Hi Todd,
Jeff often recommends the PC 6025 as a good compressor for most spraying. Add
the price of one of these to one of Jeff's guns and compare it to the price of
HVLP turbine units he sells. Oh yes, for the compressor option don't forget to
include the price of a regulator and a couple of filters. The price of a
coalescing filter made me go for the turbine. If you plan to spray mainly latex
paint go with the compressor and the appropriate gun. Cheers, JG

http://www.homesteadfinishing.com/

todd wrote:

I'm in the process of building kitchen cabinets and I'd really like to spray
a finish on them. Plus, I'd really like to get into spraying in general. I
had a nice talk with Jeff Jewitt today mostly about HVLP conversion guns.
The key piece of data I was missing, however, was the CFM of my existing
compressor. After getting home and looking at it, I still don't know. I've
had the thing a lot longer than I've been woodworking and it wasn't anywhere
near the top of the line then. The operator manual I have doesn't have the
specs as it relates to CFM, but I'm not real hopeful. It's a Coleman Black
Max 20 gal/5HP single-stage, direct drive model. Unless someone knows
different, I'm betting it's in the 4-6CFM range, which isn't really going to
get the job done, spraying-wise (AFAIK).

So, I'm open to suggestions. Other than spraying, there's really nothing
pushing me to replace the compressor. If I get a compressor with enough CFM
to do the job plus a decent gun, am I going to be getting into turbine HVLP
rig range price-wise?

todd