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Yeah it was a few years ago that I got the Aldi compressor and gun. It's still in regular use. I've upgraded to secondhand devilbiss guns (car boot sale find) which are easier to use (the Aldi gun has a massive 1.5l pot which is difficult to manoeuvre around a bike frame). I worked briefly as a painter/fabricator so that's where I picked up the skills (got employed as a one-day temp labourer, ended up staying for six months making the sets for Walking With Dinosaurs Live... a stroke of good luck!)
The problem with the Aldi compressor is that the capacity is pretty low (20 litres IIRC) so it's not great for painting a whole car with (I had to wait for the compressor to catch up a couple of times when I was respraying my Datsun), or for using air tools. It's also incredibly noisy. For heavy-duty use or for painting anything big, I'd go with a decent secondhand HVLP system, which is what I'll be looking for if I upgrade. But for a bike it's more than good enough.
Aldi is the best shop in the world. It's the only place where you can get tinned lobster thermidor and a leather executive armchair under the same roof.