air compressors

Any suggestions for a great air compressor for small to med. shop//

I bought a 60 gal upright from lowes. works great.

Do you use a DA with this.. This is the real test...

the question is, what will you be using it for. If only to pump up cornelius tanks....you dont need much of anything....if you are running lots of air tools, like impact wrenches and things....then your needs will be alot more!

Sorry! YOU ARE RIGHT

For AUTO BODY using a DA to sand....

It will run a DA no problem. Its a pretty big compressor, you dam sure cant tote it around!

yeah, I am not it will be a upright in my garage..

anything over a 20ga should be able to run a DA. I haven't seen a lot of body shop guys run it for more than 20-30 seconds at a time before stopping to look, so a 20ga could easily handle that

okay quick lesson on Air compressors. If you are running a DA you want something with a minimum of 2CFM. The tank size is somewhat of importance also becuase thats your reserve air. But if you buy a lowes $60 A/C the thing WILL NOT keep up with the DA for more than five minutes max then you have to wait another 3-5 for the pressure to build up. If you get a decent amount of CFM then it will keep up with tools more efficiently and it won't work as hard to build up and maintain pressure. Thats just my . Any haters feel free to reply and correct me

I said 60 gallon, not 60 dollar. it was around 500.00 bucks.

get a two stage compressor if you want to run equiptment all the time, the small ones will just make you mad.

I don't see where the confusion was

my bad I misread it...too early for me I guess. A two stage is the only way to go!

I've got a 30 gal unit with a 2 hp cast iron pump, I think it claims 5.5 scfm @90 psi or something like that. It's a Husky, they have that brand at Home Depot up here in beer country. I don't know much about compressors, but it never seems to have trouble keeping up with anything I've used (spray guns, polishes, etc). I think it was $600 Canadian regularly, I got it on sale though... I've used smaller ones with some of the detailing tools I have, sprayers, etc, and they're a pain in the ass. Always waiting on them. Buy a bigger one, it's worth it (a bigger tank on this one would be nice but this is more than enough for a small shop).