Air Compressor for painting

[green 4 acres]

Originally Posted by jbrewer

Lacquer is looking better all the time!

or even the new water based type


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[toyman]

Originally Posted by Oak

Okay. I have a few questions.
1 -- If I use a fresh air system do you still wear a respirator? What if you paint outside?
2 -- Wear a Tyvek suit. What do you use on your hands and eyes?

My neibor is a painter at a dealership and he is telling me that the turbine system is the way to go. He told me the results are great, less paint waste and easy to use. Anybody use one of these?

1) a respirator will work, the issue is you need new/fresh cartridges each time you paint. They are not OSHA approved, since you won't smell the iso's when the cartridges expire. Ie: not recommended. You will still have exposure outside, the next day in the garage while the paint is off-gassing, and even while you're mixing the paint reducer and catalyst.

2) I paint with a hood. With a decent exhaust visibility is good. I also wear nitriles gloves.

I am not an expert on the tubine systems, but my understanding is that they don't work well with conventional paint systems (non-water based paints) due to the heat buildup in the airline due to the turbine. My construction company uses a turbine to spray water based poly with excellent results.

Tyvek suits or paint suits keep the solvents from your skin, which readily absorbs the iso. Long sleeves/jeans will keep the color off of you but won't do anything to keep the iso from entering your skin.

Understand that I didn't always follow these safety precautions. I didn't die, but again when I'm around these solvents unprotected I have asthma type symptoms. I'm painting 2 trucks this weekend for one of my companies in a spray booth I had installed last summer, the booth is amazing. Wish I had a booth years ago.