Compressor regulator question please.

[48builder]

This weekend I scored a regulator with filter and lubricator. I think the brand is ADO. It appears to be a nice unit and looks like new.

I'm thinking that I may want to keep the lubricator on there for my tools' benefit. I usually juast squirt some Marvel Mystery oil in each tool before use, but it would be nice to just forget that step. However, I don't want any oil when I start painting.

I'm thinking about plumbing in an extra connection between the regulator and the lubricator for use when painting.

What do you guys do?

Thanks,

Walt

[Leon]

Those lubricators are designed to feed a peice of machinery and not lubricate down the air system's piping and hoses.  I would continue to lube each tool as you have in the past and keep that out of your lines.

[Dave]

Those lubricators are designed to feed a peice of machinery and not lubricate down the air system's piping and hoses.  I would continue to lube each tool as you have in the past and keep that out of your lines.

I agree and if its a FRL (filter lubricator regulator) for machine use its prolly not gonna filter enuff moisture out for painting. beleive me i use a lot of em here and ive tried em at home and they dont work.
Dave :!:  

[Uncle Bob]

And once you've got oil coating the air lines you'll regret it if you try to paint.........................you and fisheye will become very familiar with one another.

[48builder]

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I agree and if its a FRL (filter lubricator regulator) for machine use its prolly not gonna filter enuff moisture out for painting. beleive me i use a lot of em here and ive tried em at home and they dont work.
Dave :!:  [/quote]

OK. I'll take off the lubricator. I have another moisture remover I'll put in its place.

Thanks for the info!

[1FATGMC]

Are you guys talking about one of these:

   

Filter moisture and harmful particles from compressed air lines. Regulate air pressure automatically. Lubricate pneumatic tools and systems.
125 PSI max.
Metal cages protect dual thermoplastic bowls
Bowls are equiped with bleeder drains
Aluminum body with brass fittings
Brass filter
Overall dimensions: 8-3/4'' x 4-5/8'' x 7-3/8''

ITEM 92261-1VGA

I didn't use this one, but had one that did the same thing and used it for years while I was building 1FATGMC and never hand oiled my air tools and never had a problem with them.

Since I sold that house and built the new one I have been hand oiling the tools, but soon will put one of these back on the line.  I do have a water extractor/filter on the line now.

The one I had and the new one has a place to take a line off ahead of the oiler and I use that point for a separate hose I paint with so that no oil goes into the line.  I have supplied air (for me) and the supplied air hose and the paint gun hose are taped together to ease in dragging them around.

I use a separate air hose for all my air tools.  Once when my compressor went bad it oiled all of the air lines from the tank to the filters down to the point the only way I felt good painting was to replace them.

c ya,

Sum

[Leon]

When I worked on machinery for the Government a few years back, we did tests on lubricators and if they were too far from the equipment the oil would condense in the lines and would no longer provide proper lube to cylinders and valves.  The closer they got to the equipment the better they worked.  A lot depended on flow, but any more than a couple feet from the equipment and oiling suffered.  Those are meant to be a local device and not a shop-wide lubricator.