Best Air Compressor for Garage Use?!?!?

I just found a brand NEW Kobolt 26 gal. on CL. Came with a 50 piece tool kit too for $150. Its oil less but it sure beats the 2 gal pancake i've been using to fill car, atv & motorcycle tires. :S Its a little loud but for that price who cares........

Well i seen pics of the unit. It is old and is rigged up for more gallons with an external tank. Looks kinda sloppy and it is a horizontal unit 22ov. I am looking for a 110V Stand-up unit. I think I wil just try a Harbor Freight one. Craigs List is readily available in these parts of Kansas so traveling to get something is out of the question.

When looking for a compressor to use for soda blasting, aside from cfm, what pressure is required?

www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=94667

www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=99925

Yep, the red one is the one I'll probably get.

Galactica wrote:

When looking for a compressor to use for soda blasting, aside from cfm, what pressure is required?

I found my setup worked better at 90 psi. they all build enough pressure it just the cfm that you need to be concerned with.

That looks like a good deal on the red one......

So for soda blasting, best to look for max cfm @ 90 psi.

Galactica wrote:

So for soda blasting, best to look for max cfm @ 90 psi.

You definitely want a large cfm for blasting, and a two stage pump would be a plus if you couldn't get your hands on a vane type pump. They're designed for continuous output.

I really like what I've got. Ingersoll Rand portable air compressor. They have more heavy duty ones too.
Check out the website IR Air Compressor

i just bought a craftsman 30 gallon vertical compressor about a week ago. it was 300 and works for medium duty use with the cut off tool.

If you plan on plumbing the compressor in the garage/shop, avoid using the PVC pipe, if you do, it's potential bomb waiting to go off. Spend the money and get the thick walled copper pipe and the fittings. I've heard/read the PEX lines have been used for an air supply, but I don't know the pressure limits.

Black iron pipe has been used, but I don't like the rusting potential after a few years, besides, most black iron pipe is made in China and leaks big time unless you get a pipe tap and die and re-do the threads.

www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/general/co...distribution-208613/

www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/general/pex-air-line-192203/