Canned air or (Sources for cheap `strong puffs of wind'???)

[Tim Ressel]

As a long time airbrusher, I can tell you the CO2 method works very well. A 20
pound tank lasts me a month of heavy use, and costs about $7 to fill. The only
bad side I've seen is the regulator tends to ice up during heavy use. My cheapo
regulator gets weird when it ices up. A small box fan blowing on it fixed the
problem.

Tim Ressel -- Hardware DQ
Hewlett-Packard
Verifone Division
916-630-2541
tim_r1 at verifone.com



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> From: 	KA4HJH[SMTP:ka4hjh at gte.net]
> Sent: 	Friday, July 16, 1999 11:58 AM
> To: 	synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl
> Subject: 	RE: Canned air or (Sources for cheap `strong puffs of wind'???)
> 
> >Y-ellow Y'all.
> >	I don't know if this helps or not but a friend of mine, who use to do
> >air-brushing, use to use an old car inner-tube.
> 
> This works in a pinch but it's a bitch if it's unregulated.
> 
> The best air source for airbrushing is a CO2 tank (with regulator). Lasts a
> long time, chemically inert, dry as a bone (throw away the moisture trap).
> They make small tanks, too.
> 
> At least an inner-tube is light. I had to use a f--oops, this is going
> to...--a stupid SPARE TIRE which weighed a ton.
> 
> Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
> "The Mac Doctor"
>