BigD'sRV14
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Hello all. I am looking for information I saw regarding building a small downdraft paint booth with chicken wire on top. It used HVAC filters avaliable at a hardware store. thanks
Hello all. I am looking for information I saw regarding building a small downdraft paint booth with chicken wire on top. It used HVAC filters avaliable at a hardware store. thanks
This is the downdraft table I built. It has worked well for me.
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It is a 2x4 frame wrapped with a blue tarp. The top is plastic mesh fencing. The ends have 20 inch box fans with furnace fans duct taped over them. It has the advantage of being easy to take down and store when not in use.
Total newbie here. Why are the fans necessary? Ventilation?
All of this makes good sense to me but I'm a little slow....
After painting/priming side one, do the parts get flipped to allow for the opposite side to be painted/primed? Are they allowed to dry and then flipped and painted/primed?
Quote: They are exhausf fans. I suggest intrinsically safe or squirrel cage. If you use box fans, use them to blow so volitile fumes are not passing through them.
I should have mentioned, I used Stewart Systems water based primer exclusively. No worries on flammability.
Without the fans on, overspray will come back up through the mesh contaminating the shop.
And will blow up trash from the box back onto your pretty paint. at least mine did
I used mine with both Stewart systems waterborne primer and Shopline epoxy primer. Both of them dried in only a couple of minutes with the downdraft, quickly enough that I could flip them over and paint both sides