Differences in Air Compressor Sprayers
Just wondering if there is anyone here that is familiar with painting cars and houses/wood, etc. I've always had this question in the back of my head. Is there a difference in the sprayers to paint a car vs wood, drywall, etc. I'm talking sprayers that plug into a regular air compressor only. I know all the piston pump sprayers and whatnot that have their own compressor unit included, are totally different.
compressor is not the difference
I have a 4hp 13 gal CHP compressor that I use for all sorts of things - including powering a conversion spray gun. The gun you chose is important if you want to spray a range of viscosities: be sure that your compressor can output the CFM required for the gun. My gun is an Astro (AOM) X-200 series with a range of tips from 1mm to 2 mm. The 1mm is great for thin paint (waterborne pigmented lacquer) and the 2mm for relatively thick primer. The very thick paint will need to be thinned in most cases. In his book (try Amazon) Andy Charron recommends thinning 10% at a time to get rid of problems with thick paint - like acrylic latex. So if your compressor will power the gun, there really is no difference between using a compressor for car paint and wood paint. You must, of course, be sure that oil and water do not get to the gun and paint pot.
Forrest