kuhndog599:

If you trust it, check eBay. Thats where I picked up my single-action Paasche H unit with all the accessories. Seems the students buy 'em, and when they don't need 'em, sell them off with very little wear on 'em. Apart from the worn box, my unit could have passed for new.

As for compressors, I blew a chunk way back for a Badger 180 oil-less diaphram years ago, and its still going. These days I'd use the cheapest one I can find, seems you can get 'em for under $50 now and half decent too. Only drago to my unit is the sucker pulses on and off with the pressure sensor on the hose side. I'd not get the variation with an tank between the compressor and hose, but don't have the skills to convert an old propane tank (the suggested method)

As for colors, if you're using acrylic, any of the Walmart or dollar-store fabric acrylics can go into it, but yea, most of them need to be thinned. As everyone says, test the mix out on a piece of cardboard before ya go spray it on your tank.