PAINT-QUALITY
COMPRESSED AIR

THE AIR-QUALITY LAYERS

No sizing calculations here — capacity and specification conversations belong with your equipment vendor and the manufacturer's requirements.

WHY AIR IS A REFINISH DECISION

Every refinish defect that traces back to the air line is rework — booth hours lost to a finish that has to be redone. Shops that plan drying, filtration and distribution as part of the refinish system treat air the way they treat the booth: equipment with a job to do, not plumbing that happens to exist.

It's also a scalability decision: a shop adding prep stations and curing equipment is adding air demand, and the air system has to be planned for the refinish operation it will run, not just the one it runs today.

ALUMINUM AND HIGH-TECH COATINGS

Shops taking on aluminum work or modern coating systems generally hold their air to the strictest standard in the building — another reason the air-quality layers travel with the rest of an aluminum or refinish equipment package. Your vendor's guidance on air quality for the coatings you run is part of the quote conversation.

QUOTES & FINANCING

Ask your vendor for an itemized quote covering the dryer, filtration stages, distribution and connection hardware, and the compressor where it's part of the project. Air equipment is commonly financed with booth, prep, mixing and extraction equipment as one refinish package.