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Malco tools main building/warehouse is a few miles from me, we do some work for them in our machine shop, they should have most everything you need, I think home depot carries some of their stuff, or Amazon, I highly recommend their turbo shear products for cutting any sheet metal, we use one...

Didn't mean to hijack, as for your original question I get the filters for our booth from the local parts store, they have been very helpful for all our needs, and if you have one with an employee or two that are actually interested in painting or auto body repair they keep up with the newest...

Have anymore pictures of your retractable booth? Mainly how you raise and lower it, been thinking of something like this for occasional use but not sure the best way to make it work.

Spot blaster works great, with the rubber boot so the sand doesn't get everywhere, they do a good job on this or cleaning small pinholes in welds when prepping for filler or primer[ATTACH]

Well after scouring the web today finally found a parts diagram for the compressor, sure enough it shows o rings on the tank bushings on the side and bottom, found some o rings, threw them on with some better paste to lube the threads and no leaks! Well one at a different fitting but tightening...

Anybody seen one of these take an o-ring? The thread is not cut all the way to the end of the fitting, there is about an 1/8 relief by the hex, saw online that some kobalt tanks use o ring, this is a husky tank

Thanks for the replies so far, ill look for a new fitting, or at least some good sealant

I tried tape and some cheapo paste i had, still leaked, doesnt look like bad shape but will pull it back out, would this be a fitting i should be able to find at a local hardware store? Just like a 2 inch or whatever reducer to 1/2 im guessing, just not sure if that would be a common fitting, if...

Im reworking a compressor i got from my dad, the fitting on the side of the tank was leaking so we got it loose, but not sure what kind of sealant to use when reinstalling it? Im guessing it had a locking type paste on it originally? Id like to hear any recommendations you may have. The picture...