Sharpe Filter Service Kit

Sharpe Filter Service Kits: Professional-Grade Air Filtration for the Automotive Refinish Shop

When it comes to achieving a flawless paint finish, clean, dry compressed air is just as important as the spray gun in your hand. Sharpe Manufacturing, a Graco company with deep roots in the professional automotive refinishing market, has long been a trusted name in compressed air filtration — and their Filter Service Kits reflect that expertise at every stage of the air-prep process.

Sharpe's filter service kits are engineered to keep multi-stage filtration systems performing at peak efficiency. Whether you're servicing a two-stage in-line coalescer or a full DryAire desiccant or membrane system, these kits supply the replacement elements and components needed to restore factory-level filtration performance without having to replace an entire unit.

Why Air Filtration Maintenance Matters

Compressed air lines carry more than just air — water vapor, compressor oil, and particulate contamination all travel through the system and can ruin a paint job in seconds. Fish-eye defects, adhesion failures, and surface impurities are almost always traceable to inadequately filtered air. Sharpe's filter systems address this with a staged approach: filter service kits make it easy to swap out degraded elements so each stage continues doing its job.

• Stage 1 filtration removes water and particulate contamination down to 5 microns (and as fine as 3 microns on select models), protecting downstream components from bulk moisture and dirt.
• Stage 2 coalescing filtration captures oil aerosols and sub-micron particles down to 0.01 microns, preventing the oil contamination that is the leading cause of fisheye defects in automotive refinish work.
• Desiccant and membrane stages — featured in the DryAire 6760 and 6770 systems — push air quality further, with the membrane system achieving a –40°F dew point and 0% compressed air humidity.

Sharpe's DryAire Ecosystem and Replacement Elements

Sharpe's DryAire product family is the backbone of their air treatment lineup. The DryAire 6760 uses 100% indicating silica gel desiccant with automatic drains at each stage to keep the system self-maintaining between service intervals. The DryAire 6770 Membrane System uses advanced membrane technology to maintain ultra-low dew points without consumable desiccant media, making it a lower-maintenance alternative for high-volume shops. Filter service kits for these systems include replacement filter elements, coalescing elements, and O-rings — everything needed for a proper, complete service.

Sharpe also offers replacement elements for their in-line filter series, including the F88, 606, and 707 model families, with compatible service kits that ensure techs can restore performance quickly without sourcing individual parts. Systems are rated for operating pressures up to 175 psi and temperatures up to 150°F, and select DryAire configurations are approved for paint company warranty programs when applying modern refinish materials — a key consideration for body shops working under manufacturer certification programs.

Built on Graco Engineering

Since joining forces with Graco Inc. in 2003, Sharpe has benefited from world-class fluid handling engineering and ISO 9001-registered manufacturing. The result is filter service components built to consistent tolerances that integrate seamlessly with Sharpe's existing air treatment hardware. For any professional refinisher who depends on Sharpe's multi-stage filtration systems, keeping a supply of genuine Sharpe Filter Service Kits on hand is simply good shop practice.