painting

[jakemersing]

do you guys know of a good painting set up for cheap i mean air compressor, regulators, and paint gun for under 250 dollars

 

[rustyj14]

Many years ago, i had a small air compressor, called a Diaphragm Compressor. It put out enough air to operate a "bleeder" type of air spray gun, that used about 30 lbs of air to paint with it. The gun, when in operating condition, bled air out the nozzle when not spraying, but worked ok for small jobs.
I think the gun was a Binks Model J, but that was long ago.
After a lot of experience in the trade, i learned about the equipment needed for first class work, and bought accordingly for home use.
My compressor is large enough to run air tools, spray all kinds of paint, etc. It has the 16 h.p. electric motor on it, so that will give you some idea of what you might need.
The main thing to consider is NOT how high it will go in air pressure! Even the ElCheapo air compressors will pump up to at least 100 lbs, but won't stay there very long, under use. What really counts is Cubic feet per minute! That tells you how long the compressor will keep up to your spray gun.
My advice is to go to a place that sells auto body shop supplies, tell them what you want to know about spray painting, and find out how much you might have to invest, overall.
The only way i know to do the job on the cheap, is to use those sponge-type brushes.
you might investigate a Wagner Power Painter, but those are mainly used for house paints and painting.

 

[SWMO]

For the amount of money you are wanting to spend, just go to Harbor Freight.com and have a look around. Their paint guns aren"t a bad buy. From $30.00 to $100.00 they will do a very good job. Air compressors from $250.00 and up, but the more cfms the better. Make sure the air compressor will handle the cfms for the type of paint gun you would be buying.