Dean Jenkins
Promoted Users
My air distribution and filtering system needed to be upgraded.
There was an earlier thread from Chris Hamilton about the Arrow desiccant canister and that was very helpful.
I ended up re-doing my whole system.
3/4 inch PEX straight from the compressor to the paint booth and then put in the Arrow 5-stage system, which included the desiccant canister.
1/2 inch Flexilla hose, with Flexilla 3/8 inch NTP, high flow connectors.
That ought to get clean, dry air at max CFM to the gun!
Yeah, a 36 inch drip leg is excessive, but I wanted to get it close to the ground so I could bleed off most of the pressure and then catch the water in a bucket rather than making a mess . . .
I tee'd a leg off of the 3/4 inch PEX to a separate area of the shop, for pneumatic tools. That leg has it's own simpler filter/water trap/regulator.
We'll see how it works!
There was an earlier thread from Chris Hamilton about the Arrow desiccant canister and that was very helpful.
I ended up re-doing my whole system.
3/4 inch PEX straight from the compressor to the paint booth and then put in the Arrow 5-stage system, which included the desiccant canister.
Arrow StageAir Desiccant Dryer C7612XL, Zinc & Aluminum Bowl, 1/2" NPT, 250 PSI
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1/2 inch Flexilla hose, with Flexilla 3/8 inch NTP, high flow connectors.
That ought to get clean, dry air at max CFM to the gun!
Yeah, a 36 inch drip leg is excessive, but I wanted to get it close to the ground so I could bleed off most of the pressure and then catch the water in a bucket rather than making a mess . . .
I tee'd a leg off of the 3/4 inch PEX to a separate area of the shop, for pneumatic tools. That leg has it's own simpler filter/water trap/regulator.
We'll see how it works!