Workshop questions
Discussion
1) What kind of paint would you paint the workshop floor with? At the moment it's just concrete, I want something easy to keep clean and looking tidy.
2) I want to buy a compressor, doesn't have to be overly professional. What parameters are important? I know nothing about it. I want to undo few wheel nuts, paint something from time to time etc. And it should be not too loud if possible.
2) I want to buy a compressor, doesn't have to be overly professional. What parameters are important? I know nothing about it. I want to undo few wheel nuts, paint something from time to time etc. And it should be not too loud if possible.
Bill said:
1) Floor paint. No point trying anything else but it's essential for keeping the dust down.
So just a standard one like this will do? : http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detai...I painted the floor with B&Q Garage Floor Paint and the breeze block walls with ordinary white emulsion. The floor paint is fairly durable but will fade with time especially where the tyres sit but I've only repainted twice in 15 years.
My only concern is I quite fancy tiling it in checkerboard style and am not sure if the adhesion of tiles will be affected by it.
My only concern is I quite fancy tiling it in checkerboard style and am not sure if the adhesion of tiles will be affected by it.
You'll need quite a big compressor to drive a rattle gun, and they tend to be noisy to the extent that you will need remarkably tolerant (or distant) neighbours.
Given you can buy fairly decent rechargeable impact guns for less than half of what you would spend on a tolerable compressor, that's what I'd do unless the painting is important. If your painting is likely to be limited to fairly small items, one of the little 'hobby' compressors that look like they've come out the back of fridge might do the job, with the added advantage of being quiet.
Given you can buy fairly decent rechargeable impact guns for less than half of what you would spend on a tolerable compressor, that's what I'd do unless the painting is important. If your painting is likely to be limited to fairly small items, one of the little 'hobby' compressors that look like they've come out the back of fridge might do the job, with the added advantage of being quiet.
Should be ok for undoing a few wheelnuts, but (novelty factor aside) it's debatable whether it's worth switching it on for a small task. By the time you've waited for the tank to fill up you could have cracked the wheelnuts off with a breaker bar and be on to the next task.
I only tended to use mine if I was doing something that involved significant dismantling, the idea being to increase the amount of work I could do in a session without aching all over the next day. Unfortunately, I found that I was spending too long waiting for the compressor to fill the tank so the convenience of the tools was outweighed by impatience with waiting and annoyance at the huge racket the thing makes so it is now seldom used. The air chisel is still mightily cool (and without substitute) for breaking welds and so on, but makes an absolutely ear shattering noise whilst it's about it.
I only tended to use mine if I was doing something that involved significant dismantling, the idea being to increase the amount of work I could do in a session without aching all over the next day. Unfortunately, I found that I was spending too long waiting for the compressor to fill the tank so the convenience of the tools was outweighed by impatience with waiting and annoyance at the huge racket the thing makes so it is now seldom used. The air chisel is still mightily cool (and without substitute) for breaking welds and so on, but makes an absolutely ear shattering noise whilst it's about it.
Get the best compressor you can afford, its worth it in the long run if you are actually going to use it for spraying etc (from memory you want at least a 100 litre tank for spraying to keep a constant flow when doing big panels). They are really easy to sell on as well if you find yourself not using it, I got £40 less for mine than I paid for it when I sold it 4 years on 
Electric impact guns are ok for undoing wheelnuts but if you want a decent one that will bust off crankbolts etc then you are looking at £400'ish just for the gun and batteries, for half that you will get a decent air powered one that will undo pretty much anything.
Electric impact guns are ok for undoing wheelnuts but if you want a decent one that will bust off crankbolts etc then you are looking at £400'ish just for the gun and batteries, for half that you will get a decent air powered one that will undo pretty much anything.
Possibly worth adding at this point that the cheapo windy guns you buy in Machine Mart seem to be fairly short lived - mine lost its ability to undo really tight nuts after a few months, even with the air pressure turned up to levels that were verging on unwise. I suspect a knackered 'o' ring inside it or something of that nature - I shall have it to bits next time I can muster sufficient interest.
Probably my fault anyway; I've bought some in-line oilers now, but had been periodically dribbling a bit of oil into the air intake from the little bottle that was supplied with it, just as the instructions said to. Doesn't seem a particularly good method really.
Probably my fault anyway; I've bought some in-line oilers now, but had been periodically dribbling a bit of oil into the air intake from the little bottle that was supplied with it, just as the instructions said to. Doesn't seem a particularly good method really.
Got me looking at guns, something like this is not overly expensive but should last you a lifetime of home use and will do most things you ask of it http://www.powertoolsalesuk.com/p/airtools/airimpa...
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