Clandestine spray Booth

[Guest]

Hi fellas,

My workshop is now located in a place that will not allow a spray booth however I need to spray small objects from time to time. (About the size of a breadbox)

I am not worried so much about the venting, and I can probably work on spraying stuff late at night when nobody is around.

Mostly what worries me is the spray coming back and painting the window/ side of the building.

Any advice on how to have a small spray both that I can put up/ and take down from the window as needed?

Thanks,
Joe

 

[GravityX]

Will the spray booth not have filters in it? A filter should prevent any undo painting of any windows, maybe a film but no paint particles.

 

[Guest]

Will the spray booth not have filters in it? A filter should prevent any undo painting of any windows, maybe a film but no paint particles.

Hi Paul,

Yeah. I guess it will need filters.

Do the filters go in front of or behind the fan?

It might cut down on the venting and all the paint on the filters might stink quite a bit afterwards, but perhaps I can get around those problems.

Thanks,
Joe

 

[GravityX]

The painters can chime in on this, but I would say the system would be using a pull through filter and a non-explosive motor. It would be a bad day if the motor ignited the fumes.

 

[down4derby]

Perhaps the bottom could be a grate on which the model is placed and air pulled down through the grate.

 

[Rocket car]

I paint my cars with one of these.

Cost $7,000. The filters are honeycomed cardboard with a explosion proof fan behind it. I also butcher dead body's.

 

[Bullet]

How much do you charge? ...for the dead bodies, I mean...hmmm.

 

[Guest]

I paint my cars with one of these.

Cost $7,000. The filters are honeycomed cardboard with a explosion proof fan behind it. I also butcher dead body's.

I just moved my shop so I am not sure where the nearest bridge to me is.

If you were to shrink this down to the size of something that could butcher a rabbit...

What would it look like.

Cardboard honeycomb eh? sounds interesting.

Thanks

 

[Rocket car]

I would use a milk crate. Line the insides with cardboard ,on the inner sides. Use your wife's scrubbing pad for washing dishes(brillo pad) and line the bottom. Turn the crate on the side and put a fan behind the filters. You now have a small spray booth. Cost almost FREE.

 

[ngyoung]

I would think a cardboard box or take poster board to build a 5 sided box open box that you can fold up quick would be just fine. Take a DC computer fan or 2 and install on top or back side and wire to a 9v battery.

 

[B_Regal Racing]

I sit mine on a brick outside and hit it with some Krylon. Guess I have some "stepping up" to do...

 

[HMH Racing]

Cardboard box and a paint stand that holds the car, never really thought about an official paint booth.

 

[down4derby]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/8805002747/ref=asc_df_88050027472853236?smid=A23ADOZFIJNPFB&tag=pgmp-1603-97-20&linkCode=asn&creative=395109&creativeASIN=8805002747 This looks nifty!

 

[Guest]

I would use a milk crate. Line the insides with cardboard ,on the inner sides. Use your wife's scrubbing pad for washing dishes(brillo pad) and line the bottom. Turn the crate on the side and put a fan behind the filters. You now have a small spray booth. Cost almost FREE.

I love this forum. Sometimes it feels like the last bastion for male chauvinism in a politically correct world. Oops just looked it up and chauvinism may be a bit too strong a word. I guess it gets tossed around willy Nilly here in NyC Good tips fellas. Thanks

 

[B_Regal Racing]

misogyny - hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women

 

[Guest]

Thanks BRR!

Any thoughts on the spray booth?

 

[3phase]

Amazon has hobby paint booths, doesn't seem to pricey.....difficult to link on phone

 

[Guest]

Thanks 3ph
I like those blue filters they have there.

Man! Explosion proof fans are pricey.

I might look for a belt driven set up to keep the fumes from a regular motor.

 

[bracketracer]

Joe, can't you just go up on the roof and paint?

I used a cheapo box fan with a furnace filter taped to it for years when I would paint in the garage. Not an explosion proof rated motor but you could blow thinner straight through it when cleaning out the guns. Come to find out that it was a brushless motor. I figured the brushes arcing must be what starts the fire after one of our techs at work sprayed brake parts cleaner on an alternator while the engine was running. Lit it right up! DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!

 

[Guest]

Joe, can't you just go up on the roof and paint?

I used a cheapo box fan with a furnace filter taped to it for years when I would paint in the garage. Not an explosion proof rated motor but you could blow thinner straight through it when cleaning out the guns. Come to find out that it was a brushless motor. I figured the brushes arcing must be what starts the fire after one of our techs at work sprayed brake parts cleaner on an alternator while the engine was running. Lit it right up! DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!

Don't tell me, let me guess.

Was it the same guy that put the all wheel drive car on the Dyna?

No roof access. Besides that, the wind plays havoc with the spray, and when it rains...

fuggettabout it.