I'm looking into doing airbrush tanning and wondered if anyone knew the make and model of the Essential Nails compressor?
I was looking at getting the airbrush conversion course anyway, but the guys at Bali Sun wanted to know what type of compressor I'd have so they could advise whether it would be suitable.
So if anyone could help out with a make and model number to tell them, that'd be great!
Lol x

i have the same one , and was told by su do that it was'nt suitable , but i still dont know the model or anything i just told em it was en one !!
but i thought i could just use a different gun , seeing as u use a lower psi for body art and stuff , maybe someone can shed a bit more light on this for us

Essential Nails implied that the compressor itself would be fine for tanning, but I know you'd have to get a different airbrush.
It may be that the compressor couldn't handle doing a lot of tanning, say two tans an hour, six hours a day, 5 or 6 days a week, but that for occassional use, say less than 5 customers a day, it would be OK.
EN recommended letting the compressor rest for something like 20 minutes every 2 hours?
The EN course seems good value for airbrushing nails as even if you take away items from the package you think you wouldn't need, only buying the bits you would add up to costing more separately than as the package, but I don't want to go ahead if I'd have to buy a second compressor for tanning.
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hi lol
on the e mail i sent u should have been the make they said its a kentley 1/8th, with a dual water trap and regulator they said it should be fine with tanning but prob no good if ure doing 10 tans aday u would prob have to upgrade it xx

I must have completely missed that when I was reading them, doofus me
Guess it's because '1/8th' doesn't sound much like a model name, I think I got it confused with the airbrush size or something.

My dad has the Screw-Fix catalogue, and their compressors are quite cheap, but not sure if they would be too strong??

You can get compressors from screwfix and Machine Mart and places like that but their smallest tank sizes are something like 45 litres.

I think we should take our advice from the experts and not try and adapt industrial equipment (car spraying etc ) for the beauty industry.

Just my opinion.

Why don't you look in to doing Chocolates' airbrush course? She sells all the equipment, and the Iwata Smart Jet Pro is an excellent compressor. I have one and use it for nails and tanning. You'll get far more out of a class being held by a 'real' person who can answer any questions you might have there and then rather than a Home Learn. Have a think about it - I think she's based in Kent and other Geeks have taken her course and loved it. My friend has the EN compressor and if it's the same one as they sent her last year, it's continuous run and you will need to let it cool down for a while quite frequently. I used a simialr type once and it was a pain in the backside and cut out just when I didn't want it to. I use my Iwata compressor at the shows here for demos, it's used constantly from 10am to 6pm and I have never had a problem with it.

The Screw-Fix compressors I was looking at were 6 or 24 litres.
I certainly wouldn't bodge an air kit by trying to adapt unsuitable equipment to do it, but as far as I knew, a compressor was a compressor (obviously though dependant on size and pressure, and you wouldn't want a huge one capable of spraying a car) and that it was the airbrush itself that was the key item?
I'll certainly look at Chocolate's course , I think I have the pdf on my PC somewhere!
At the moment it's all pie in the sky as my 'funders' (ie, dad) isn't keen on me starting to look at tanning until I'm well away with the nails... Bit of a shame as I thought it would be a good thing to be doing along with manicures and pedicures until my extensions are up to scratch, but have to do what the money says