Sonnie Layne
05-11-2001, 04:35 AM
I'm posting this to the brains-that-be who seem to frequent this site. Or even you, Juan!!
I'm gearing up to power my pneumatic tools with compressed CO2. Opted over N because of availability/relative cost. I've dealt with the pressure differentials via a used oxygen regulator. My next concern is, since I can get enough volume to spray paint a kitchen or two from one larger bottle, how much an issue is the expected carbonic acid to the make-up of different types of finishes? Would an in-line dryer take care of it? Are there other reactions to consider? And will 50' of 1/2" copper coil be enough to adjust the temperature of the expanding CO2?
I'm sick and tired of loading up the two-man compressors by myself back and forth to a job-site only to find that their bulk and heft don't prevent them from walking off the job site. 10 lbs. of CO2 will provide enough energy to install a hardwood floor. I'm considering a 50 or 90 lb. bottle for on-site cabinet/stair finishing.
Any nibbles?? Thought for sure I'd get a response from the paint manufacturers, got any pregnant ideas as to where else I may find the answers? I've threatened to try it out here at home, but my sweetheart fears explosions and massive catastrophe. If she could just watch me lay tile some day!!!
Oh, and by the way. I did hire one more guy last week. Remodel stuff, we had all the saws (including the wet-saw) plugged in in the back yard. He was making some cuts for me on the wet saw. Not intricate stuff. Anyway, I'm there on my knees between the plumbing inspector and the designer setting the last few pieces of tile on the kitchen floor and I hear this really BAD noise from the back yard.
Had to go see... just HAD to. Seems someone had unplugged the wet saw, and since it was the last little cut, the guy thought he'd use the Hitachi miter saw to make it. "I cut real slow" he said. Sounded like a tornado cutting through a Led Zeppelin concert!!! Only cost a saw blade, what's a hundred bucks, eh??
The job turned out wonderfully, I was too embarassed to admit the incident to anyone present. It's only since putting it in writing here today that I see the humour.
Hope someone can point me concerning the CO2. Hey John, didn't you mention you needed a new paint job on your truck?
We could try it out, whatcha say?
I'm gearing up to power my pneumatic tools with compressed CO2. Opted over N because of availability/relative cost. I've dealt with the pressure differentials via a used oxygen regulator. My next concern is, since I can get enough volume to spray paint a kitchen or two from one larger bottle, how much an issue is the expected carbonic acid to the make-up of different types of finishes? Would an in-line dryer take care of it? Are there other reactions to consider? And will 50' of 1/2" copper coil be enough to adjust the temperature of the expanding CO2?
I'm sick and tired of loading up the two-man compressors by myself back and forth to a job-site only to find that their bulk and heft don't prevent them from walking off the job site. 10 lbs. of CO2 will provide enough energy to install a hardwood floor. I'm considering a 50 or 90 lb. bottle for on-site cabinet/stair finishing.
Any nibbles?? Thought for sure I'd get a response from the paint manufacturers, got any pregnant ideas as to where else I may find the answers? I've threatened to try it out here at home, but my sweetheart fears explosions and massive catastrophe. If she could just watch me lay tile some day!!!
Oh, and by the way. I did hire one more guy last week. Remodel stuff, we had all the saws (including the wet-saw) plugged in in the back yard. He was making some cuts for me on the wet saw. Not intricate stuff. Anyway, I'm there on my knees between the plumbing inspector and the designer setting the last few pieces of tile on the kitchen floor and I hear this really BAD noise from the back yard.
Had to go see... just HAD to. Seems someone had unplugged the wet saw, and since it was the last little cut, the guy thought he'd use the Hitachi miter saw to make it. "I cut real slow" he said. Sounded like a tornado cutting through a Led Zeppelin concert!!! Only cost a saw blade, what's a hundred bucks, eh??
The job turned out wonderfully, I was too embarassed to admit the incident to anyone present. It's only since putting it in writing here today that I see the humour.
Hope someone can point me concerning the CO2. Hey John, didn't you mention you needed a new paint job on your truck?
We could try it out, whatcha say?