<VV> Air Compressors, smidgen of Corvair

[Dave Keillor]

There has been lots of advice on buying an air compressor, but no
mention of it being a bad idea to use it for drying bare metal parts.
Air from a compressor has a lot of water in it and unless you have a
really, really good drier, blowing it off with compressed air will
likely only exacerbate the rusting problem.  I recommend Eastwood's
Metal Wash for keeping bare metal from rusting until it's painted.  If
you're talking about internal engine parts, I'm not sure why they'd need
to be water-washed.

Dave Keillor
 

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[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Upham
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 11:45 AM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: <VV> Air Compressors, smidgen of Corvair

I'm going to need to buy an air compressor for the Corvairium II in 
order to blow dry the parts from the engine that need to be cleaned 
with soap and water and would otherwise rust.  I would like to plan for 
the future in the purchase, by getting a compressor that will serve my 
needs as far as using impact wrenches (to do jobs on the Monza), 
perhaps though not sure for spray painting house and car, and possibly 
operating a small nail gun.  I would like, if at all possible, to use 
the 110 outlet that is already in the garage, but would convert to 220 
if it made sense job wise and was something that might be possible for 
me to accomplish or not terribly expensive (- $100) for someone else to 
do.
I' looking at a Husky 15 gallon, 1.7 running hp (5 peak [doubt it]), 
with 5.1 SCFM @ 90 psi with a max of 150 psi.
Thoughts?

Stephen U

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