paint booth: How does it look?
 

It took about 2 hours to put together. Any thoughts on the design? I think that I will put some plywood on the bottom to keep paint off the floor of the garage.


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where are the air filters???

It looks like you are using a Mylar plastic for the walls. Overspray will collect on the plastic, and when dry, will flake off and fall into your project or next item to get painted. Check with an auto paint supplier and ask for a roll of auto body cover film. Spray paint will actually stick to this stuff. Maybe use the first stuff on the outside of the booth and the good stuff on the inside.

At the same paint supply store, they will have a liquid spray material that you can apply to the concrete floor. This will keep the dust and overspray from being kicked up when you are painting. After a few painting sessions, you can sweep out the dust and then reapply the coating.

So I need filters for intake? I was looking at a few threads about paint booths.

I am priming with Epoxy. How much is dust an issue since the primer dries pretty quick? Or is it the air flow that causes the dust.

If I need intake filters, then I will have to build the area much bigger. I was planning on standing at the door to spray.

Thanks for the tips, this is why I posted.

ken

If all you're doing is priming, dust isn't a worry. Even on the interior pieces, you'll scuff sand it before you paint, and the scuffing will knock off any trash in the primer.

For finish painting, you'll probably want filters.

Plenty adequate for a priming (vice painting) booth, but where are you going to put the parts? Chicken wire fence for a table top? Hanging the parts? If you are mixing a two-part epoxy, it would be nice to have a sturdy bench to mix the epoxy and clean the gun. Otherwise, looks good. Jim

I have two 2 by 2s going across the top. I plan to use thin stainless steel wire to hang the parts. I will cover the floor with something. I plan to mix there. Either that or I will put a piece of plywood on the driveway and mix outside. My goal is to avoid fumes in the building.

I really wish that I could prime at work in a fume hood. But that would not go over well.

Thanks again.

paint booth rans
 

Curious about the fans. I assume you'll eventually shoot some solvent based primer or base coat/clear coat in the booth, right? With the fans running, is there any concern about ignition? I've seen explosion proof fans for sale, but they're really expensive. Just curious about anybody else's experience or concerns with using the low-buck box fans for ventilation.

The electric motors on these fans do not have any type of components in them that would ordinarily cause a spark. The only sparking will possibly be in the switch. If you turn on the fan before you begin spraying and leave it on after spraying until the fumes have been evacuated there will not be a problem.

Really?
 

It this true? Are these brushless motors?

I've seen people use marine bilge fume fans because they are explosion proof. Don't know if it's overkill though.

T.