Breathing in oil from your air compressors could be harmful. This can be avoided by ensuring that your downstream filtration is correct and will not damage your health. Read these slides for more details.

1. What is the Best Oil
for a Breathing Air
Compressor?

2. I'm often asked what the best oil is for a breathing air compressor. Well, the fact there is no
best oil for breathing air compressor. Breathing oil is very harmful to the body. You're not
going to be very well if you decide to breathe oil. What the issue is, it's the downstream
filtering and equipment, it's the bits that take the oil carryover out, generally coalescing
filters, generally carbon filters. That's the trick and often you find in an application like panel
beating or spray painting, where these guys get in to spray their equipment, they not only
have protective filters on the wall immediately after the compressor, they also carry a
protective filter on their waistband which gives them a second level of protection. So there is
no best oil. Use what's right for your machine and make sure your downstream filtration is
correct and compatible for breathing in.

3. IN THIS VIDEO:
CAPS National Business Development
Manager John Pitts explains how a
breathing air compressor can be safe
for your health.

4. Need assistance with your compressed
air requirements? CAPS has the team
and expertise to help you. Visit our
website today to find out how we can
modify, custom design or create
turnkey solutions to your specifications.