You can connect directly to the compressor if it is real close to the airbrush, but if you have a fairly long hose from the compressor to where you are painting it is much better to connect the moisture trap as close to the airbrush as possible. The reason being that the airhose can collect moisture in it from heat and pass that moisture on to your airbrush. If the moisture trap is connected directly to your airbrush hose then it collects water much better.
Is there anything solid like a workbench that you can mount the regulator/moisture trap to? That is how I had mine before I bought this silent compressor I have now.
They sell brackets similar to this one that the bowl of the regulator sits into:
I made one with a thin piece of 1/4" wood that I bored a hole into and then mounted it under the edge of a workbench with screws and then sat the regulator into the hole in the wood. I hope this helps some. [;)]
Thanks for the info on the hose line. As far as mounting the trap, I don’t have the means. Everything is portable or cardboard. I imagine if my spray booth (such as it is) was a little more solid, I could mount the trap there.
I got my compresser really cheap at Wal-mart. Its a Campbell-Hausfeld Quiet Air. It works great so far. It is also really easy to regulate the air pressure. I origanaly had the problem of it turning on it the middle of an airbrush session. But now I learned that I can just turn it off and when I see it getting low on pressure I just turn it back on and it doesn’t startle me.
I’ll say one thing for the Husky-- I like the fact that you can dial in what PSI you want to spray with-- but it far from quiet…I guess there won’t be any late night spray sessions…at least unless the tank is full [;)]
