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Originally Posted by mattC2993
For painting and body working air tools you need 5 hp with an 80 gallon tank minimum. THis will be a 220 volt machine. I can spray small areas and run a DA sander for a few minutes on a 1.5 hp with 26 gallon tank.
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Again look at the gun you want and the cfm rating of the compresor. Some 110 volt units used to say 5 hp.
for a typical home shop I would get a portable 220 volt belt drive.
Are you really going to do some serious car painting? those HVLP guns are a killer. Maybe you could buy another cheap compressor off craiglist and hook them in parallel for paint.
I was told this one is barely adequate for a quality hvlp gun. When the tank is at 40 psi it sucks in 16.5 cubic feet of air. It also requires a 30 amp breaker. That pankake compressor you first mentioned does 0.5.
5 HP, 60 Gallon, 165 PSI Two Stage Air Compressor