Filters for painting and air tools

by Herb Frye
(Hopewell Township, PA)

I bought a used compressor that I want to use for some painting and also run air tools.

It dose not have any kind of filters. I looked at a filter that was dual for removing water dirt etc. but also added oil for air tools.

I don’t want oil in my paint. Do I need separate filters and a separate lubricator? Do I need to use separate air hoses etc.?

Herb

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Bill says...

Hello Herb. Thanks for visiting.

Plumb the discharge line from your compressor into a manifold.

Take one feed from the manifold through a general purpose air filter to your air tools.

Take another feed to your spray paint equipment. Upstream from the spray gun, install a coalescent air filter to remove any transient oil that's coming from the air compressor.

You might consider an in-line compressed air drier next, and then plug that into your air tool lubricator, which should be installed right before your air tool.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Bill