Can you use a "regular" /shop / large air compressor for an airbrush?
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- čas přidán 28. 03. 2021
- Can you use a large shop air compressor for airbrushing?
Turns out, you can. This video will go over my setup to adapt my 30 gallon shop compressor to airbrushing. I touch on what you need to do this and the pros and cons.
I also tested how long I can get a constant flow of air from the brush before the compressor needed to be refilled - it’s a long time(don’t worry I time lapsed it 60x).
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All parts used in this setup -
PneumaticPlus ½ NPT compressor air filter/moisture trap -
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
½ NPT to ¼ NPT reducers (for ½ NPT moisture trap) -
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
PneumaticPlus ¼ NPT compressor air filter/moisture trap -
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
25’ air hose - Campbell-Hausfeld -
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
Ball Value ¼ NPT -
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
Compressor ¼ NPT quick-disconnect kit -
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
Mr Hobby inline dust and moisture trap - spraygunner.com/dust-and-drai...
This looks like the newer version of the air compressor I have (mines about 8 years old) but obviously like I said, any compressor will do.
www.lowes.com/pd/Kobalt-KOBAL...
Harbor Freight has some decent size compressors for good prices with good reviews.
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Yep, i use a large shop compressor for airbrushing scale models too, just gotta dial down the pressure and add a really nice inline filter.
I run a 60 gallon 2 stage 150 psi compressor for all my air tools and it's plumbed into house to the model room good air regulators and filters are a must gives me clean dry air for airbrushing 15 to 30 psi and nice and quiet since the compressor is in its own room.
i have a big compressor like this and ive been thinking about getting into airbrushing, so it's great to know i won't have to buy a completely new piece of equipment
Yes you can . Just buy a few reducing parts .
Thank you for the video, very informative! Not setting this up yet but will be soon.
Dude, this is exactly what I was looking for. This is fantastic. Why are you not making more CZcams videos?
Super useful! Thank you!
Great video, I’ll be doing this set up tonight. Got tired of mini compressor running non-stop.
Thank you very much - you solved my problem. I have big compressor and now I know how to use it with my paintbrush tool ! Thank you !!!!!!!
I got a pancake air compressor I'm gonna try to use.
Been using one for decades, put a water trap on it. Still use it to blow up tires and sandblasting. Only problem was the noise.
Thanks for confirming this, I have a 30 gal too and was wondering if I could just do this.
My small compressor went kaput tonight. Dude, I have my garage organized just like yours and a Vader shirt. Wanna be friends? lol I appreciate the video, great info.
Air is air, as long as you can turn the pressure down everything works...
Was hoping to get a look at and a description of the adapters you used. I'm thinking i'd need to run a typical airbrush hose down to an adapter to change the airbrush hose's 1/8" female to 1/4" disconnect male, then pop my 5/8" compressor hose with the 1/4" female quick connect to it. Would probably be weird to put a quick connect adapter directly on a little airbrush :P
thank you for this video i got a little car scale model and i have to paint it i know i have a air compressor but i was not sure i could use it as 100psi sounds like to much for that little brush i know that i can change the air to not be as pressurizes so thank you for this.
That’s what I’m talking about. Are all the airbrushes 1/4 bsp
I just found your video, because i am using an air assist, and its pretty same to this flow rate you use here. 20-25psi = 1.4-1,7 bar. But my compressor has 50l tank, 10bar max, kicks in at 6bar. That like every 5 minutes, and aside its annoying, i also worry about the compressor itself.
If you have a regulater somewere between the compresser and airbrush to keep at say 20 lb., but keep the compesser at say 60 lb. Or more, you could prob run the brush for a lot, lot longer befor it has to run. I had an uncle who used a large compresser in his garadge to run air bubblers in auqariums in the house. I thought it would end up killing the fish with oil in the air, but they had those fish for years
wait so did you have the Dru Blair spring in the Iwata Hiline Hp-Ch?