Recommend me a compressor

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I'm after a compressor and associated kit to do some soda blasting. What size of compressor would the community recommend? I think I'm correct in thinking that belt driven, rather than direct drive, is preferred.

I'll be wanting to soda blast some very solid and glazed internal doors for starters. I'm sure I'll end up using for other purposes - as you do.
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Rotary screw compressor and a 500 litre receiver. Abac or Compair.
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Ant wrote: Sun Dec 13, 2020 11:44 pm Rotary screw compressor and a 500 litre receiver. Abac or Compair.
Thanks for that. Would be great if I was operating a commercial venture.

Completely my fault for not specifying that this is for DIY use. Ho hum. I'll learn eventually.
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You may struggle doing blasting from a small compressor. I know a guy who tried with a 100 litre compressor, then a 150, then a 200 and he's still needing plenty more air.
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60gal 2 stage minimum for blasting
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I got mine from sgs engineering, hasn’t let me down and there’s loads of sizes.