Air Compressor For Painting Car Parts. So this air pressure is good for painting medium to large automotive parts. The air pressure varies from 10 to 25 psi, and a 10 horsepower compressor should suffice.
It isn’t the size of the gun but the volume of air available and minimum pressure that can be usable, since a spray gun will use up to 80 litres per minute (depending on your gun) at a pressure that’s a minimum of 20 psi and a compressor can only go to a little over 100 psi you can appreciate that a 200 litre tank is not going to allow much painting time. Here i’ll instruct you about how to use a paint sprayer with an air compressor. Tools like an air nailer only requires air for a very short time and doesn’t suck the air down like a paint gun.
That’s why you have to use an air compressor connected with a paint sprayer.
So this air pressure is good for painting medium to large automotive parts. And the air delivery of this air compressor is 2.2o cfm @ 90 ps & 3.10 cfm @ 40. Ad cars, vans, trucks & suvs diy. The tricky part€¦ yes, you can paint the car in steps (same day) with a smaller air compressor but you may run into problems with overspray on the clear coat stage.