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Pressure regulators for airbrushing.2
np328
Lester,
since we know each other personally, and are local to one another, may I start an offshoot of this thread with you. And I seem to recall you had a background of dealing with numbers so....
Could you state in general terms, the cost (minus the airbrush since those are personal choices) of the set up for a compressed air arrangement. Others can chime in also, please.
Set the cost long term say over five years so the tank pressure test costs can be rolled in.
TIA, Jim Dick - St. Paul
ROGER HINMAN
I've been using CO2 tanks for at least 10 years now; the initial cost was around $200 for the regulator and valves, but the recurring cost is around $20-30 a tank. My local dealer takes in the empty one and gives me a full tank. I'm not a full time painter and I get a couple of years or more out of a tank.
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From: jcdworkingonthenp@... [STMFC]
To: STMFC
Sent: Tue, Apr 25, 2017 1:28 pm
Subject: [STMFC] Re: Pressure regulators for airbrushing.2
Lester,
since we know each other personally, and are local to one another, may I start an offshoot of this thread with you. And I seem to recall you had a background of dealing with numbers so....
Could you state in general terms, the cost (minus the airbrush since those are personal choices) of the set up for a compressed air arrangement. Others can chime in also, please.
Set the cost long term say over five years so the tank pressure test costs can be rolled
in.
TIA, Jim Dick - St. Paul
frograbbit602
Jim I know 1999 was the year of purchase for my first tank and regulator; however, as for price I have to go on memory as I can not find purchase price in my records. I am guessing around $175 for a five pound bottle, regulator, and fittings to fit air brush hose. As you remove the regulator ( mine reads 0-60 psi ) when you take the tank in for refill or exchange I still have the original regulator. The tank once empty has been refilled or exchanged for a new one when it no longer met pressure test specs. If tank exchanged I would ask for a clean tank which I was always able to obtain. As for tank refill price I have records that show I paid $ 9.71 for my first refill in 1999 and $25.00 for my last in 2016.
Lester Breuer
Lester Breuer