 compressors and 2 tanks all linked in series, works much better now than it did.
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corb
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Registered: 24th Apr 02
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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never saw this before i posted in GC! Kris, can u get hold of compressors for people??
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