Airless spray paint appliers

[Kelsey Cooter]

G'day fellas are any of you blokes familiar with the differences between airless vs air paint guns?
Where I live I have to deal with extreme humidity, so when painting farm implements etc I'm having to deal with alot of water in the compressed air.

I've been looking at options for dyi air coolers/driers and even looked at proper refrigeration air driers but I only do a small amount of painting and its only farm gear so would I be best off going with an airless spray painter?

Cheers!

[Wallaby stew]

The price of good quality airless spray units has come right down in recent years to where they would be a lot cheaper than buying a compressor and hoses etc and cheap compressors don't last long but if you're only doing small jobs have a look at the Wagner airless sprayers, just a plug in, hand held jobby, but you need to clean them out really well, leave some oil in the little plunger cause they gum up badly.

[bladeracer]

G'day fellas are any of you blokes familiar with the differences between airless vs air paint guns?
Where I live I have to deal with extreme humidity, so when painting farm implements etc I'm having to deal with a lot of water in the compressed air.

I've been looking at options for dyi air coolers/driers and even looked at proper refrigeration air driers but I only do a small amount of painting and its only farm gear so would I be best off going with an airless spray painter?

Cheers!

Not recently, but I used airless spray to paint pergolas and roofs back in the '90's. Gives a good thick coat, but I found it didn't really adhere to the surfaces very well, it tends to peel off in large sections. Maybe the equipment and the paint have improved but I haven't tried them again. For stuff on the farm I prefer a brush, lets me get the paint in where it needs to be, and I picked up some gallon cans of red Killrust paint ludicrously cheap a few years ago

[Kelsey Cooter]

Cheers, I've heard that before about the paint pealing, makes me a bit shy about going that way