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I have a sandblasting business, I bought a M35A2 in Nov. Just tried
sandblasting it and the paint was hard to get off.
Did the cab and nose, it took almost 6 hrs to finsh. The cargo bed and the
frame, I took a needle gun to, and the paint just fell off. Much easer to
sandblast. If you are looking for a air compress that puts out a good
presser, go rent a Sulair compresser from a local equipment rental. 100 cfm
or more will be your best bet.
John Peterson
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> If you are going to sand blast anything sizeable, then the biggest air
compressor
> you can afford is about right! I have a 5 hp two stage that I use for
shop air,
> but when I sand blast I fire up my 10 hp two stage electric which puts out
about
> 36 CFM of air with a 120 gallon tank. (It's a three phase compressor
running off
> a phase converter to get three phase out of single phase power) I wish it
was
> larger! I use a ALC pressure blaster with a 3/16 nozzle. I wouldn't
think about
> sandblasting with less than a real 5 HP compressor with as big a tank as
you can
> get. A "real" 5 HP compressor draws about 23 amps at 220 volts. Sears
and others
> advertise "5HP" compressors that only draw about 16-17 amps at 220 volts.
That is
> not a real 5 HP compressor. It is physically impossible to get 5 HP from
16 amps
> at 220 volts. The manufactures stretch the truth incredibly. I don't
know how
> they can do that , but basically they are lying.
>
> Shop around. I'd check out Grainger, your local industrial air compressor
> suppliers, Northern Equipment, and other suppliers. Also, used
industrial air
> compressors are pretty common and cheap. Parts are generally readily
available
> for most popular industrial air compressors.
>
> Another idea is to just simply plan on renting a small gas powered air
compressor
> when you want to sand blast and just size your compressor for your tools.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Dave
>
> "William R. Benson" wrote:
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> > Hello all!
> >
> > There was quite a lively discussion of air compressors a while back.
> >
> > I was wondering if you all might once more lend me your opinions as to
the
> > minimum effective size/power I should be looking for. I plan on running
one
> > tool at a time, to include a sandblast setup.
> >
> > I was planning on going to Home Depot, but if anybody has a better
source for
> > compressors, please let me know.
> >
> > I'm in the Orange County CA area.
> >
> > Many thanks!
> >
> > Bill
> >
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