Air tank success at last

[FJ and G]

Dave,

A buddy of mine got a humongous tank that's 9 CFI for $300 at Home Depot (wish I had). It came with a huge assortment of accesories, from cutoff wheels, grinders, painters, nailer, touch up painters, wrachet etc etc etc. The accessories alone I estimate at $150 so basically, he got all of that for $50 more than I paid ($100) for mine.

Would have come in much handier when I was finishing my basement.

Oh well!

Anway, the tank shook the whole house with the noise it made and took a while to fill up. The top of the tank got really hot from all that air sucking into it.

Is a bright red tank and looks so pretty, if I had it, I'd set it in middle of my living room as furniture decor.

[nitroboy]

I close mine after draining. I don't think it matters. I also put my moisture trap as close to my air brush conector as I could. That way I get all the moisture, even in the lines. I don't think it matters to much on smaller compressors, I have a large 60 gallon compressor that I also use for air tools and my sand blasting cabinet.

[FJ and G]

Following Chief's advice, went to Sears and got a moisture inhibitor for my Sears 1.5 gal 150psi air compressor. It needed a reducing bushing, which they had in stock.

Cost.

Moisture inhibitor: $26
bushing $5

The only other question I have is when I drain the air from the tank's pet ****, should I then close the valve or leave it open until the next airbrush operation?