03-04-2019, 08:01 AM
Hi Peter
I wouldn't be tempted by a "deal" with hose and accessories included. I bought a new accessory pack from a well known auction site after I had bought my 50 litre compressor second hand. The hose was very cheap and nasty and the spray gun fell to bits on its first use.
I called in on my local builders merchant / garden machine shop and they supplied me with a long rubber type hose some excellent tools and quick change sockets. They also advised the use of PTFE tape on all screwed connections.
I endorse all the comments on the thread about air rates. I have an Aldi steel cutter that works... but only for a few seconds at a time before the air runs out.
Finally if you are spraying it is worth getting one or more water traps. I have one on the compressor and one on the gun. I was very surprised how much condensation and water forms in the bowls.
Good luck
Howard
I wouldn't be tempted by a "deal" with hose and accessories included. I bought a new accessory pack from a well known auction site after I had bought my 50 litre compressor second hand. The hose was very cheap and nasty and the spray gun fell to bits on its first use.
I called in on my local builders merchant / garden machine shop and they supplied me with a long rubber type hose some excellent tools and quick change sockets. They also advised the use of PTFE tape on all screwed connections.
I endorse all the comments on the thread about air rates. I have an Aldi steel cutter that works... but only for a few seconds at a time before the air runs out.
Finally if you are spraying it is worth getting one or more water traps. I have one on the compressor and one on the gun. I was very surprised how much condensation and water forms in the bowls.
Good luck
Howard