I suspect so. What I was getting at is the effort required to use one of those bycycle pumps to inflate a car tire or for that matter a wheel barrel tire. Having done both that pump has a certain appeal.

Quote Originally Posted by mklotz View Post
I don't think he's trying to inflate the tire. He's simply using the tire as a reservoir tank to even out the pressure fluctuations from the pump so he has a nice constant airflow at the paint gun. The tire serves the same purpose as the capacitor on the output of the rectifier in a direct current power supply.