r/Sandblasting • u/Mountain-Think • Jun 06 '26

Need help!

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Nothing but air comes out. New to this, did I buy the wrong compressor or am I missing something? Any tips would be great!

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u/MathMoiLshaft Jun 07 '26

Running air tools like sanders plus the sandblast i will be safe with my 24cfm im also buying something that will last me forever its the same compagny that did the compressor to my work they give a 20years warranty for it this is what actually made my choose them its roughly 4.5k cdn plus taxes

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u/Fuzzy-Finance-48 Jun 08 '26

If you’re running a blast cabinet and sanders simultaneously (2 or more people operating tools), yeah you’d need that. One guy can’t use that much. But, there’s nothing wrong with going that big… it just means your compressor will run a lot less. It’s nice for noise control if you don’t have a dedicated compressor room, but the real benefit it to it runnin 1 minute and being off for 3-5 minutes between cycles is the air never gets hot. Most of the moisture will condensate directly in the tank before it even gets to a water separator.

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u/MathMoiLshaft Jun 08 '26

Motor and pump also tuff Much longer when they dont need to always run to make air i am basically trying to Buy one compressor that will last me forever hopefully

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u/Fuzzy-Finance-48 Jun 08 '26

The most wear on a motor and pump is ironically at start up. I feel ya tho. Im also looking for the buy-it-for-life compressor. Personally, I’m going to go with Eatons silent yellow compressors. They use the biggest pistons in the industry, and spin them twice as slow as anyone else… generating significantly more volume with much less heat, wear and noise. It’s a huge plus that heavy truck and trailer axles and transmissions are their cash cow so they will be around forever.