Quote Originally Posted by jyardgirl
thanks maxx and denny. I think that i will take him up on it. if nothing else Charlie and I can learn to airbrush with it. and it gives me a excuse to buy new tools to play with
That is a good deal IMO. No question that a big compressor is one of the nicest tools to have in a garage, but that doesn't mean you can't do just fine with a smaller one. For years I only had a 20 gallon 1.5 HP Sears rollaround compressor, and I painted lots of stuff with it........cars and boats. I even Imroned my 27 foot cruiser with it. Yes, it did run pretty much constantly, but it did the job.

Stuff like sandblasting was the problem........I would have to stop and wait for it to catch up most of the time. We next moved up to two 60 gallon 6 HP ones, and they lasted us for a few years til we wore them out. My present one is one 60 gallon tank with a three cylinder compressor and huge 5 hp motor.......it does just fine.

But right in the middle of painting my Kids T the motor crapped out, so we went to Harbor Freight and bought one of their $ 149 on sale compressors, and it got us through the job, and we used it for the next month until the new motor came in and was installed on our big unit.

Bottom line, you will have lots of jobs you will be able to do sucessfully with the one you are talking about.

Don