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Something I found on a woodworking website was interesting too. The guy used a similar hood and hoses as above. For the air supply he used a brand new shop vac and basically attached the hose to port that blows air out.

I don't have any suggestions about the water outside the garage. However, I put one of these on my garage threshold and it stopped water from coming inside the garage.

Hood Tube Fan

My apologies, links don’t work for me either. But it is literally just a sandblasting hood, corrugated plastic vacuum tube, and a bathroom fan like you would find in the ceiling. Let me try to repost links

Thanks for all the help on this guys! I am going to get a full face mask and p100 filters. But for arguments sake, this was posted in the other forum I posted on. What are your thoughts or comments: " Solution: Hood from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Atoplee-Proof...%2C167&sr=8-37...

Thanks K13! Do you know if the Short Term Exposure Limit stated for a chemical on SDS is inclusive of wearing proper protection?

Yes that other place is generally a wealth of knowledge. However, it was harder to find info on this specific issue. The primer I am using is the 463-12-8 azko nobel. Some had suggested full supplied air respirator and other were just using with a full face respirator. I did find the SDS but...

So it sounds like even an oil-free compressor is not a good idea/ will not work with that set-up for breathing air. So, scratch that idea. Off of what K13 said, I am going to call 3m and see if any of their organic vapor cartridges will filter strontium chromate (my primary concern). If not...

Thanks for the replies so far. Definitely some things to consider. I know that the "filters" are in no way adequate to utilize a splash oil compressor. That is what will be feeding the HLVP gun. This would be a separate system to just feed air for breathing. And again, an oil-free...

I am looking for a supplied air respirator for spraying some epoxy primer through my HLVP gun. I will be spraying outside but still want adequate protection. What do you guys think of something like this hooked up to an oil-less compressor?

Is that leaking flare fitting one you made with the yellow jacket tool? Or, was it a factory flare?

Ah, so what I am hearing is be prepared to cut off the flares and put on my own nuts and re-flare. With that said it would probably be better (and cheaper) to just buy the line set from local supply shop un-flared and just do it right the first time.

This is exactly what I was thinking! I am really leaning toward just installing myself. Did your line-set come pre-flared? I am wondering about the about the quality of pre-flared lines or if I will need a flaring tool also. Also saw a guy selling locally a nitrogen bottle with regulator so...

So I had a HVAC company come out and give me a quote for an install. They said a 1-ton unit (12K) would be sufficient. The problem is they want $3799 to install a 12k 18 SEER unit. I priced out everything I would need to do the install myself (the unit, parts, tools, etc.) and come to about...

Thanks for the responses! To answer a few questions, yes the garage is attached to the house but really only about 2/3 of the wall is shared with the interior. Therefore, the builders left insulation out of the area of the wall not shared with the interior of the house. Also, my garage door...